TalkLPnews Retail Rundown 2025
October 22 – $250k Theft Scheme, 15 Arrests in ORC Operation & 28,000 Criminals Off The Streets
October 21 – AWS Impact on Retail, Shoplifting Violence Soars & Leaked Docs on Job Displacement
October 20 – Gift Card Money Laundering, Guard Charged w/ Murder & No Kings Takeaways
October 17 – Global Crime Ring Threat, $2.4M Fraud Case & No Kings Protests
October 16 – Clerk Kidnapping Attempt, $1M ORC Probe & Shoplifter Loses Arm in Police Chase
October 15 – ORC Sting Misses, $18M Daily Loss & A New Class-Action Suit
October 14 – VIDEO: Smash & Grab Gone Wrong, $1.6M in Fakes & SCO Violence
October 13 – Violence Spikes: Mass Shooting in SC, Publix Brawl & Drive-by Attack
October 10 – Hack Steals Salaries, $1.4M Recovered & Humanoids Hit the Shelf
October 9 – Shoplifter threatens w/ Bomb, Troopers shot, Fatal Crash Through Store
October 8 – ORC Homicide Arrest, $150K Inside Job & San Francisco’s New ORC Law
October 7 – CEO in Custody, Amazon Driver Opens Fire & Cart Dispute Turns Violent
October 6 – Looters Caught on Camera, Worker Stabbed & $65M Shoplifter Claim
October 3 – New Sr. Director Job, 30% Endorse Political Violence & $3.6M RICO Bust
October 2 – Video: Dramatic Shootout, 117 ORC Arrests, Feds Probe Amazon Drone Crashes
October 1 – $300K Scam, ICE Raids Ignite Outrage & Lawmakers Push New ORC Bill
September 30 – Convenience Store Killing, Workplace Violence, ORC Ring Exposed
September 29 – Shoplifting Turns Deadly, Target Clerk Battered & 11 Suspects in Custody
September 26 – $1M Heist on Camera, Shoplifter Kills Clerk & Scams Get Smarter
September 25 – Smash & Grab Arrests, $60K ORC Spree, CEO Threats Rising
September 24 – Retail Rundown APEX Edition: That’s a WRAP!
September 23 – Retail Rundown APEX Edition: Day 2 Highlights You Can’t Miss
September 22 – Retail Rundown APEX Edition: The Buzz Everyone’s Talking About
September 19 – Charges in Deadly Smash & Grab, Major Cash Theft & Parking lot Abduction
September 18 – Receipt Check Shooting, SCUBA get-away & Bear Attacks Shopper
September 17 – Clerk Kills Cop, $20k Inside job & Statewide Gift Card Scam
September 16 – Clerk shot in face, Armored Truck Ambush & Growing Drone Trends
September 15 – Shoplifter Killed, Copycat Crimes Loom & Deadly Violence Unfolds
September 12 – Retail Shootings Continue, $1.4 Million Bust & a $50k Inside Job
September 11 – $20M Theft, Major Fraud Takedown & Drones Stay Busy with Shoplifting
September 10 – Suspect Nabbed for 115 Heists, Employee Gets Shot & A Drone’s Big Catch
September 9 – $1.9M Fraud, 29 Arrest ORC Bust & Another Violent Night
September 8 – Violent Shootings, Luxury Heists & Retail Tech Arms Race
September 5 – Caught on Camera: Machete Mayhem, Failed Smash & Grab, & a $16M Bust
September 4 – ORC Gift Card ‘Poisoning’, FBI Warning & More Shootouts Erupt
September 3 – $31M Fraud Scheme, Viral Customer Attack & Federal Lawsuits
September 2 – Mob Assault, Grocery Gunfire & Major Theft Ring Busted
September 1 – Labor Day
August 29 – Legal Battles, AI Challenges, and Finger Foods [literally]
August 28 – Deadly Shootings, Smashing Safes & Bear Spray Brawls
August 27 – LA Mass Shooting, Major ORC Bust & $1M Internal Theft Case
August 26 – ICE targets shoplifting, Retailer Gets Sued for Lack of Security, & Threats go Deepfake!
August 25 – Video: Shocking footage of shooting, Theft Sprees & Reciept Checks
August 22 – Shootings Spark Arrests, A Crash-and-Grab Repeat & Costco Parking Lot Heist
August 21 – VIDEO: Shoplifter goes viral, Walmart Active Shooter, Mass Firings at Target
August 20 – VIDEO: Smash-and-Grab, Gift Card Fraud Arrests & a $400k Theft Ring Busted!
