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Nov 17, 2024

Home Bargains UK partners with Auror for colleague safety

Home Bargains UK is now partnering with Auror, joining other leading UK retailers on the platform. This collaboration will allow Home Bargains to provide its colleagues with the right solutions to improve operations, customer experience, and most importantly, colleague safety.

Community

Nov 1, 2024

Auror now partners with every state-level ORCA in the United States

Auror now partners with all 28 state-level ORCAs in the United States in an effort to curb rising Organized Retail Crime.

Loss Prevention

Apr 11, 2024

Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) announces INNOVATE partnership with Auror

The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) announced Auror as its newest partner in the organization’s ongoing efforts to create better, newer strategies for combating retail crime. Learn more about the LPRC and its new partnership with Auror.

Law Enforcement

Jan 22, 2024

Raul O. Aguilar joins Auror as Senior Director of Law Enforcement Partnerships

Criminal investigations senior leader Raul O. Aguilar has joined Auror as Senior Director of Law Enforcement Partnerships. Prior to joining Auror, Raul served as the Deputy Assistant Director for the Countering Transnational Organized Crime, Financial and Fraud Division for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – the principal investigative component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Organized Retail Crime

Nov 6, 2023

Connect the dots: why networks are our best chance against ORC & recidivist offending

Discover how AP/LP leaders connect the dots to address ORC and recidivist offending at scale, making stores safer and reducing retail theft.

Starting your Retail Crime Intelligence journey with Auror

Community

Aug 17, 2023

Starting your Retail Crime Intelligence journey with Auror

Discover what it's really like to get started with Auror as we break down our onboarding journey and explain how we provide unparalleled speed and support.

Community

May 16, 2023

Recapping the RILA Retail Asset Protection Conference 2023

Whether you made it to RILA’s AP conference this year or not, check out Auror’s recap of the impactful week in Denver.

RILA announces Auror as title sponsor for the Retail Asset Protection Conference

Community

Apr 27, 2023

RILA announces Auror as title sponsor for the Retail Asset Protection Conference

The Auror team is headed to Denver for RILA's Retail Asset Protection Conference as the new title sponsor.

Community

Feb 25, 2023

Supreme Hero Awards '23: North America

Meet the winners of our North American Supreme Hero Awards announced during Auror Connect 2023.

Community

Feb 23, 2023

Key takeaways from Auror Connect ‘23

Let's recap the fireside chats, product updates, and hero awards that made Auror Connect '23 an action-packed experience for our community.

Global Retail Crime Summit ANZ: Connect, discover, and learn

Community

Dec 8, 2022

Global Retail Crime Summit ANZ: Connect, discover, and learn

Read about the highlights and Supreme Hero Award winners from Auror’s 2022 Global Retail Crime Summit events in Australia and New Zealand.

Community

Aug 11, 2022

Recapping Retail Risk Melbourne

Check out Auror’s recap of Retail Risk Melbourne this year. See you at Retail Risk Melbourne 2023!

Community

Jul 12, 2022

Recapping NRF Protect

Check out our recap of NRF Protect 2022 and a note about what to expect at NRF Protect 2023.

Organized Retail Crime

Jul 5, 2022

Celebrating the ORCA community

To learn more about the success and outlook of Auror's ORCA relationships, we had a chat with Bobby Haskins, VP of Retail Partnerships.

Community

Jul 1, 2022

Partner spotlight: meet our retail heroes

We recently spoke with Bobby Haskins, VP of Retail Partnerships at Auror, to hear about the latest retail heroes his team has been working with.

RILA 2022 recap & what it means for the future

Community

May 25, 2022

RILA 2022 recap & what it means for the future

Find out why the Retail Asset Protection Conference was so special this year in this personal RILA 2022 recap.

At Auror

Mar 7, 2022

Celebrating International Women’s Day at Auror

As we scale, the work required to ensure Auror is a great place for women to do their best work will remain a priority and we want to show improvements in how we celebrate our women and the incredible work they do.

