Loss Prevention Research Council Weekly Series - Episode 34 - USA Retail Violence & Thanksgiving Facts
With Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D'Onofrio, and Tom Meehan
Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know we cook 46 million turkeys each year? The most popular password option of 2020 was “123456”, which can be cracked in under a second. Our co-hosts discuss these facts and more on this week’s episode, including COVID-19 immunity, vaccine security and logistics, D&D Daily violent crime data, “drink and shop”, IoT trends, identity theft, fraud due to Coronavirus, and package theft.
D&D Daily Q3/2020 Retail Fatalities Report. 381 fatalities January through September 2020, up 2%. 128 fatalities in Q3, down 23% on previous year. Total incidents of violence January through September 348, up 10%. Total incidents in Q3 at 116, down 57%. Of the 128 fatalities in Q3, 15% suspects, 66% customers, 18% associates, and 1% LP / LE. 39% inside store or mall, 60% in parking lot, 1% off premise. Of the 23 associates killed, 70% during robberies, 26% in workplace violence, 1% murder / suicide. 83% males, 17% females. Of total incidents, 37% C-stores, 14% restaurants, 11% gas stations, 8% mall, 7% grocery.
From Nordpass.com, Top 5 worst passwords of 2020 and time it took to crack them: 1) 123456 (less than a second; 2) 123456789 (less than a second); 3) Picture1 (3 hours); 4) Password (Less than a second); 5) 12345678 (less than a second).
NRF Holiday Forecast 2020. Sales in November December wil increase between 3.6% and 5.2%. Numbers exclude autos, gas stations and restaurants, compare to 4% increase last year and an average holiday sales increase of 3.5% during past five years. Online will increase 20% to 30%.
From Declutter, one in five respondents say like to drink and shop online during holiday season. 41% admit to online shopping while under the influence in previous years. 58 million Americans spend $45 billion online shopping while drunk in the past 12 months. On average $736 dollars per person for online drunk purchases.
7 IoT Trends for 2020 from IHL Group: Analytics everywhere; Rethinking checkout; edge architecture; real time offers to consumers; security matters; last mile optimization; accurate inventory.
From House Beautiful and Good Housekeeping, some facts about Thanksgiving; no record of turkey being served in 1st Thanksgiving; Benjamin Franklin wanted turkey to be the national bird; 1st Macy's Parade had Central Zoo live animals; Snoopy balloon most appearances in Macy's parage since 1968; 1st professional football game in 2020; Jingle Bells originally a Thanksgiving song; the Butterball hotline has been live for 40 years; we consume 46 million turkeys on Thanksgiving; TV dinners are a Thanksgiving leftover invention; the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is Drinksgiving; Black Friday is the busiest day for plumbers; we eat 50 million pumpkin pies.
