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Explore our free report on organized retail crime (ORC) and learn how these groups exploit returns and claims. Discover real-world case studies and see how AI can help you combat fraud while maintaining customer trust.

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Return to Sender: How Organized Retail Crime Rings Exploit Returns, Claims, and Loopholes

Organized retail crime has moved beyond smash-and-grabs—now it’s hiding in your returns and claims. Sophisticated fraud rings exploit return policy loopholes to generate fake refunds, slipping past traditional detection methods.

Learn how leading retailers are using AI to uncover these hidden schemes.

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Get the Holiday Survival Guide and master the holiday retail season. The guide's insights and strategies can help prevent holiday fraud from hitting your margins.
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The 2025 Holiday Survival Guide

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In a bonus episode of Retail Remix, guest host Adam Blair (Retail TouchPoints), supported by Pedro Ramos and Vishal Patel of Appriss Retail, explores how retailers can reduce return fraud while maintaining a positive customer experience.
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Deep Dive: How to Tackle Return Fraud — Without Losing Customers

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Explore our free report on organized retail crime (ORC) and learn how these groups exploit returns and claims. Discover real-world case studies and see how AI can help you combat fraud while maintaining customer trust.
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Return to Sender: How Organized Retail Crime Rings Exploit Returns, Claims, and Loopholes

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Appriss Engage uses real-time data to help retailers like this one reduce and modify the returns experience without alienating good customers. Drill down and uncover what is driving returns
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Download the new retail guide to prevent retail returns fraud, claims abuse, and safeguard your bottom line.
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The Bottom Line: How Returns and Claims Fraud Drive Total Retail Loss

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Incident + ORC Intelligence

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Appriss Retail's incident management solution helps loss prevention teams efficiently capture and manage incidents, gather evidence, and streamline workflows. Enhance visibility and take immediate action with real-time alerts, all from a centralized system accessible on any device.
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Increase Productivity by Centrally Managing Any Type of Incident

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The Appriss Linking System helps retailers identify fraud and abuse faster.
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Real-Time Protection from In-Store Return Fraud and Abuse

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Learn how Appriss® Engage Appeasements and Claims Authorization can help you quickly identify high-risk claims that could be costing you millions each year.
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Engage Online Return and Claim Authorization

Learn how Appriss® Engage Appeasements and Claims Authorization can help you quickly identify high-risk claims that coul...
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Protect your margins with Engage Order Protection. Use AI to detect high-risk transactions at checkout and apply dynamic policies that stop fraud and abuse without disrupting loyal customers.
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Engage Order Protection

Protect your margins with Engage Order Protection. Use AI to detect high-risk transactions at checkout and apply dynamic...
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Appriss Engage uses real-time data to help retailers like this one reduce and modify the returns experience without alienating good customers. Drill down and uncover what is driving returns
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Engage Insights

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Loss prevention team looking at organized retail crime incidents. Stop organized retail crime (ORC) groups fast and minimize loss with Incident + ORC. Simplify data collection and investigations, link related incidents.
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Incident + ORC Intelligence

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Appriss Retail's incident management solution helps loss prevention teams efficiently capture and manage incidents, gather evidence, and streamline workflows. Enhance visibility and take immediate action with real-time alerts, all from a centralized system accessible on any device.
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Increase Productivity by Centrally Managing Any Type of Incident

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The Appriss Linking System helps retailers identify fraud and abuse faster.
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Real-Time Protection from In-Store Return Fraud and Abuse

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Learn how Appriss® Engage Appeasements and Claims Authorization can help you quickly identify high-risk claims that could be costing you millions each year.
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Engage Online Return and Claim Authorization

Learn how Appriss® Engage Appeasements and Claims Authorization can help you quickly identify high-risk claims that coul...
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Protect your margins with Engage Order Protection. Use AI to detect high-risk transactions at checkout and apply dynamic policies that stop fraud and abuse without disrupting loyal customers.
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Engage Order Protection

Protect your margins with Engage Order Protection. Use AI to detect high-risk transactions at checkout and apply dynamic...
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Appriss Retail Secure Inventory helps retailers optimize store inventory through artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
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Unlock In-Store Inventory Visibility

Secure Inventory helps retailers optimize in-store inventory through AI and advanced analytics. Uncover excessive waste,...
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Engage Incentive Optimization

Engage Incentive Optimization uses return and purchase data to deliver personalized incentives, like exclusive offers fo...
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Secure Cash Over/Short

Optimize your cash management processes with our Secure Cash Over/Short solution, effectively addressing cash over and s...
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Receipt Management with Engage Return Authorization

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Get the Holiday Survival Guide and master the holiday retail season. The guide's insights and strategies can help prevent holiday fraud from hitting your margins.
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The 2025 Holiday Survival Guide

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Explore our free report on organized retail crime (ORC) and learn how these groups exploit returns and claims. Discover real-world case studies and see how AI can help you combat fraud while maintaining customer trust.
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Return to Sender: How Organized Retail Crime Rings Exploit Returns, Claims, and Loopholes

