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Peter Berlin
International Consultant On Retail Theft

The New York Times called him the nation’s best known and most active consultant on inventory shrinkage. He is an international consultant on retail theft, President of The Peter Berlin Retail Consulting Group, Inc., Publisher of two leading retail industry newsletters on inventory shrinkage for 24 years (named The Peter Berlin Report On Shrinkage Control - Executive Edition and Store Managers Edition ) and founder of the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, Inc., a non-profit organization directed toward shoplifting prevention and the rehabilitation of offenders.

Mr. Berlin started his career in retailing in 1966 holding positions during his first ten years as Director of Loss Prevention for a department store chain and Corporate Director of Security and Internal Audit for a specialty store chain. He later spent five years as the National Director of the Retail Loss Prevention Consulting Group for Price Waterhouse, traveling worldwide and consulting with more than 100 retail firms about how to prevent shoplifting and employee theft.

Mr. Berlin has conducted advanced educational seminars for retail executives, works with the criminal justice system to provide effective treatment programs for shoplifting offenders and is frequently quoted on radio, TV and in the media.

Mr. Berlin received his degree in Psychology in 1963 from Long Island University in New York.



 

Dynamic Seminars & Presentations

Full one-day seminars or shorter presentations are highly effective in focusing and training Retail Executives and Store Managers on shrinkage control issues.

Peter Berlin provides advanced retail seminars because retailers don’t want a course in retailing 101 or shrinkage 101. They want an objective assessment of the current shrinkage situation and unbiased recommendations from an acknowledged shrinkage expert. They want a comprehensive understanding of timely shrinkage topics, current shrinkage trends, new advanced technology and modern control techniques.

Retailers aren’t naïve. They aren’t looking for easy answers. They simply want to know what’s out there, who’s using it, what are the results and what’s the price tag? The say “Save the lectures and just give us some help”.

Peter Berlin’s advanced shrinkage seminars are designed to do just that. They focus on what needs to be done, how it should be done, who should do it and how to package the entire program to achieve a wall-to-wall change in behavior which will sustain itself through personnel turnover.

These seminars are a compilation of the knowledge from research studies, industry surveys, consulting engagements and personal interviews with thousands of retail associates, apprehended shoplifters and dishonest employees at different levels and in different type of retail stores … with interpretation of what it all means and what to do with the information. Other sources like published articles and trade conferences don’t put it all together and when important pieces are left out, retailers are left hanging.

With the focus on advanced shrinkage control techniques, these seminars don’t waste the time of top retail executives and busy store managers telling them things they already know but will compliment, not duplicate, their present knowledge and help improve their skills.

“ A successful track record speaks for itself ”

For information on availability and fees, please contact Peter Berlin by telephone (516-932-0450) or email (Pberlin@shopliftingprevention.org).

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Consulting Engagements

If your firm is experiencing an unfavorable shrinkage situation, call upon Peter Berlin and his retail consulting group to help your company reduce exposure to theft and error, improve employee involvement in loss prevention and bring shrinkage down to below the “industry average” and learn how to keep it there.

Even when shrinkage is on the rise, not every company needs the same kind of help. The Peter Berlin Group offers three choices to help you define what you need.

If you say:

“Our losses are higher than in the past and we just need someone to get us back on track”, then we would suggest a

2 Day Shrinkage Assessment

If you say:

“We don’t really know what our problems are or what we should be doing”, then we would suggest a

5 Day Vulnerability Review

If you say:

“We need a total loss prevention program which details:
• What we should be doing.
• How it should be done.
• Who should do it.
• How we should package the entire program to achieve
wall-to-wall change in behavior which will sustain itself
through turnover”, then we would suggest a

17 – 22 Day Comprehensive Program

To discuss your possible need for shrinkage control consulting, contact Peter Berlin at 516-932-0450 or Pberlin@shopliftingprevention.org.

We will prepare a free written proposal at your request.

Partial List of Consulting Clients Served Directly By Peter Berlin:

 

Amcena Corporation
Army, Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
Arbor Drugs
Auto Shack
B. Altman & Company
Baddour Inc.
Bergdorf Goodman
Bloomingdale’s
Brennan College Services
Canadian Tire (Canada)
Carrol Reed Ski Shops
Catherine’s
Charming Shops
Cohoes
Color Tile
Computerland
Coles Myer Ldt. (Australia)
CVS Drug Stores
Diana Shops
Eastern Mountain Sport
Ernst Home Centers
Eddy’s
Field’s
Follett College Stores
Esselte Meto (Sweden)
F.W. Woolworth
General Mills Retail Group
Glemby
Gold Circle
Herman’s Sporting Goods
Hermes
J.G. Hook
Kate’s Paperie
King Kullen Supermarkets
Lamonts
Lodge At Harvard Square
Lodge Services Ltd (So. Africa)
Lord & Taylor
Lovemans

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Love Drug Stores
Matahari Dept. Stores (Indonesia)
Mississippi state University
Monnigs
Natioinal Grocers Association
National Retail Federation (NRF)
Navy Exchange
Nickerson’s Lumber
Odense Congress Center (Denmark)
Opryland
Outlet Stores
Pamida
Pay n’ Save
Peltz & Walker
Penjerdel Mutual Association
Pier I Imports
Record Bar
Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
Scotty’s Home Centers
Sensormatic Electronics
Shoney’s Big Boy
Silver Dollar City
Spencer Gifts
Sprouse Reitz
Solo Serve
Talbots
The Center For Retailing
The Network
The Popular
T.J. Maxx
Turtle’s Records
Universal Studios
University of
Connecticut Bookstore
Video Towne
Woodward & Lothrop
Worth’s
W.R. Grace Home Centers
3 M Corporation

 
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