Controlling Shrink by Monitoring Sales Reducing Activities (SRAs)

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

Sales reducing activities (SRAs) indicate where retail shrink may have taken place, but they can also be used as an early indicator of future retail shrink, too. Monitoring sales reducing activities is attractive for many reasons, including:

  • They are identifiable with analytics
  • They can be indicators for both intentional and unintentional loss
  • They are controllable through policy, procedure, and systemic changes
  • Remediation delivers ongoing profit protection
  • Remediation of sales reducing activities offers an improved shopping experience

Take a broader look in this white paper at the importance of identifying sales reducing activities in the short-term, using retail data analytics, before it greatly impacts your net sales.