Video In Retail

This Working Group is focused on helping retailers and their suppliers to better understand how recent developments in video-based technologies can enable them to reduce retail losses, better manage issues of staff and customer safety, improve the customer shopping experience, and streamline organisational processes.

Driven by a strong research programme, and actively supported by industry-leading technology developers and retail specialists, the Working Group is helping its members to navigate the rapidly developing space of video technologies in retailing, including video analytics, new forms of data storage and processing and building persuasive cross-functional business cases.

Research papers

Our research papers offer groundbreaking insights and actionable outcomes to help retailers and their partners better manage the many ways in which profits can be negatively impacted by all forms of retail loss. Produced by some of the leading academic experts in the field of retailing and loss prevention, they are all free to download.

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The Utilisation of Video Analytics: A Survey of Retailers
How retailers are using and planning to use video analytics
Professor Adrian Beck
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Video Technologies in Retailing
New insights on the use of video and video analytics in retail
Adrian Beck
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Our Meetings

ECR Retail Loss Group regular working group meetings provide an opportunity to network with industry peers, hear updates on the latest research and sector initiatives, and development new skills and insights. All retailers, CPGs and academics can participate at no cost.

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Innovation in Video in Retail Summit - In Person Meeting
May 15th & 16th
UpComing
A Two Day interactive meeting
Hosted by Tesco...
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How do you optimise your security guarding budget?
June 5th - 1pm UK time
UpComing
Retailers share their latest Security Guarding Strategies
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Video: Making the Case for LIDAR in Retail
June 11th - 1pm UK
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What are the use cases for LIDAR in retail?
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Shopper Marketing - How Video Can Help Improve Conversion, Sales and S...
July 9th - 1pm UK
UpComing
How to build video based capabilities to support shopper marketing use cases?
Adrian Sherry, Head of Security Solutions, Next PLC...
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The Evolution of the Security Operations Centre
October 22nd - 1pm UK
UpComing
New ways to imagine the SOC
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Access Control - Latest Retailer Thinking on Biometrics
November 5th - 1pm UK
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Exploring the emerging use of biometrics for access control in retail
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Video: Future Proofing Video Investments
Dec 3rd - 3pm UK
UpComing
Future Proofing Video Investments
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Leveraging ANPR / LPR to Deliver Forecourt Loss Prevention
Jan 8th - 1.00pm UK Time
UpComing
Managing Petrol / Gas Forecourt Losses
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Facial Recognition in Retail - Latest Retailer Updates
January 15th: 1pm UK
UpComing
Exploring learnings in the use of this technology in retail
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Understanding the Current and Future Use of Video Analytics in Retaili...
March 12th - 1pm UK
Past
What are the leading video analytics being used by retailers?
Professor Adrian Beck, University of Leicester...
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Facial Recognition "Watch List" Use Case - Retailer Updates
January 16th: 1pm UK
Past
Facial Recognition in Retail
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Leveraging ANPR / LPR to Deliver Forecourt Loss Prevention
Jan 9th - 1.00pm UK TIme
Past
Managing Petrol / Gas Forecourt Losses
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Video: Building Out For The Future - Panel Discussion
Dec 5th - 3pm UK
Past
Exploring the Future of Video
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Access Control - Latest Retailer Thinking
November 7th - 1pm UK
Past
Access control going digital?
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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The Evolution of the Security Operations Centre
October 24th - 3pm UK
Past
New ways to imagine the SOC
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Video Expert In Person Meeting - Innovations In Practice
May 17th & 18th
Past
A Two Day interactive meeting
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Video: Body Worn Cameras – Latest Learning and Results
April 18th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Lessons on the use of Body Worn Cameras
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Video and Security Guards
March 14th - 1pm UK time
Past
Understand how Video and Security Guards can work together
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Video Leaders - 2023 Priorities
Feb 14th - 1pm UK, 8am Eastern
Past
Setting Priorities for 2023
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Cloud - Latest Thinking on Implications for Retail