August 19 – VIDEO: Mass Stabbing Footage, Cybersecurity Gold Rush & Retail Tech Challenges
August 18 – APEX Tariff Session, Supply Chain Crimes, and AI Gone Wrong
August 15 – Sr. Investigator Job, AI in Drive Thrus, Tariff Impact, and Food Safety
August 14 – AI Cuts Jobs, Hackers Crack Passwords & Trump Drives Oversight
August 13 – Street Takeovers, Corporate Retention Battles & the Future of Retail Stores
August 12 – New Director Job, Grocers play nice, and Affordable AI
August 11 – New Director Job, Shooting Updates & More Court Battles
August 8 – Ex-CEO Drama, Retail Crime Act, Gift Card Scandal and Surfers’ Lessons for LP Pros
August 7 – Phishing. Fraud. $15M Gone. What Just Happened?
August 6 – NRF Sues New York, Executive Protection Budgets Soar
August 5 – Retail Hackers, Stabbings & Your ATG Award Winners
August 4 – Director Job, CFO to speak at APEX, Real AI for all departments
July 31 – Triple Threat: Store Shooting, Employee Death & Major Breach
July 30 – Ben Borer with AE talks Six Sigma, $150M Recovered in CA, and Locked-In Innovation
July 29 – Arrogance in AP, Strikes, Scams & Safety: Your Retail Survival Guide
July 28 – New Director Job, More Looting & Mass Stabbing at Walmart
July 25 – ICE crackdowns, Legal Storms & Retail Workers’ Wild Confessions
July 24 – Tariff Fears Ease, Theft Schemes Explode & AI Stores Rise
July 23 – Fraud Trends of 2025
July 22 – HR Exec Gone Wild, Thieves in Rafters and You Got Replaced. Now What?
July 21 – The Silent Breach: What Microsoft’s SharePoint Hack Means for Retail IT
July 18 – Director Job Post, AI Deep Fakes & the Self-checkout Crime Loop
July 17 – Against the Grain Reactions, Chargebacks & Courtroom Chaos
July 16 – Ports in Chaos, Trucks Under Attack, and Congress in the Crosshairs
July 15 – Scott McBride Testifies Before Congress, New Director Role, Integrity in LP Lacking?
July 14 – Director Opening Posted, Podcasts at NRF, and New Threats for Retail
July 11 – Are you a Holy Fool?
July 10 – Shelf Wars, Cyber Threats, and Why Retail Can’t Blink Right Now
July 9 – False Confession Podcast Reactions, Active Shooter Incidents, Part III, Shooting at THD
July 8 – Active Shooter Incidents, Part II
July 7 – From Fireworks to Firestorms – Inside Retail’s Most Explosive Headlines
July 3 – Run, Hide, and Lawyer Up: Active Shooters, Silent Threats & NRF Lawsuits
July 2 – Vanishing Workers, Vendor Fraud & Surveillance Pricing – Retail’s Latest Curveballs
July 1 – Store Shootings, Cargo Thefts, and the Risks You Can’t Ignore
June 30 – Walmart Goes Dark, Target Unlocks — The Battle for Retail’s Future
June 27 – From Major Breaches to New Workplace Violence Rules — Insights You Can’t Ignore
June 26 – CAL/OSHA Workplace Violence Reg Update, Cargo Theft Rising, Ransomware Falling
June 25 – NRF PROTECT highlights (That Weren’t Sponsored) + The Headlines That Matter!
June 24 – Inside the TalkLPnews Hot Seat, a Major Acquisition & What’s Next for Employee Safety
June 23 – VP Opening. Jugging. Phishing. That Escalated Quickly!
June 20 – Director Opening, Shoplifting Subject Stabs Self, $58 Mil into Retail Robots
June 19 – CA Workplace Surveillance Bill, War Zones, Workforce Shifts, & Today’s Top 5
June 18 – Retail Crime, Workplace Violence, and the AI Divide – What’s Next?
