PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

7-Eleven has announced the following changes: Deb Brown and Ali Bukhari to AP Specialists and Jim Passarella to Division AP Director. Edward Campodonico was appointed Director of LP and Safety for ABC Fine Wine & Spirits. Dennis Lonergan, CFI has been promoted to Senior Regional LP Manager for Abercrombie & Fitch. Paul DeMasi, Ali Hatipoglu, and Sarah Torrez have been named Directors of LP for Aeropostale. Brad Trew was appointed Corporate Investigations Operational Manager for AFI International. John Moriarty was named Director of LP for A’GACI. Michael Mills was appointed Regional LP Manager for Anna’s Linens. David Pruett, CFI was named Regional LP Manager for AutoZone. Hedgie Bartol has joined the Retail Business Development team for Axis Communications. Taylor Magaziner and Jonathan Novack were appointed Area LP Managers for Bed Bath & Beyond. Christine Olsz was named LP Manager for Bergdorf Goodman. BJ’s Wholesale Club has announced the following changes: John Carro to Market Investigation, Crystal Houtman to Manager of Corporate Security, and Abigail Nortey to Regional AP Manager. Alex Rodriguez has been promoted to Internal Investigator, and Josh Winner was appointed LP Manager for Bloomingdale’s. Burlington Coat Factory has announced the following changes: Lexi Hurley to LP Investigator, Steve Prescott to Territory Shortage Control Manager, and Bill Wagner to Territory LP Director. Albert Chavez was named LP Manager for Central Parking Corporation. Cliff Rodriguez was appointed LP Manager US Fashion/WFJ for Chanel, Inc. Jeff Nicholson was appointed Regional LP Manager for Charming Shoppes. Gregg Smith was named Senior Director of LP for The Children’s Place. Jeff Hunter has been promoted to Field Manager of LP for Claire’s. Jason Scheel was appointed Director for Compass Loss Prevention. Monty Whitlow was named Regional AP Manager for The Comex Group. Tom Seng, CFE was appointed Director of LP for Continental Services. David Schmuck was named Area LP Manager for dd’s Discounts. Philip Martinez was named LP Manager for Dick’s Sporting Goods. Paul Paglia has been promoted to Senior Director of LP and Operations for Donna Karan. DSW has announced the following changes: Chip Chiappetta to Regional LP Manager, Liz Nash to District LP Manager, and Jordan Rivchun to Corporate LP Investigations Supervisor. Vincent Carranza has been promoted to Corporate LP Manager for Duty Free Americas. Cary Jones was named Director of LP for Eye Care Centers of America. Tony Gunderson was appointed Area LP Manager for Family Dollar. Game Stop has announced the following changes: Kausha Bass to DC LP Manager for Refurbishment, Nadine Bruggeman to Manager LP Operations, Ken Evans to Regional LP Manager, John Gay to LP Director of Distribution, Brandon Gentry to Field LP Manager, and Eseralda Mejico to DC LP Supervisor. Mike Keenan, CPP, CFI has been promoted to VP, LP for Gap. Darnell Pharr was appointed Manager AP for Giant Food Stores. Dave Alves was named Director of LP for Golf Galaxy. Goodwill has announced the following changes: Art Delgado to LP Manager, Casey Smith to Corporate LP Manager, and Jonathan Ramires to Director of LP. Darryl Bishop was appointed AP Supervisor for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Stephanie Monaghan was appointed Regional LP Manager for GUESS. Harbor Freight Tools has announced the following changes: Todd Mace to Manager of LP, Mike Nagyhazy to Director of LP and Tony Starrs to District LP Manager. Michael Sanders has been promoted to Senior Corporate Manager of LP for JCPenney. Randy Miner has been promoted to Director of LP for Jo-Ann Stores. Ryan Cheramie, CFE, Michael Hammons, and Joe Ochoa, CFI were appointed District LP Managers, and Sheila Martinez was appointed Regional LP Director for Kohl’s. Mark Pagan was named Regional LP Investigator for LifeWay Christian Stores. Matthew Haughton, CFI was appointed Director of Corporate Security for L’Oreal. Darin Barton, CFI has been promoted to Manager of Field Investigations for Lowe’s. Macy’s has announced the following changes: Maurizio Scrofani to VP; George Betti, Alan Cramer,

