Moving Up
Top Hires & Promotions
Jaime Quirindongo promoted to Associate Vice President of Ethics & Compliance of PriceSmart, Inc.
Scott Martignetti, CFI named Director, Head of Loss Prevention for Rally House
Brad Milo named Director of Asset Protection for PVH Corp
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Top Industry News
Is Retail Winning the War Against Theft?
What ever happened to America’s shoplifting crisis?National crime data never showed a retail theft wave, though shoplifting did spike in certain cities like New York. Read more
Facial Recognition is Key to Retail Crime Prevention
Rebranding will not stop retail crime – biometrics might
Live facial recognition security systems have seen immediate and sustained reductions in incidents of up to 70 percent while the labels haven’t changed. Read more
Retail Theft in NYC Down 22% in August
NYC shootings, subway crime at record lows, shoplifting down as crime takes a hit
August saw a record-low number of burglaries, while retail theft declined 22%, officials said. Read more
Retail CEO Departures Double Over 2024
Retail recorded nearly 40 CEO exits through July
Chief executive departures in the industry doubled compared to the same period last year, with exits announced from Target, L.L. Bean and others. Read more
What the $10M Home Depot Bust Reveals About ORC
Home Depot Bust is Snapshot of a Larger Nationwide Problem
ORC in 2025 is big business, and addressing it requires coordinated action. Read more
Retail's Hottest New Role? Chief AI Officers (CAIOs)
Your Most Important Retail Hire Might Be Obsolete In Five Years
Today retailers need Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) to cut through inertia and embed AI where it matters. Read more
D&D Daily's Exclusive Crime Reports
The D&D Daily's 2024 Robbery & Burglary Report
Robberies & Burglaries Hit New Low After Record 2023 Read full report
The D&D Daily's 2024 ORC Report
ORC Cases Down 18% in 2024. Read more
The D&D Daily's 2024 Retail Violent Fatality Report
Retail fatalities fall to pre-pandemic levels. Read more
Special Reports - Surveys - Studies
Food Industry Execs Deal with Rising Cyber Threats
How the newest ISAC aims to help food and agriculture firms thwart cyberattacks
Food industry executives used to shrug off ransomware and cyber-espionage risks. A threat intel group is helping to change that, but its reach remains unclear. Read more
Information Complexity Blocking AI Plans?
Data security gaps stymy enterprise AI plans
Nearly three-quarters of CIOs and CISOs see information complexity as an adoption roadblock. Read more
Retail Data & Dollars
When Cybersecurity Fails, It’s Not Just Data — It’s Dollars Walking Out the Door
Increasingly, retailers are learning that a cyber breach isn’t just an IT problem. It’s a loss prevention problem. Read more
73% of Orgs Have Integrated AI into Cybersecurity
Safety-critical industries wary about using AI for cybersecurity
Finance, tech and professional services are among the sectors with the widest adoption of AI-based security tools, according to a new report. Read more
700+ Organized Impacted by Hackers
Hackers steal data from Salesforce instances in widespread campaign
Google researchers say the hackers abused a third-party tool in an attack spree designed to harvest credentials. Read more
Organized Retail Crime
2024
1,287 cases total in 2024
2024 ORC Report
2023 ORC Report
2022 ORC Report
Retail Robberies
4,919 cases total in 2024
Retail Violent Fatalities
482 total deaths in 2024
Monthly Robberies
October 2025
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Week 1 - 38 robberies, 10 burglaries, 1 shooting, 0 killed
Hillsborough County, FL: ‘Operation Van Diesel’ targets Florida fuel theft ring, nets nearly a dozen arrests
Investigators say the suspects were responsible for 350 diesel fuel thefts at 70 locations in 13 counties across Florida, totaling 185,000 gallons valued at $650,000. Read more
St Louis, MO: Jury convicts St. Louis man of $200K Kohl’s Cash merchandise scam
A federal jury in St. Louis on Tuesday convicted a local man of orchestrating a scheme that defrauded Kohl’s out of more than $200,000 in merchandise. Read more
Los Angeles, CA: 14 arrested in elaborate $10 million Home Depot theft operation
The ring is behind about 600 thefts at 71 Home Depot locations -- there are about 230 Home Depots in California alone. Read more
Chicago, IL: 10 thieves steal nearly $130K in Louis Vuitton merchandise at River North store
The group then made its way to the second floor and through the open doors to the Louis Vuitton section where they took $129,770 in clothes and purses. Read more
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