June 17 – Theft, Tech, Tensions & Today’s Top 5
June 16 – Shots Fired, Strikes Loom, Shoplifting Surges & Today’s Top 5
June 13 – Fraud Tactics, Fee Cuts, Federal Testimony & Today’s Top 5
June 12 – More unrest, New Data, Real Costs & Today’s Top 5
June 11 – Nationwide Retail Crackdown, AI Serves Pikes Peak and a Useless Stat
June 10 – Retail Mayhem: Troops in LA, Hackers in the Cloud & Ships at the Dock
June 9 – Looting, Laws, Luxury Knockoffs & Today’s Top 5
June 6 – Looming Security Threats, Layoffs & Today’s Top 5
June 5 – Luigi Was Right, Retail Crime, Robots & Today’s Top 5
June 4 – AP Woman of Influence, Supply Strains & Today’s Top 5
June 3 – Mass Retail Theft Arrests, Store Closures, and an Industry on Edge
May 30 – Retail Crossroads: Crime, Closures, Cyber Threats & Today’s Top 5
May 29 – Is Your Brand Ready? Smarter Tools, Rising Crime, and the Return Fraud Epidemic
May 28 – Another Mass Shooting & Today’s Top 5
May 27 – Director of AP Named, Body Cams, Breaches & Bad Actors: Hitting Retail the Hardest
May 23 – The state of the store, shoplifting, and the fight for safer retail
May 22 – Risk, Reform & Retail Moves – Plus Today’s Top 5
May 21 – Policy Shifts, Public Safety & the Fight to Stay Open
May 20 – Tariffs Hit Security Industry, and Today’s Top 5
May 19 – Fraud, Lawsuits & Leaks: What Retailers Can’t Afford to Miss This Week
May 16 – Return Fraud, Credential Crooks & Today’s Top 5
May 15 – Shoplifters, Strikes & Cyber Spikes – Retail’s Wild Week + Today’s Top 5
May 14 – Inside Jobs, Outside Threats, and the War on Workplace Violence
May 13 – Resilience, Retail Reinvention, Robots & Today’s Top 5
May 12 – Tariff Agreement, Tough CEO Talk, Digital Overhauls & Today’s Top 5
May 9 – C-Suite Security Risk, Power Moves and Today’s Top 5
May 8 – Cyber Threats, Policy Shocks, and Today’s Top 5
May 7 – Cameras Are Watching, CEOs Are Talking, and Today’s Top 5
May 6 – Smackdowns, Court Battles, GROC Win and Today’s Top 5
May 5 – Self-Checkout Rollbacks, Shoplifting Surges, and Today’s Top 5
May 2 – Empty Retail Shelf Warning, Luigi the Murder Musical, and more
April 30 – Workplace Violence Law, Part II
April 29 – Protecting Your Executives, RILA Monday Wrap up
April 28 -VIDEO: Shoplifter Violence, TalkLPnews attends RILA
April 25 – AI Remote Guarding?
April 24 – Shoplifter was Planning a ‘Mass casualty event’
April 23 – GRAPHIC VIDEO: Police Shoot Armed Suspect
April 22 – Top Retail CEOs called for tariff meeting
April 21 -Sam’s Club Replacing All Checkouts with AI
April 18 – $4.4 Million in Stolen Merchandise Recovered
April 17 – Pre-Attack Behaviors of Active Shooters
April 15 – Retail Sales Rose 4.75% in March
April 14 – Murder and ORC cases Collide
April 10 – Walmart positioned to play offense on tariffs
April 9 – Microsoft back on top
April 8 – Biometric lawsuit dropped without settlement
April 7 – Amazon mulls TikTok bid
April 4 – Tariffs won’t drag consumer spending
April 3 – Man accused of killing Walgreens worker
March 31 – The news for the retail sector isn’t as bad as you might think
March 28 – Macy’s to close underproductive stores
March 27 – Bill Gates predicts AI will replace many doctors and teachers
March 26 – Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar
March 25 – Alleged shoplifter dies in NYPD custody
March 24 – 4 large retailers caught hiking prices
March 21 – What Retail leaders are saying about tariffs
March 20 – Starbucks ordered to pay $50 million to burn victim
March 19 – US shoppers uneasy despite “healthy” economy
March 18 – Why retailers should update workplace violence policies NOW
March 17 – Target engages in grocery war by arming supply chain
March 14 – White House focused on the “real” economy not market volatility
March 13 – Walmart testing a new form of self-checkout
March 12 – Chris Harris tapped by BGC
March 11 – Workplace Violence Legislation
March 10 – LP industry celebrates International Women’s Day
March 7 – Layoff announcements soar
March 6 – Retailers push back against tariffs
February 28 – Retail crime pushing shoppers online
February 27 – AG leads effort against ORC
February 26 – Next Wave of Retail Tech
February 25 – California’s Prop. 36
February 24 – Podcast Preview of RILA
February 21 – Self-Serve Retail Rises
February 20 – Gift Card Punishment Bill
February 19 – NY Workplace Violence Bill
February 11 – Eagles Fans Arrested