National ORCA movement continues to gather steam

Organized Retail Crime

Feb 15, 2022

National ORCA movement continues to gather steam

The Auror for ORCAs platform - the largest collaborative movement against ORC has just got even bigger with more ORCAs joining soon.

NZ Police to set up National Retail Investigation Support Unit to focus on organized and violent retail crimes

Law Enforcement

Nov 6, 2021

NZ Police to set up National Retail Investigation Support Unit to focus on organized and violent retail crimes

New Zealand Police will be setting up a National Retail Investigation Support Unit (Retail ISU).

Putting a stop to South Australia’s most wanted shoplifter

Retail Crime

Oct 4, 2021

Putting a stop to South Australia’s most wanted shoplifter

Two of Australia’s largest retailers are breathing a sigh of relief as one of their most prolific and aggressive shoplifters has been arrested

Auror Insights

Dec 23, 2020

2020: Year In Review

We take time to reflect on the unprecedented year that was 2020 by celebrating the growing Auror community's achievements in keeping their people safe.

Community

Sep 10, 2020

The Global Retail Crime Summit: Why we did it

As the major conferences began to postpone, reschedule, and cancel due to covid-19, we saw the opportunity to create something different, to democratize the conference experience so anyone in AP/LP could participate for free, to learn and network, from anywhere in the world.

Community

Apr 28, 2020

Welcome to Auror, The Warehouse Group!

We’re excited to announce that, amid the COVID 19 madness, The Warehouse Group has joined the Auror community! We sat down (in our respective home offices) and had a chat to The Warehouse Group National Loss Prevention Manager, Kerryn Steel - about life with Auror, some successes she's seen so far and what’s coming up next for the group!

Law Enforcement

Apr 27, 2020

New World Halswell Work With the Christchurch Police Eagle to Stop a 1.5 Month Retail Crime Spree

We chatted to Miles Mangos, Store Manager at New World Halswell about how they worked with the Police Eagle helicopter team to stop a repeat offender on a two-month crime spree. This is a great example of how retail crime intelligence can empower your store teams to prevent serious crime!

Auror Insights

Jan 20, 2020

2019: Year in Review

2019 was a big year for the Auror community, for growth and for change. See the year in review here and the outstanding crimefighters we recognized at the annual Supreme Crimefighter Awards 2019.

Retail Crime

Jul 11, 2019

The Catch Phrase that Helped Briscoes Group to Achieve Their Lowest Loss in a Decade

We chatted to Nathan Breed from Briscoes Group about how he built a prevention first culture across the group, how it continues to drive his losses down and how you can employ the same strategies in your store.

Auror Insights

Jul 10, 2019

How 20 Stores Crowd Sourced Intel to Help Police Stop a $16,000 Crime Spree

Here’s how 20 Auckland retailers helped Takapuna police crack a $16,000 case in record time (and what you can do to get better outcomes from your incidents).

Community

Dec 20, 2018

Supreme Crimefighter Awards 2018

We were joined by crimefighters from across the community, from New Zealand and Australia, to celebrate the awesome year we’ve had in loss prevention. Congratulations everyone!

Law Enforcement

Jun 6, 2018

Joint Operation Puts Organised Retail Crime On Ice in Melbourne

See how a major retailer and Victoria Police recently worked together to break up a multimillion-dollar international theft ring targeting vitamins and infant formula.

Retail Crime

May 3, 2018

Transforming Retail Crime Investigations

Discover how one of New Zealand’s largest police districts has transformed it's approach to retail crime and created a safer community.

Crime Intelligence

Feb 20, 2018

Case Study: Auror Helps Z Energy Curb Drive-Offs

Z Energy had a $2 million problem on its hands – drive-offs were impacting its bottom line and put staff and customer safety at risk.For a company that prides itself on customer service and views staff safety as a core value, something needed to be done.

Crime Intelligence

Feb 20, 2018

Case Study: Caltex Classic Case of Crime Prevention

Reece Lewis has always been a bit of a crimefighter. He’s owned andoperated the Caltex petrol station in Lower Hutt since 2005, and aslong as he can remember drive-off fuel thefts and theft have alwaysbeen a source of frustration.

