Retail-Tech Landscape: Retail Crime Prevention

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The need to tackle security-related challenges—from shoplifting-driven shrinkage to e-commerce returns fraud—is resulting in increasing demand for innovative crime-prevention solutions, with retailers turning to loss-prevention technology providers.

We highlight three key industry trends in retail crime prevention and present selected startups globally whose technology solutions support brands and retailers in transforming and automating their checkout operations. Solutions leverage artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and more.

Categories covered in this landscape are:

• Cybersecurity and payment verification
• Identity verification
• Real-time video surveillance
• Point-of-sale (POS) systems and inventory management

Companies mentioned in this report include: Deep Sentinel, Identiq, Malong, PayShield, Simplex, Supersmart and VAAK

Our landscape infographic summarizes the companies outlined in this report.

Other relevant research:

• Organized Retail Crime: A Growing Threat for All Retailers
• Cybersecurity and Retail: Hackers Have Shifted Their Attacks from Consumers to the Technology Providers
• All our Retail-Tech Landscapes spotlighting innovators that are disrupting the retail industry