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Holiday crowds, high-value merchandise and seasonal staffing make retail environments especially vulnerable to retail store theft and organized retail crime. Conducting a thorough holiday retail security audit helps strengthen loss prevention, improve access control, optimize surveillance and ensure your retail security presence is effective.
Standard freight may carry goods with relatively low replacement costs, but high-value shipments, such as pharmaceuticals, electronics and technology, are prime targets for organized crime networks. Protos delivers specialized security solutions to protect high-value cargo from theft. Our tailored strategies safeguard shipments and facilities during peak season and beyond, ensuring your supply chain and brand remain secure.
The holidays bring record foot traffic, higher sales volumes and a rise in theft. Seasonal crowds and temporary staff can create an environment that fosters organized retail crime (ORC) and opportunistic theft. This article explores how staffing challenges and increased inventory create unique holiday season security risks and how retailers can strengthen their loss prevention programs through layered retail security strategies.
Protos Security recently attended the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2025 Conference in New Orleans, LA. Protos made a strong impact, leveraging our deep industry expertise to better understand and address the evolving needs of businesses across sectors. Through live demos, thought leadership sessions, interactive engagement walls and more, Protos demonstrated how technology, transparency and trust continue to define the next generation of security solutions.
This whitepaper highlights how organized retail crime is becoming more sophisticated, with theft rings targeting both retail stores and distribution hubs at alarming rates. It also examines the financial and operational impact of rising cargo theft and explains how seasonal hiring surges introduce new vulnerabilities across stores and supply chains.
This article is part of our holiday security series, which also covers surge staffing, seasonal staff best practices, holistic multi-layered security and high-value transport strategies. In this blog, we’ll break down the unique holiday security challenges facing warehouses and distribution centers, explore proven strategies for theft prevention and share practical steps for mitigating risks such as employee theft and cargo loss.
As the holiday season approaches, retailers and distributors turn to seasonal and temporary staff to meet rising demand. By implementing a thoughtful set of security best practices, companies can both anticipate vulnerabilities and equip seasonal staff to succeed. Consider these five core practices to help secure your retail and distribution centers during the holiday season.
Protos Security, a leading provider of integrated security solutions across North America, today announced the official launch of its reimagined Protos Client Portal, a centralized platform designed to empower organizations with unparalleled control over their security programs. The upgraded technology was unveiled at the GSX 2025 Conference in New Orleans, where attendees experienced live demos of its intuitive data navigation, real-time insights and interactive mapping interfaces.
Standard freight may carry goods with relatively low replacement costs, but high-value shipments, such as pharmaceuticals, electronics and technology, are prime targets for organized crime networks. Protos delivers specialized security solutions to protect high-value cargo from theft. Our tailored strategies safeguard shipments and facilities during peak season and beyond, ensuring your supply chain and brand remain secure.