Crime Intelligence

Feb 19, 2018

Case Study: Shrink Reduction a Big Gain for Briscoe Group with Auror

Briscoe Group includes the popular Briscoes Homewares, Rebel Sport, and Living & Giving stores with more than 85 locations across New Zealand. With a recognised name and national footprint, Briscoe Group is always looking to protect its brand and profits with a proactive approach to stopping crime.

Crime Intelligence

Feb 17, 2018

Case Study: Mitre10 Hardware Puts the Clamps on Shoplifters

Mitre10 MEGA Westgate is one of the fastest growing hardware stores across the Mitre10 network, increasing its customer count by 20 percent year on year. With that rapid increase in numbers, it needed to ensure that shoplifting stats weren’t growing as well.

Law Enforcement

Feb 8, 2018

Ask A Cop: Collaboration

Sergeant Matt Murray from Waitemata District Police is back, this time answering questions about the value of collaboration and the results it creates.

Organized Retail Crime

Feb 8, 2018

The Honey Heist

See how an organised retail crime gang targeting high-grade Manuka honey was stopped in its tracks.

$800K Bust: How to Disrupt a Major ORC Ring in Four Weeks

Organized Retail Crime

Feb 2, 2018

$800K Bust: How to Disrupt a Major ORC Ring in Four Weeks

A major Australian retailer and the Police worked together to disrupt an Organised Retail Crime (ORC) ring targeting infant formula and beauty products in Melbourne, Australia.

Loss Prevention

Feb 1, 2018

Loss Prevention Pulse: What's in store?

We asked a group of opinion leaders for their view on challenges facing Loss Prevention professionals, the importance of working with the Police, and whether retailers are competitors when it comes to fighting crime.

How Woolworths stopped 60% of high-profile offenders

What is the Retail Crime Intelligence Hub?

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Community

Home Bargains UK partners with Auror for colleague safety

Auror now partners with every state-level ORCA in the United States

Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) announces INNOVATE partnership with Auror

Raul O. Aguilar joins Auror as Senior Director of Law Enforcement Partnerships

Connect the dots: why networks are our best chance against ORC & recidivist offending

Starting your Retail Crime Intelligence journey with Auror

Recapping the RILA Retail Asset Protection Conference 2023

RILA announces Auror as title sponsor for the Retail Asset Protection Conference

Supreme Hero Awards '23: North America

Key takeaways from Auror Connect ‘23

Global Retail Crime Summit ANZ: Connect, discover, and learn

Recapping Retail Risk Melbourne

Recapping NRF Protect

Celebrating the ORCA community

Partner spotlight: meet our retail heroes

RILA 2022 recap & what it means for the future

Celebrating International Women’s Day at Auror

National ORCA movement continues to gather steam

NZ Police to set up National Retail Investigation Support Unit to focus on organized and violent retail crimes

Putting a stop to South Australia’s most wanted shoplifter

2020: Year In Review

The Global Retail Crime Summit: Why we did it

Welcome to Auror, The Warehouse Group!

New World Halswell Work With the Christchurch Police Eagle to Stop a 1.5 Month Retail Crime Spree

2019: Year in Review

The Catch Phrase that Helped Briscoes Group to Achieve Their Lowest Loss in a Decade

How 20 Stores Crowd Sourced Intel to Help Police Stop a $16,000 Crime Spree

Supreme Crimefighter Awards 2018

Joint Operation Puts Organised Retail Crime On Ice in Melbourne

Transforming Retail Crime Investigations

Case Study: Auror Helps Z Energy Curb Drive-Offs

Case Study: Caltex Classic Case of Crime Prevention

Case Study: Shrink Reduction a Big Gain for Briscoe Group with Auror

Case Study: Mitre10 Hardware Puts the Clamps on Shoplifters

Ask A Cop: Collaboration

The Honey Heist

$800K Bust: How to Disrupt a Major ORC Ring in Four Weeks

Loss Prevention Pulse: What's in store?

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