STORES Magazine - September 2008 - (Page L8)

COVER STORY BY DAVID P. SCHULZ F rom shoplifting statutes to laws intended to protect sensitive personal data, there are scores of proposals that impact retailing under consideration by state and local governments at any given time. Loss prevention involves a breadth of knowledge and a Avenue and Millie Kresevich of Luxottica Retail. wide range of skills, but it also helps to have the law on Viljoen, senior director of professional standards for the your side. That’s one reason why there are so many retail New York-based upscale department store, says the job reLP professionals working to get the right kind of legislaquires working with people in Washington, D.C. and in state tion enacted — and trying to prevent the wrong kinds of capitals and within one’s own company, as well as with anylaws from being adopted. The pathways to influencing legone else who might be involved with retail loss prevention. islation are many, as are the tools to make the effort more “The important thing is establishing contacts so you are efficient. able to talk frankly about pending legislation,” she says. Some of the rules of the road for fashioning a legislative “We talk about all of the same things, about getting behind strategy include: something and getting a model” on which legis“Organized retail • Choosing issues that impact state revenues or crime is a large lation can be shaped. consumers directly There are a number of hot-button issues of and growing • Being disciplined and concise with the message national issue special interest to retail LP operations, none • Exercising bi-partisanship more so than organized retail crime (ORC). with dollar losses • Building coalitions Though there is federal legislation on the books, bigger than robbery, larceny, • Knowing the other side’s arguments states and large cities tend to tinker when they Two LP executives working to get the message burglary and auto create statutes dealing with the subject. Someout to legislators and their counterparts at other theft combined.” times the local lawmakers will take a pass on dealing with the matter, arguing that the federal retail companies are Julie Viljoen of Saks Fifth — Joe LaRocca, NRF L8 STORES / SEPTEMBER 2008 WWW.LPINFORMATION.COM http://WWW.LPINFORMATION.COM

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STORES Magazine - September 2008 Contents Executive Editor's Page President's Page Office Depot Unveils First Green Store Dunkin’ Donuts Debuts DDSMART What Shoppers Think 10 Things You May Have Missed Numbers Worth Counting Full Price/Markdown Retail People Are You a Facebook Fan? RFID Concept2Watch E-commerce Supply Chain Marketing ERP Credit Web Optimization LP Vantage Point Newsbeat Cover Story LP Program Building Biometrics Industry Perspective Customer Service Site Selection E-Commerce LOEB Retail Letter Arts Update Point of View NRF News Retail Crossword Retail Industry Calendar Last Laugh

STORES Magazine - September 2008

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