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Shrinkage


The ECR Europe Shrinkage group is a joint retailer-manufacturer initiative to reduce product shrinkage throughout the supply chain. A collaborative roadmap for stock loss reduction has been issued by the project (see under ‘publications’).
Facilitator: Leicester University
Secretariat: ECR Europe
 
New: White Paper on Impact of Self-Scanning on Shrinkage
 
Shrinkage Seminar: Shrinkage and Self-Scan Checkouts: Benefits Challenges and Opportunities - Thursday, 27 January 2011
 

Download presentations:
Self-scanning at Albert Heijn
Evolution of self-scanning - IBM
New ECR Europe research on self-scanning and shrinkage - Adrian Beck
 
 Project sponsorship opportunities:
The Shrinkage project offers third party service providers the opportunity to become involved in the work through direct sponsorship. If there is interest, please check out the term sheet. 

ManufacturersRetailersOther
BACARDI-MARTINIADIDASAIM
BEIERSDORFAS WATSONCHECKPOINT SYSTEMS
DIAGEOASDAECR FRANCE
DIAGEO BRANDSAUCHANECR POLSKA
ENERGIZERB & Q PLCECR RUSSIA
ICELAND FOODSBEST BUYGS1 GERMANY
L'OREALBOOTSMENZIES DISTRIBUTION
PROCTER & TAMBLECARREFOURUNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
 DELHAIZE GROUP 
 DIPLOMAT DISTRIBUTORS 
 HOMERETAIL GROUP 
 ICA 
 IKEA 
 JUMBO SUPERMARKTEN 
 KONZUM 
 MARKS & SPENCER 
 MENZIES DISTRIBUTION 
 METRO 
 MONSOON 
 POLO RALPH LAUREN 
 REWE INTERNATIONAL AG 
 RIMI BALTIC 
 ROYAL AHOLD 
 SAINSBURYS 
 SOK 
 TESCO 
 WAL-MART 
 WILKINSON 
 WM MORRISON SUPERMARKET 

 
Official Documents:

  1. Shrinkage presentation at Brussels ECR Europe Conference, Arpil 2011 (Break-out)
  2. Shrinkage Seminar (18 May 2010) "Cooling the risk of hot products"
    * Cooling the Risk of Hot Products - ECR Europe Shrinkage Group supported by Checkpoint * Understanding and Identifying Hot Products: The Top 50 Hot Products - Adrian Beck * How to Measure Hot Products in the Supply Chain: A Best Buy Case Study - Kevin Camper * Reducing Shrink on Hot Products: A Shared Responsibility - AS Watson & L'Oréal * Protecting Risky Products: Using Hot Product Controllers - Colin Peacock on behalf of Matthew Dyball, Lodgeservices 




    * Understanding and Identifying Hot Products: The Top 50 Hot Products - Adrian Beck * How to Measure Hot Products in the Supply Chain: A Best Buy Case Study - Kevin Camper * Reducing Shrink on Hot Products: A Shared Responsibility - AS Watson & L'Oréal * Protecting Risky Products: Using Hot Product Controllers - Colin Peacock on behalf of Matthew Dyball, Lodgeservices 



    * How to Measure Hot Products in the Supply Chain: A Best Buy Case Study - Kevin Camper * Reducing Shrink on Hot Products: A Shared Responsibility - AS Watson & L'Oréal * Protecting Risky Products: Using Hot Product Controllers - Colin Peacock on behalf of Matthew Dyball, Lodgeservices 


    * Reducing Shrink on Hot Products: A Shared Responsibility - AS Watson & L'Oréal * Protecting Risky Products: Using Hot Product Controllers - Colin Peacock on behalf of Matthew Dyball, Lodgeservices 

    * Protecting Risky Products: Using Hot Product Controllers - Colin Peacock on behalf of Matthew Dyball, Lodgeservices 
  3. White Paper on identifying the Top 50 Hot Products in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Sector in the UK, May 2010 (Report)* NEW
  4. Shrinkage presentation at Barcelona ECR Europe Forum, June 2009 (Break-out)
  5. Shrinkage presentation at Berlin ECR Europe Forum, May 2008 (Break-out)
  6. Measuring the value of shrinkage prevention technologies, February 2008 (Report / Press release)
  7. Shrinkage presentation at Milano ECR Europe Forum, May 2007 (Break-out)
  8. Effective Retail Loss Prevention - 10 Ways to Keep Shrinkage Low, February 2007 (Report)
  9. Adrian Beck, Department of Criminology, University of Leicester
  10. White Paper on Staff Dishonesty - November 2006 (Report / Presentation of the White Paper findings)
  11. Shrinkage presentation at Stockholm ECR Europe conference, May 2006 (Break-out)
  12. Store Checklist Whitepaper - November 2005 (Report)
  13. Introduction to ECR Europe Shrinkage Roadmap (Article)
  14. article in Loss Prevention Magazine - June 2005
  15. Shrinkage presentation at Paris ECR Europe conference, April 2005 (Plenary& Break-out)
  16. 2nd ECR Europe Shrinkage Survey, 2004 (Report)
  17. Measuring Shrinkage White Paper (2004) (Report)
  18. Shrinkage presentation at Brussels ECR Europe conference, May 2004 (plenary & break-out)
  19. White Paper: Hot Stores (2003) (Report)
  20. Shrinkage presentation at Berlin ECR Europe conference, May 2003 (Presentation)
  21. ECR Europe Shrinkage Road Map (Executive Summary)
  22. White Paper: Automatic Product Identification & Shrinkage: Scoping the Potential (2002) (Report)
  23. A Guide to Collaborative Loss Prevention (Download)
  24. ECR Australasia