About the ECR Retail Loss Group
Working on behalf of the Retail Sector, the ECR Retail Loss Group is focussed upon developing imaginative thinking, new approaches and genuine innovation in the management of retail losses. With membership open to any retailer or product manufacturer, and promoting a collaborative approach, the Group ensures that the results of its extensive and wide-ranging work is made freely available to the industry.
Retail Loss Research Papers
The Group’s research priorities are determined by its members – they drive the agenda to ensure that it is designed to meet the needs of the retail sector. Focussed upon delivering rigorous and robust research, the ECR Retail Loss Group focuses on the development of new insights, tools and techniques to enable the retail industry to sustainably sell more and lose less.
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Video Technologies in Retailing
New insights on the use of video and video analytics in retail
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Managing Retail Food Waste & Markdowns
Increasing sales and reducing waste in the fresh supply chain
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Self-Checkout in Retail: Measuring the Impact on Loss
Measuring the Loss
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Total Retail Loss 2.0
From Theory to Practice
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The Problems & Opportunities of E-Commerce Returns
Managing Returns as a Profit Centre
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Measuring the Sales Impact of Improving Inventory Records
How improving the accuracy of inventory records can grow sales by 4-8%
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Recent Research Papers
- Self Checkouts - Usage, Impact and Controls
- RFID - Insights on Innovation
- Design Thinking to Improve Self-Checkout Losses
- Contracts - Their Role in Food Waste Prevention
- Video in Retail
- Inventory Record Accuracy
- Self Checkout: Measuring the Impact
- Collaboration for Food Waste Prevention
- No such things as a Free Return
- Total Retail Loss
- RFID - Retailer Case Studies
- Sell More, Waste Less
- Employee Engagment and Retail Loss