Tim Ferreira, Ron Galster, Natalie Gerk-Parra, Georgia Gonzalez, Shaun Guilfoil, Michael Hooper, CFI, Krystal Jagielski, Christian McCarthy, Mikhail

Mdinaradze, Rob O’Neil Jr., Carlos Portela, and Todd Pultz to District Managers of Investigations; Umberto Devany and James Franks to Regional Training Managers; Dawn Barber, Tim Huff, John McLean, CFI, and Dave Smith to District Directors of LP; Stephen Boarman to Director of LP Administration; Tom Happe to Director of LP Operations; Tara Nutley to Director of LP Training and Communication; and Eric Williams to ORC Manager. Cheryl Sencabaugh has been appointed Regional Trainer for Marmaxx. Chris O’Neil, Justin Pompey, and Jeremy Willis have been named DLPM at Marshalls. Dave Harben, CFI was appointed Regional LP Manager for Maurices. Jeff Lyons has been appointed LP/Safety Manager for Navy Exchange Service Command. Curt Steele was named District LP Manager for Nike. Kevin Hebert, Nathan Iniguez, and Kim Scheidt have been named LP Managers for Nordstrom. Chris Bitner has been promoted to Director of Global Information Security for Office Depot. Annette Barry has been promoted to Senior Regional LP/Operations Manager for The Paradies Shops. Rick Beardsley was appointed Director of LP for Party City. Chance Bowlin, LPC, CFI was named Corporate LP Manager for Petco. Scott Martyka, CFI was appointed Senior Regional LP Manager for PetSmart. Tom Floystrop was named Director of LP for Pet Supermarket. Michael MacDonald was appointed LP Manager for Portillo’s Corp. Chris McGourty was named Director of LP for Pride Convenience. David Cohen was named Director of LP/Retail Services for Radio Shack. Fernando Chila was named Regional LP Manager for Rent-A-Center. Rite Aid has announced the following changes: Pat DiGiaro to District LP Manager, Jason Gonzales and Sean Huggins to ORC Investigations, and Sandy Chandler, LPC, CPP to Regional Director of LP. Dustin Dillard was named Senior Area LP Manager for Ross. Jim Matz has been promoted to Senior Director of LP for Rue21. Scott Emery, CPP was appointed Regional Director of AP for Saks Fifth Avenue. Sears Holdings has announced the following changes: Doug Fessenden to Director of LP; Timothy Kneidel, CFI, Michelle Cliver, and Justin Henkenberns to District LP Managers; and Joe Nowicki to Director, Logistics LP. John Bocker was named Director, Compliance and Loss Control for Smashburger. Eric Hieber has been promoted to Director of AP for The Sports Authority. Christopher BenVau was appointed SVP National Accounts North America and Patrick Mulhern was named VP National Accounts East for Stanley Security Solutions. Kirk Elmer was named Director of Internal Audit and Kristen Hake has been promoted to Corporate Field Auditor for Stein Mart. Peter Evans was appointed to Corporate Investigator for Sullivan Family of Companies. Jim Hare was named VP of Sysrepublic. Jerome Harris and Noah Williams were appointed District LP Managers for T.J.Maxx. Lindsey Beaupre has been promoted to AP Business Partner for Target. Peter Ianneillo was appointed LP Supervisor for TJX. Tim Ayo has been promoted to Director, Retail LP for T-Mobile. Mark Shoemaker was named National Director of Investigations and Matt Sincic, LPQ was named Regional AP Manager for Toys“R”Us. Maryann Vazquez was named LP Manager for UNIGLO. Scott St. Clair was appointed National Account Manager for Universal Surveillance Systems. Anthony Nelipovich was appointed VP Major Accounts for Uveritech. Robert Pennucci, CFI has been promoted to Director of LP for Victoria’s Secret. Sev Garcia, LPQ, CFI has been promoted to Market LP Director for Walgreens. Mike Limauro was named VP of AP for Weis Markets. Scott Harping, CFI was appointed to Regional LP Director for Wet Seal. David Allen has been promoted to Northeast Regional Account Manager for WG Security Products. Matthew Granelli was named LP Analyst for The Zellman Group.