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Download the new retail guide to prevent retail returns fraud, claims abuse, and safeguard your bottom line.
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The Bottom Line: How Returns and Claims Fraud Drive Total Retail Loss

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This six step total retail loss playbook helps retailers minimize loss, streamline operations, and boost profitability.
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The Total Retail Loss Playbook

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The 2024 consumer returns report by Appriss Retail and Deloitte dives into the state of retail returns in 2024 and the most common types of return fraud. Discover the 2024 retail return rate and what percentage of returns and claims can be attributed to fraud and abuse.
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2024 Consumer Returns in the Retail Industry Report

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Understand the disconnect between retail executives’ perceptions and consumers’ actual experiences with return policies in our comprehensive retail survey.
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How Important Are Returns to Customers?

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2024 Claims and Appeasements Report

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Discover findings about consumer returns in the retail industry in 2023. Find out how retailers are tackling retail returns in this retail report.
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2023 Consumer Returns in the Retail Industry Report

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The 2023 National Retail Security Survey report in partnership with Appriss Retail and the National Retail Federation is a retail security report that offers essential insights into the state of retail crime, focusing on theft, including organized retail crime (ORC), and explores retailers' loss prevention and asset protection strategies. Discover the causes of shrinkage in retail and learn how you can protect your profits.
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National Retail Security Survey Report

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In a bonus episode of Retail Remix, guest host Adam Blair (Retail TouchPoints), supported by Pedro Ramos and Vishal Patel of Appriss Retail, explores how retailers can reduce return fraud while maintaining a positive customer experience.
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Deep Dive: How to Tackle Return Fraud — Without Losing Customers

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Uncover the latest stats on return and claims fraud, in the NRF Big Ideas presentation by Riskified and Appriss Retail, now available on-demand
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Plugging the $19 Billion Leak on Profitability: Omnichannel Return Fraud

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Explore our webinar with Retail Dive to learn how AI can improve customer satisfaction, reduce fraud, and influence return policies positively.
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AI for Retail Returns: Protect Customer Relationships, Drive Down Fraud and Abuse

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Watch Pedro Ramos, chief revenue officer at Appriss Retail, discuss the rising threat of retail claims abuse and retail returns fraud in this NRF Protect 2024 Big Ideas presentation.
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There’s No “Friendly Fraud” – Using AI to Address Claim/Return Fraud & Abuse

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Give Each Customer the Experience They Deserve!​

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1 + 1 = 3 | Floor & Decor Customer Presentation

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Navigating the future of retail with Keynote
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Navigating the Future of Retail: Learning From the Past, Embracing the Present, and Shaping the Future

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Data, Data, Data: Unveiling Hidden Insight With New Data Sets | Wegman’s Customer Presentation

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Learn about the data-science approach to developing & optimizing loss monitoring rules at Starbucks; see how performance is measured & monitored over time.
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Work the Cases That Matter the Most | Starbucks Customer Presentation

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Using RAS Metrics to Predict Shrink | Dick’s Sporting Goods Customer Presentation

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Understand the essentials for a real-time omnichannel return process that protects performance, delivers insight, and offers a seamless consumer experience. Retailers can learn how to make returns easy for customers regardless of channel, and how you can tailor your returns policy to the consumer for even bigger impact.
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Managing Omnichannel Return Risk in Real-Time

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Retails and loss prevention professionals can learn about why monitoring sales reducing activities is important for managing retail loss and the customer experience. The whitepaper reviews common retail POS sales reducing events and their connection to retail shrink
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Controlling Shrink by Monitoring Sales Reducing Activities (SRAs)

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Uncover the latest organized retail crime statistics in this comprehensive report and stay on top of orc fraud.
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Enhancing Retail Security: Combating Organized Retail Crime with Advanced Consumer Linking

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The Other Side of Shrink: Managing Poor Inventory Record Accuracy Percentages

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Navigating the Nuances: Understanding Consumer Behavior for Effective Fraud Prevention and Profit Protection

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Why a Rule-Based Return Policy Hurts Your Best Customers and Bottom Line

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Order Claims and Retail Appeasements: A Growing Source of Ecommerce Fraud

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Machine Learning and the Evolution of Exception Reporting

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Boost Cashier Performance in Retail with Targeted Cashier Coaching

This blog was first published on August 1, 2024, and has been updated for accuracy on November 6, 2025. Retail turnover isn’t new, but in 2025, it’s reaching critical levels. With over 15.6 million retail employees on U.S. payrolls as of March 2025, the challenge of...

Returns and Claims: Organized Retail Crime’s New Favorite Loophole

The rapid rise of organized retail crime Organized retail crime (ORC) poses significant challenges for retailers of all types and sizes. ORC refers to a coordinated effort by a network of criminals aimed at stealing merchandise or defrauding retailers through weak or...