July 24, 2024

• Webinar Sponsored by Genetec -  Improving Incident Response to Protect Stores and Profit

• Canadian Retailers Continue to Fight ORC
  - Loblaw rolls out self-checkout receipt scanner at 4 Ontario locations

• AI's Retail Impact
  - Canadian Businesses Urged To Adapt With AI And Data-Driven Strategies Amid Rising Insolvencies

• Canada News: Retail Decline and Grocery Code of Conduct

• Canadian Retail Sales Saw Essential Gains Amid Discretionary Spend Drop In May

• Vitamins sold at Canadian Costco and Walmart stores recalled due to 'metal fibres'

• Off-Duty Officer Stabbed During Best Buy Robbery
  - Police ID two more suspects in robbery, stabbing of off-duty cop at Best Buy in Toronto

• B.C. teen arrested for attempted murder after liquor store robbery

• Off-duty officer stops grocery store attack, suspect linked to other crimes: WPS

• Mississauga teen charged after 3 suspects armed with hammer rob Toronto jewelry store

• Police investigating after armed robbery at Saskatoon store

• Man arrested following string of grocery store robberies in Brampton, Vaughan

• Suspect arrested in attempted robbery, sexual assault at Toronto business

• Burnaby businesses evacuated after armed robbery: RCMP

• One injured in Cambridge store robbery with knife

 

July 10, 2024

• Canada's $5 Billion Retail Crime Problem
  - In Case You Missed It: Widespread theft costing Canada's retail industry dearly: experts

• Best Buy Pushing Small Format in Canada
  - Best Buy Canada to open 167 small-format stores

• LCBO Strike Impact
  - New map shows 2,300 Ontario locations where you can still buy alcohol during LCBO strike

• Big Box Outlet Store Expands Canadian Presence with New Locations in Alberta and BC

• Ste-Catherine St in Montreal on the Verge of Recovery: Needs 8% Occupancy Boost

• Pickering man killed in shooting at Toronto gas station: police

• Richmond, B.C., CN: Alleged serial thief of $100K worth of merchandise arrested in Richmond police crackdown

• 'A disturbing event:' Woman and child carjacked outside Mississauga shopping plaza

• Toronto, CN: 3 men wanted in armed jewelry store robbery in downtown Toronto, 5 arrests made

• Police investigating smash-and-grab armed jewelry store robbery at Pen Centre

• Police seek woman after knifepoint robbery at store in Peterborough

• Police Called To Corral Centre For An Armed Robbery

 

June 12, 2024

• Canadian Retail's 'Wild West' of Crime
  -Stealing and dealing in Canada

• Pharmacy Robberies Plummet After New Time-Delayed Safe Requirement
  -Toronto, Canada: Pharmacy robberies down 82% thanks to new tech

• Crime Forcing Canadian Store Closures
  -Mine & Yours Forced to Close Howe Street Store Due to Rising Crime Rates in Downtown Vancouver

• Vancouver, BC, Canada: Vancouver police crack down on stolen goods being resold online for profit

• Canadian retailer Simons is expanding. Can it succeed where its peers couldn't?

• Texas-Based Wingstop Sets Out Plans for Aggressive Canadian Location Expansion

• $3M 'Global Crime Syndicate' Hits Montreal Mall
  -Alleged members of global crime syndicate arrested after $3M jewelry heist in Montreal

• Toronto councillor confronts thieves, makes citizens' arrest outside Home Depot

• Jewelry owner assaulted during robbery, suspect in custody

• Kanata store suspect sought by police after allegedly stealing cash box

• Selkirk RCMP looking for armed suspect after robbery

• Store clerk assaulted during robbery: Guelph police

• Police searching for male suspect after 2 women injured in Hamilton armed robbery

 

May 1, 2024

• Shoplifting Surged 31% in Canada from 2021 to 2022
  -Why the rise in shoplifting? Blame our addiction to online shopping

• Anti-ORC Plexiglass Stirs Up Debate
  -Atlantic Superstore defends use of plexiglass to prevent 'organized crime.' Shoppers unconvinced

• Army of Robots Serving Walmart Canada Customers
  -Walmart Canada says robots are coming to 2 Ontario warehouses

