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television (CCTV). Traditionally, companies keep their location and usage
a closely guarded secret, the implication being that employees as well as
shoppers are being closely watched.
Yet O'Keefe says that companies that
show their employees their CCTV
system and how it works have better
engagement. Why? Because showing
such trust builds trust.
Engaging employees as part of a
company's loss prevention strategy
is one of many changes O'Keefe has
seen in the industry over the span
of his career. "Traditionally, security
was the main method of preventing
theft. Loss prevention, which just
started emerging in the 1980s, is
different than policing. Policing is
reactive whereas loss prevention is
proactive," he explains. "The biggest difference is that when I started
in loss prevention, it was a separate
department within corporate structures. Now it's integrated into the
business, a foundation of the business. Now most departments have a
loss prevention component. It's like
a shock absorber in a car; you don't
necessarily need it to operate but it
makes for a smoother ride."
Finding the right solution

Stephen O'Keefe recognized by his peers for a lifetime of excellence in loss prevention.

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One of O'Keefe's driving passions is
to promote the concept of restorative
justice as a means of stemming the rising tide of shoplifting. It's a tool that,
he believes, can be part of the solution
to a very real problem in retail.
"We have three streams of justice in Canada. The first is criminal
prosecution, which is governed by
the Criminal Code of Canada. Then
there are civil remedies, like law
suits, which are governed by the Civil
Code in Quebec and Common Law in
the remainder of Canada. Then there
is restorative justice, the oldest form.
Think about a group of people sitting in a circle deciding how to solve
a problem in a society without prisons," explains O'Keefe.
Restorative justice emphasizes the
wrong done to a person as well as
the wrong done to the community. It

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016

PUBLISHER’S DESK
RETAIL CURRENTS
UNDER THE BANNER
INDUSTRY NEWS
RETAIL: AT ISSUE
RETAIL WEST 2016: HOW THE WEST WAS WON
TECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN EMPOWERING CONSUMER-DRIVEN INNOVATION
TOTAL LOSS
TOP TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO SHRINK YOUR SHRINK
LP CONFERENCE 2016: PROTECTING ORGANIZATIONS, AMPLIFYING PROFITS
GAINING GROUND IN THE FIGHT AGAINST LOSS
DTLQC 2016: CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, ECONOMY AND THE RETAIL BRAND
ADVERTISER’S INDEX
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - cover1
Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - cover2
Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - insert1
Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - insert2
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - PUBLISHER’S DESK
Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - RETAIL CURRENTS
Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - UNDER THE BANNER
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - INDUSTRY NEWS
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - RETAIL: AT ISSUE
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - RETAIL WEST 2016: HOW THE WEST WAS WON
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - TECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN EMPOWERING CONSUMER-DRIVEN INNOVATION
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - TOTAL LOSS
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - TOP TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO SHRINK YOUR SHRINK
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - LP CONFERENCE 2016: PROTECTING ORGANIZATIONS, AMPLIFYING PROFITS
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - GAINING GROUND IN THE FIGHT AGAINST LOSS
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - DTLQC 2016: CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, ECONOMY AND THE RETAIL BRAND
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Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2016 - ADVERTISER’S INDEX
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