Information for the People on the Move section is provided in part by The Loss Prevention Foundation, Loss Prevention Recruiters, and Jennings Executive Recruiting. Send information on promotions and new hires for this listing to peopleonthemove@LPportal.com.

2010 Jewelry Crime Statistics Published

The Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA) recently published its 2010 Annual Crime Report covering crimes against the jewelry industry in the U.S. The total number of crimes reported to the JSA decreased by about 4.5 percent over 2009, from 1,557 to 1,487 incidents. Losses from the 2010 incidents totaled $80.8 million, a significant drop of 17.3 percent over 2009.

The report includes two major categories of incidents— on- and off-premises. On-premises incidents increased by 3.6 percent in 2010, but dollar losses in that category decreased by about 15.5 percent. On-premises incidents accounted for 92.4 percent of the 2010 total. They include robbery, burglary, and theft types, such as distraction crimes, diamond switching, and check or credit card fraud. Primarily attacks against traveling salespeople, off-premises incidents accounted for only 7.6 percent of the total, but they decreased by 17.5 percent, to the lowest total since the 1980s. The decline in off-premises incidents is attributed to a significant decrease in the number of salespeople on the road due to the state of the economy.

The report also breaks down the incident data by state. The five states experiencing the most crimes reported to the JSA were California (214), Illinois (144), Florida (122), Texas (119), and New York (90). These five states account for over 46 percent of the total incidents in 2010.

The JSA is a non-profit trade association providing crime-prevention information and services to the jewelry industry. JSA, founded in 1883, has over 20,000 member firms, and works closely with the FBI and other local law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. The entire report can be obtained from the organization’s website, www.jewelerssecurity.org.

American Apparel to Double Its Item-Level RFID

In another strong sign that item-level RFID is gaining traction in retail, RFID Journal reported recently that American Apparel will add another fifty stores to its fifty-store pilot program launched last year. About half of the new installations will be in international locations. American Apparel source-applies hangtags embedded with passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) EPC Gen 2 inlays to all items consigned to RFID-enabled stores.

According to Stacey Shulman, American Apparel’s vice president of technology, “The ROI on RFID-enabled stores is no more than six months. Stores that are using the RFID system have proven to reduce shrink, improve stock levels, and reduce [employee] turnover.” In fact, 100 percent of the RFID stores outperformed the non-users.

In an effort to gauge the impact that RFID has on incremental sales, senior management decided to look at monthly comparable store sales. Comparables in user stores averaged a plus 6 percent, compared to a plus 3 percent for non-user stores. A widely used sales performance metric, comparable sales is a month-over-month comparison of sales in stores opened at least twelve months.

The original pilot program employed a couple of interesting applications, over and above the primary goals of insuring the completeness of shipments and the reconciliation of on-hand inventory. The operating software can differentiate between merchandise that is located on the selling floor and in the stock room. This feature enables store personnel to keep the appropriate items and quantities on the floor and available to customers.

The second application is of particular interest to loss prevention. RFID readers were placed at the store entrances to test whether or not the RFID tags would be a successful deterrent against shoplifting. Unfortunately, the interrogators could not reliably detect the circuits. Instead, American Apparel employed electronic article surveillance (EAS) in all stores. Shrinkage has been reduced by as much as 75 percent in store employing both technologies. The company attributes the reduction in internal theft to RFID, and the reduction in external theft to EAS.

American Apparel is a Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer and retailer with 258 stores in twenty countries. The company also operates a successful wholesale business, supplying t-shirts and casual wear to distributors and screen printers.

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