• Cybersecurity Incident Triggers Store Closures
  -London Drugs closes stores in Western Canada due to 'cybersecurity incident'

• Canada's Inflation Impact
  -Many Canadians Are Risking Illness by Eating Expired Food with Grocery Inflation

• Canadian Retail Sees Strong Gains In Feb, Fueling Summer Shopping Speculation

• Canada's Top Shopping Centres by Sales Per Square Foot

• Harvey's Aims to Open 500 More Locations in Canada

• Cadillac Fairview Portfolio Dominates in ICSC Mall Productivity Ranking Study

• Teen victim identified in homicide outside Halifax Shopping Centre

• 12 arrested in massive credit card fraud scheme, $4M lost: Toronto police

• Barrie, ON, Canada: Barrie Police foil a massive theft ring and seize $365,000 worth of stolen merchandise

• 1 suspect arrested, 3 others sought in Markham shooting

• Toronto, Canada: Two people in custody after man shot in downtown C-store

• Worker assaulted during daytime jewelry store heist at Markham mall: police

• Suspects waving weapons, smashing glass in Toronto jewelry store robbery

• Police charge two teens following Kitchener convenience store robbery

• Eskasoni RCMP charge man after armed robbery

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April 17, 2024

• Rexall Using Auror's Retail Crime Intelligence Platform Canada-Wide
  - Solving the ORC problem with Auror's Retail Crime Intelligence Platform

• Retail Crime Gangs Targeting Self-Checkout in Toronto
  - How retail crime rings are using self-checkout to steal millions of dollars worth of merchandise in the Toronto area

• 'It's just an overall explosion in homelessness'
  - Encampment numbers in Toronto have more than doubled over last March

• Loewe Enters Canada with 1st Standalone Store at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre

• Peavey Mart Spearheads Retail Revamp of Stores Across Canada

• South American Theft Group Hits Montreal Jewelry Store
  - Ten people face charges after $3M heist at West Island jewelry store

• Attempted Murder at Canadian Tire Store
  - Man accused of stabbing police officer at Saint John Canadian Tire store

• Robbery Spree Targeting Gas Stations, C-Stores
  - Winnipeg man arrested in connection with armed robberies at gas stations, convenience stores

• 1 arrested, police seek second man after March liquor store robbery

• Arrests made following investigation into store robberies in Regina

 

March 27, 2024

• RCC Retail Secure 2024 Recap: Shaping the Future of Safety

• Rise of the techie cargo thieves
  - How digitally savvy theft has invaded trucking

• New 'Automated Receiving Solution' Rolled Out by Walmart Canada
  - Walmart brings automation to Canadian supply chain

• Retail Sales Stronger Than Expected
  - Canadian Retail Sales Promising For Some & Ominous For Others In January

• 30% Surge in Canadian Business Insolvencies
  - Canadian Businesses Grapple with Soaring Insolvencies as CEBA Loan Repayments Take Toll: Equifax Reports

• Canada Goose cuts corporate workforce by 17%, shakes up executive roles

• How Canada's Retail Sector Can Better Serve Families with Children

• Report Highlights Contrasting Strategies Among Canadian Grocers to Tackle Inflation and Shifting Shopper Preferences

• Jewelry Store Hit By Barrage of Gunfire
  - Update: Surrey jewelry store 'targeted' in shooting, RCMP say

• $500K Cargo Theft
  - Shipping container full of e-bikes stolen in Delta

• Toronto Robbery Spree
  - Man, 26, accused of four armed robberies in Toronto

• Suspect arrested, accused of stealing mainly meat in Winnipeg grocery robberies

• Store robbed at Sherway Gardens in Toronto

• Lethbridge police seek public assistance IDing suspect in Canadian Tire store robbery

 

March 20, 2024

• Last Chance to Register!
  - Retail Secure Conference | March 21, 2024, Int'l Centre, Mississauga

• Canada's Shoplifting Crackdown Continues
  - Police extend shoplifting crackdown into Spring Break

• Loblaw Balancing Security & Convenience
  - Canadian Retailers Test Anti-Theft Technology