Jan 17th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Who moved my cloud?
Professor Adrian Beck, University of Leicester...
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Building the Case for the use of AI at SCO
Dec 6th - 1pm UK TIme
Past
Reducing Interventions at SCO through Age Verification Video
Ian Whittleworth, Payment & Exit Manager, Coop UK...
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Video - View from the Top
Nov 15th - 1pm UK Time
Past
View from the Top
Pierre Racz, Genetec, Martin Gren...
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Video: Building the Case for Change
Oct 18th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Building the Case for Change ((€€€)
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Remote Monitoring Updates
Sept 21st - 1pm UK Time
Past
Remote Monitoring
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Facial Recognition - Towards the Plateau of Productivity?
July 13th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Facial Recognition - Retailer Use Case Studies
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Motion Recording - The Good, Bad and Ugly
May 11th - 1pm UK TIme
Past
Motion Recording - The Good, Bad and the Ugly
Jake Welch, Project Manager, Loss Prevention...
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Video Working Group - Exploring Use Cases for ANPR/LPR
April 13th - 3pm UK time
Past
Using ANPR and LPR in Retail
Iain Robertson, The Warehouse Group, New Zealand...
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Top Five Video Analytics - Benchmark Study Results
March 9th - 3pm UK
Past
Top Five Video Analytics Use Cases
Professor Adrian Beck, University of Leicester...
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Goods Lost in Transit - Insights on Managing The Problem
February 9th - 1pm
Past
Leveraging Video, Process and People to Reduce Goods Lost in Transit
Stephen Teatum, Head of Group Loss Prevention, Next PLC...
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Using Video to Prevent Shop Theft - Retailer Case Study
Jan 12th - 12pm UK Time
Past
The use of video to prevent shop theft
Shikhil Nagpal, IGA...
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Exploring Future Developments in Video Technologies in Retailing
Dec 8th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Exploring Future Developments in Video Technologies in Retailing
Pierre Racz, Genetec, Martin Gren...
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Utilising Video in the Car Park (Parking Lot)
Nov 11th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Utilising Video in the Car Park (Parking Lot)
Michael Lamb, Retail Loss Prevention Leader...
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Assessing the Role of Cloud Computing in your Businesses’ Video Techno...
Oct 13th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Assessing the Role of Cloud Computing in your Businesses’ Video Technology Strategy
Daniel Lanecki, Global Head of Security Technology, IBM Corporate Security....
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Integrating Video and Alarms
September 16th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Integrating Alarms and Video - What's not to like?
Ryan Themm, Meijer Stores...
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Cases On A Plate - The Power of EPOS Data and Video Integration
July 14th - 2pm BST
Past
The Case for Integrating POS and Video
Jonathan Morgan, Tesco...
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Building the Business Case for Video - The Science and the Art!
June 16th - 2pm BST
Past
Building the Business Case for Video
Nate Pearson, General Mills...
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Use of Video in Distribution Centres
Wednesday May 12th 2pm BST
Past
Use Cases for Video in DC Operations
David Oliver, Morrisons...
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Inter-organisational Collaboration through Video Technologies
April 14th - 2pm GMT
Past
Sharing Video Data with Others
Traegon Hon, Global Video Tzar, Starbucks...
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The Use of Video to Reduce Out of Stocks
March 10th - 2pm GMT
Past
Improving On-Shelf Availability and Store Compliance with Video
James Spencer, Walgreens, Damien Pichot...
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Getting to Grips with Retail Video Analytics
January 20th - 2pm GMT
Past
The Journey So Far - Retailer Case Studies in Video Analytics
Chris McCarrick, Kroger, Mike Limauro...
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Central Video Command Centres
December 8th - 2pm GMT
Past
Retailer case studies on the "standing up" of centralised and remote video centre, and the lessons learnt
Professor Adrian Beck, University of Leicester...
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Imagining new ways for video to deter
November 11th - 2pm - GMT
Past
Retailer case studies and group discussion on the latest ways retailers are using video to deter.
Professor Adrian Beck, University of Leicester...
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Being a Video Tzar!
October 14th - 2pm GMT
Past
The Importance of Developing Organisational Leadership for Video Technologies
Traegon Hon, Director, Global Physical Security...
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Leveraging Video in Fuel Stations
Sept 9th - 12pm BST
Past
How ANPR and new reporting systems reduced drive offs by 70%
Joe Nock, Z Energy, New Zealand...
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