Most Recent Report on Retail

Retail Security Statistics Examined on Nov 04, 2009
How can retail security losses be used to justify the use of video surveillance and security systems? Within the security industry, retail may be the most rigorously quantified market. Unlike many...

The Impact of PCI Compliance on DVR and NVRs on Aug 02, 2008
Surveillance vendors who sell to retail merchants have undoubtedly heard about PCI compliance, but may not understand exactly what it is and how it impacts the security industry. My company, 3xLogi...


Most Recent Industry Updates

Features IP Video Market's analysis on Retail's recent events and is only available to subscribers of the Video Surveillance Professional Service.

Is Integrating PoS and Video Surveillance a Good Idea? on Mar 01, 2010
While the answer to this frequently posed question is an obvious yes, it misses the real problem in integrating the two technologies (see a classic example in a retail magazine). The key issue is ...

Is Retail On the Way Up? on Jan 07, 2010
After a difficult 2009, some signs indicate the retail market for security products may be turning around. New retail statistics released indicate Christmas sales were up year over year and project...

Video Analytic SaaS to target Sweethearting on Dec 18, 2009
ASIS's Security Management magazine has profiled a company, StopLift, providing a video analytic managed service that aims to reduce losses from sweethearting. The article cites $3 Million in cost ...

NRF Starts Blog on Sep 28, 2009
The NRF has started its own blog, posting frequent updates. Very few of the updates are security related and none yet cover video surveillance.  For those interested in general retail topics,...

Examining Retail Theft Numbers for Video Surveillance on Sep 08, 2009
Retail theft numbers are important for video surveillance providers to make their case for improved ROI. These numbers provide the basis and maximum potential for impact of new system deployments. ...

Real Life Internal Theft Example on Jul 10, 2009
Agilence has released an interesting example of internal theft at one of their retailers and how their surveillance video integrated with PoS data solves it. The customer pays cash. The c...