The Jewelers' Security Alliance recently released its 2008 Annual Crime Report covering crime against the jewelry industry in the U.S. The total number of crimes against the industry increased 16.6 percent, with total dollar losses of $103.5 million.
IQinVision recently announced that upwards to 20 downtown Rotterdam shops, in the Netherlands, have deployed IQeye megapixel cameras to combat store robberies.
Identity theft and credit card fraud are the fastest growing crimes in the United States. The Federal Trade Commission reports that one in six Americans will be a victim of identity theft this year and that identity theft has been the No. 1 consumer complaint for the last four years.
- By Harry Hartnup
- Mar 02, 2009
Remote video monitoring company Westec Intelligent Surveillance announced this week an additional $20 million in equity funding.
- By Brent Dirks
- Feb 26, 2009
GVI Security Solutions Inc., a provider of video security surveillance solutions featuring the complete Samsung Electronics line of products, has been awarded a two-year contract extension starting, to provide video surveillance equipment to a major U.S.-based international retailer for its United States asset protection and safety program.
Insight Video Net and Mango DSP recently announced that the two companies have developed a strategic partnership.
A new study "Loss Prevention and Beyond: Survival of the Fittest," sponsored by ADT's Sensormatic Retail Solutions, has uncovered some big differences between top retail performers -- those whose sales growth outpace the three percent industry average -- and retailers below that average.
The ideal solution for busy retailers is a video surveillance solution that’s not only integrated with their point-of-sale (POS) system but is also custom-designed to automatically generate daily exception reports that zero-in on potentially suspicious transactions.
- By Ali Mahmoud
- Jun 07, 2013