• Loblaw Under Fire
  - Public Backlash Escalates Amidst Corporate Missteps

• Home Depot to open new Greater Toronto distribution centre catering to pros

• Toronto Retail Market Stabilizes in 2024 with Economic Challenges and Limited Leasing Options

• Richmond, B.C. , Canada: Mounties seize stolen Lego, Jellycat toys, clothes worth $150,000

• Two men arrested for allegedly robbing jewelry store with hammers: Halifax police

• Alleged knife-wielding shoplifter sought for threatening Vaughan LCBO store staff

• Brampton, Ont. man charged after series of armed robberies 

• At least one in custody after attempted robbery at jewelry store in Bedford mall

• 2 men plead guilty to 2022 armed robbery at B.C. car dealership

• RCMP called to incident that closes West Kelowna drug store

 

March 13, 2024

• Last Chance to Register!
  - Retail Secure Conference | March 21, 2024, Int'l Centre, Mississauga

• Wave of Burglaries Hitting Toronto Businesses
  - Toronto small business owners describe alarming commercial break-ins

• 2024 Will Be a Challenging Year for Canadian Retailers
  - Canadian Retail Sector to Face Challenges and Innovations in 2024 Amid Changing Consumer Behaviours and Rising Insolvencies: CBRE Report

• Canadians Blame Retailers & Government for High Prices
  - Consumer Perceptions Vary as Canadians Grapple with Rising Grocery Costs, Blaming Retailers, Government, Global Trends

• Major grocers invest in discount stores as customers keep budgets tight

• The International Retailers that Entered Canada in 2023 and their Expansion Plans

• Canadian apparel sector braces for another year of no splurging

• Store Owner Shot 4 Times During Robbery
  - Suspects charged after Surrey jewelry store robbery and shooting

• N.S. RCMP arrest man after alleged violent robbery

• Cold remedy containing opioid among unauthorized health products seized at British Columbia store

• Man charged following robbery, assault at Lower Sackville hardware store

• Young woman robbed three Halifax area gas stations in one day, police say

• Police searching for suspect after robbery near Brantford

• Police looking for Centretown store robber

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March 6, 2024

• Two Weeks Left to Register!
  -Retail Secure Conference | March 21, 2024, Int'l Centre, Mississauga

• Canadian Theft is 'Getting More Organized & Violent'
  -B.C., Quesnel consumers hit with "crime tax" says SOS coalition

• 33 Store Closures in Canada
  -The Body Shop to close nearly a third of stores in Canada, seeks creditor protection

• Red Sea Attacks Impacting Canadian Supply Chain?
  -Shein, Temu and other e-commerce retailers are upending global air cargo industry

• Retail Loyalty Programs in Canada
  -Booming Subscriptions but Lacklustre Engagement Challenge Retailers

• Quebec's online shopping platform, Le Panier Bleu, shutting down

• B.C. cannabis companies finally eligible for pre-approved credit cards

• Ontario's top court unanimously upholds life sentences for Eaton Centre shooter

• Same culprits pulled off some of the jewelry heists in Mississauga & across GTA

• Brandon, Canada: Walmart LP punched in the face by fleeing shoplifter

• Police seek suspects after Edmonton liquor store robbery involving pepper spray

• Ottawa police looking to identify suspect in store robbery on Bank Street

• an pleads guilty to robbing Dartmouth convenience store while armed with axe
   

February 28, 2024

• Retail Secure Conference | March 21, 2024, Int'l Centre, Mississauga

• RCMP Hit with Cyberattack
  -Royal Canadian Mounted Police targeted in 'alarming' cyberattack

• Canada's Organized Crime Crackdown
  -16 charged, 18 arrested in major operation targeting organized crime in Quebec

• $2.5M Dollarama Settlement
  -Dollarama reaches $2.5M settlement in class-action suit over pricing

• Canadian Retail Sales Dip: Year-End Drop In Discretionary Spending

• Opinion: Crime is rising in Canada, and Liberals can't seem to find a solution

• Canadian Consumers Willing to Switch Grocery Stores while Seeking Bargains

• (Update) Details emerge in Surrey jewelry store robbery that left man shot

• Police investigate after shots reportedly fired into closed Scarborough business

• Teen Mall Robbery Crew Busted
  -Four teenagers arrested after robbery at Fairview Park mall: police

• 5 charged in smash & grab Markham jewelry store robbery attempt, including 3 youths

• RCMP investigate shooting that killed one man in Sicamous, B.C.

