Whether it is dealing with robbery, aggressive people, employee theft, electronic crime, or credit card, financial and data fraud, every retailer can protect their profits through proactively ensuring they have the best protective strategies in place.
Retail Council of Canada offers retail-specific resources for loss prevention, operations, and IT/data professionals, HR executives, audit practitioners and privacy lawyers to learn best practices, share ideas and network.
Loss Prevention News
RCC Hosted Retail Crime Alberta Summit →
To support a more coordinated response to Alberta retail crime, this past week RCC hosted…
New Workplace Bill Targets Psychological Injury →
A new Workers Compensation Board (WCB) of Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health…
RCC & Retailers Join Calgary Policing Summit to Tackle Retail Crime →
Last Friday, RCC and members attended the Calgary policing summit, hosted by the Calgary Police…
BC Budget Tackles Crime – But Retail Expects More →
The BC budget, released on March 4, 2025, includes two actions in response to RCC’s…
Key Issues
Violence in stores →
RCC is tirelessly searching for new solutions to prevent violence in Canada’s retail work…
CyberSecurity in Retail →
RCC’s Retail CyberSecure program creates essential resources to inform how retailers can…
Gift Card Fraud →
Everyday, thousands of Canadians are victims of fraud. One type of frequently reported fraud…
Retail De-escalation →
RCC has partnered with EPIC Risk, RCC’s Loss Prevention Advisory Committee, and several training…
Retail Safety and Security Guide Ontario
Retail Council of Canada (RCC) worked with OACP Community Safety & Crime Prevention Committee, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services and with support from Toronto Police Service to release an updated version of the Retail Safety & Security Guide.
Loss Prevention Resources
Committees
Loss Prevention Advisory Council
The LP Advisory Committee is open to senior loss prevention personnel from RCC member companies. The objective of the committee is to provide a forum for Loss Prevention, Asset Protection and Risk Management leaders from across Canada to discuss challenges within the industry and collaborate on issues facing retailers. The Advisory Committee will identify trends, insights, and provide solutions regarding matters of risk within the areas of Loss Prevention and Risk Management to establish Key Objectives and core activities focused on providing solutions and sharing best practices.
The Committee has identified three critical issues/trends that are common to all retailers across Canada and have established a five (5) year Strategic Plan, starting in 2022, which comprises of the following Objectives:
- Increase of workplace violence, arson, and property crime
- Collaboration with Police, Justice, and government
- Organized Retail Crime
The committee convenes every two months through virtual meetings and during the annual LP Conference.
View the current list of LP Advisory Committee members.
Click here to join the LP Advisory Committee or learn more about the RCC LP activities.
For questions or more information contact:
Rui Rodrigues
Executive Advisor, Loss Prevention and Risk Management
rrodrigues@retailcouncil.org
