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 (Katrin Recke)
Presentations for download:
Cooling the Risk of Hot Products – ECR Europe Shrinkage Group supported by Checkpoint* NEW
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
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.
| Member Companies | ||
| Retailers | Manufacurers | Other |
| ADIDAS AS WATSON ASDA AUCHAN B&Q BILLA BOOTS DELHAIZE GROUPE CARREFOUR JUMBOSUPERMARKET KONZUM MAKRO C&C MARKS & SPENCER METRO GROUP MONSOON MORRISON RIMI BALTIC GROUP ROYAL AHOLD SAINSBURY SOK TESCO WILKINSON |
BACARDI-MARTINI BEIERSDORF DIAGEO L’OREAL PROCTER & GAMBLE SARA LEE / DE |
BEST BUY CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS DIPLOMAT DISTRIBUTORS ECR FRANCE ECR POLAND GS1 GERMANY MENZIES DISTRIBUTION UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER |
Official Documents:
- White Paper on identifying the Top 50 Hot Products in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Sector in the UK, May 2010 (Report)* NEW
- Shrinkage presentation at Barcelona ECR Europe Forum, June 2009 (Break-out)
- Shrinkage presentation at Berlin ECR Europe Forum, May 2008 (Break-out)
- Measuring the value of shrinkage prevention technologies, February 2008 (Report / Press release)
- Shrinkage presentation at Milano ECR Europe Forum, May 2007 (Break-out)
- Effective Retail Loss Prevention – 10 Ways to Keep Shrinkage Low, February 2007 (Report)
- Adrian Beck, Department of Criminology, University of Leicester
- White Paper on Staff Dishonesty – November 2006 (Report / Presentation of the White Paper findings)
- Shrinkage presentation at Stockholm ECR Europe conference, May 2006 (Break-out)
- Store Checklist Whitepaper – November 2005 (Report)
- Introduction to ECR Europe Shrinkage Roadmap (Article)
- article in Loss Prevention Magazine – June 2005
- Shrinkage presentation at Paris ECR Europe conference, April 2005 (Plenary& Break-out)
- 2nd ECR Europe Shrinkage Survey, 2004 (Report)
- Measuring Shrinkage White Paper (2004) (Report)
- Shrinkage presentation at Brussels ECR Europe conference, May 2004 (plenary & break-out)
- White Paper: Hot Stores (2003) (Report)
- Shrinkage presentation at Berlin ECR Europe conference, May 2003 (Presentation)
- ECR Europe Shrinkage Road Map (Executive Summary)
- White Paper: Automatic Product Identification & Shrinkage: Scoping the Potential (2002) (Report)
- A Guide to Collaborative Loss Prevention (Download)
- ECR Australasia