• Armed robbery in Waterloo sees suspect pull trigger, no one hurt

• Oshawa jewelry store targeted a second time by hammer-wielding suspects

• Lac La Biche RCMP seek public assistance identifying suspect in liquor store robbery

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February 21, 2024

• Early Bird Rates End TODAY
  - RCC Retail Secure Conference | March 21, 2024 | The International Centre

• Canada: Safe Space for the World's Biggest International Criminals?
  - Lethal Exports: Why Canada is a 'global refuge' for Hells Angels, crime networks

• 'Recognizing Leadership & Achievement'
  - Canadian Security announces Top 10 Under 40 recipients for 2024

• Mixed Bag for Canadian Retail in 2024?
  - What to Expect for the Canadian Retail and Hospitality Sectors in 2024

• Fighting Surging Food Pricing in Canada
  - Loblaw & Walmart Could be Forced to Adhere to Grocery Code of Conduct with Legislation

• Loblaw Announces $2 Billion Investment in Canada for 2024 with Dozens of New Stores and 7,500 New Jobs

• Ontario electronics retailer Factory Direct to liquidate all 14 stores

• Canada's consumer price index: Increase slows to 2.9 per cent

• Upscale Pusateri's Fine Foods to Close Yorkville Grocery Store in Toronto After 20 Years

• Duo arrested in jeweler's shooting face charges in other armed robberies

• Man shot during attempted jewelry store robbery in Surrey's Guildford area

• Serial Shoplifter Busted After 25 Thefts
  - Man charged in connection with over 25 west-end shoplifting thefts

• Police investigating fatal shooting in Montreal's Little Italy 

• 3 Toronto teens among suspects charged in smash-and-grab robbery at jewelry store

• Police arrest man after 'series of armed robberies' in Yellowknife

• Three arrested and one sought following armed pharmacy robbery in Milton

• Third arrest made in Kitchener store robbery

• Police investigating armed vehicle robbery in downtown Kitchener

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February 14, 2024

• RCC Retail Secure Conference | March 21, 2024 | The International Centre

• Protecting Canadian Employees from Dangerous Workplaces
  - Canadian Employers Take a Proactive Approach to Workplace Safety

• Canada Steps Up Anti-Crime Funding
  - The Government of Canada invests in crime prevention in Prince George

• Record Surge in Canadian Insolvencies
  - Businesses and Consumers Battle Rising Costs Amid Economic Turmoil

• In-Store Shopping Booms in Ottawa
  - Ottawa's retail vacancy rate hits new low as population grows, development slows

• Vancouver's Retail Landscape Thrives: Economic Growth, Tech Boom, & Tourism Fuel Expansion

• Ontario calls for harsher sentences, better border checks ahead of auto-theft summit

• Shooting outside Laval restaurant injures South Shore businessman

• 2 charged in shooting investigation outside London, Ont. jewelry store

• Suspects from Mississauga, Brampton charged in GTA c-store robbery spree

• Toronto man made hateful comments in Scarborough store before assaulting, robbing customer: police

• Suspects at large after guns stolen from gas station in northern B.C.

• Peterborough police seek suspect in knifepoint robbery at convenience store

• Halifax police investigating alleged armed robbery at Bedford gas station

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February 7, 2024

• Register Now: Retail Secure Conference

• Businesses Across Canada Targeted by Violence & Extortion
  - Extortion and shootings targeting South Asian businesses across Canada

• LP & PD Team Up for Campaign Against Shoplifters
  - Police Team Up With Loss Prevention Officers to Nab Shoplifters

• Canada's COVID Bounce-Back Continues
  - Retailers to Benefit as Tourism in Canada Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Numbers

• Metro donated $63M worth of food to food banks in 2023

• Why Food Prices at Grocery Stores in Canada are Rising in February

• $25K in Arc'teryx merchandise taken during Vancouver robbery

• Credit Cards Created in Fraudulent Manufacturing Lab
  - More than 350 charges laid in Calgary fradulent ID investigation

• 4 men arrested in string of 8 retail robberies across Toronto

• Burnaby businesses evacuated after armed robbery: RCMP

• Avondale employee grazed with knife during St. Catharines robbery: NRP

 

January 24, 2024

• Genetec named as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People

• Save Our Streets' Initiative Fighting Retail Crime in British Columbia
  -Eby says coordinated effort the key to curbing retail theft, downtown social issues

• Businesses Urge Lawmakers to Fight Threats
  -Ontario, B.C. mayors urge Ottawa to create plan to combat business extortion threats

• 'Be a Crime Stopper'
  -January is Crime Stoppers month

• 43% of Canadians Hit By Fraud
  -The most common scams affecting Canadians in 2024

• Red Sea Attacks Impacting Canadian Shippers
  -Tremors from Red Sea conflict start to shake Canada, with dozens of ships delayed

• COVID Permanently Changed Canadian Urban Centers
  -Downtown Ottawa needs 'visionary and transformative action,' report says

• Loblaw could be investigated for discount reduction

• Rexall put up for sale as American owner rethinks Canadian footprint

• Man fatally shot in Abbotsford mall parking lot prompts investigation

• Victoria, BC Canada: 27 people arrested for shoplifting by West Shore RCMP Crime Reduction Unit over 6-week period in shoplifting blitz

• Man allegedly stole more than $60K in jewelry from N.S. pawn shop

• Windsor, Canada: Vehicle smashes into Tecumseh Mall in jewelry store break-in

• Five suspects arrested, some as young as 15, after armed robbery at Pickering pharmacy

• Oshawa, Ontario, Canada: 3 teens among 4 arrested for Jewelry store Smash -and-Grab

• Burlington, Ontario, Canada: 4 Thieves smash display cases, steal jewelry at Mapleview Birks store

• Police arrest two of four hammer-toting suspects in smash-and-grab robberies at 3 GTA jewelry stores

• Calgary Police looking for suspects in Southcenter Mall robbery

• Toronto man in custody for reported theft at Saskatoon jewellery store

• Halton police arrest 4 teens after armed robbery at Oakville pharmacy

• Windsor police search for robber accused of throwing store clerk to the ground

• Police investigating convenience store robbery in St. Catharines

• RCMP search for suspect after armed robbery at Airdrie 7-Eleven

 

January 10, 2024

• Canada's Retail Crime & Safety 'Crisis'
  - Retailers in British Columbia Demand Government Action as Crime and Safety Concerns Reach Crisis Point

• The Case of the Indigo 11
  - How an act of vandalism became a flashpoint in Toronto

• Police Shootings Surge in Canada
  - Expert says number of police shootings in Canada 'spectacularly unrelenting'

• Canadian Cities Grapple with Abandoned Carts
  - Abandoned shopping carts leave some city residents feeling pushed around

• Walmart Canada Focused on Store Upgrades
  - Walmart abandons plan to open fulfillment centre in Quebec

• Expert Canadian Retail Predictions for 2024, and 2023 Review

• Toronto's 'worrisome' office vacancy rate hits new highs

• Canadian Retail Leasing Market to Stabilize Amid Economic Challenges

• Two people in custody after man shot in downtown Toronto store

• Four Robbers Steal $135K+ in Jewelry Within a Minute During Heist
  - Stratford police release footage of smash-and-grab heist at jewelry store

• 15-year-old robbed, stabbed at Polo Park mall

• Kitchner, ON, Canada: Three people with hammers and pepper spray rob Kitchener jewelry store

• Store Robbed, Employee Assaulted
  - Ottawa Police seeking suspect who robbed, assaulted employee at business

• Customer stabbed during Oakville drug store heist

• Police searching for suspect after Ajax gas station robbed at gunpoint

• Two robberies within minutes of each other in Etobicoke: Cops

• Multiple suspects sought after jewelry store at Richmond Hill mall robbed

• Armed robbery at Saint John convenience store

• Centre Street cannabis store broken into early Friday