Hayes, Read http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1094-469X
Strome, Stuart
Johns, Tracy
Scicchitano, Michael
Downs, Daniel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Checkpoint/Alpha (N/A)
Article History
First Online: 17 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Read Hayes, Ph.D., Research Scientist, University of Florida, is also the Director of the industry group Loss Prevention Research Council, Inc. that provides research services to retail members. The retailers included in this study, as well as Alpha/Checkpoint, Inc. (the maker of the product protection technologies tested), were annual paid members of the Loss Prevention Research Council at the time of the study. Alpha/Checkpoint, Inc. also provided an unrestricted grant to facilitate necessary travel and expenses. Stuart Strome, Ph.D., is a current Gartner, though was not an employee at the time of the study. The results of this study were not modified or influenced in any way by the retail company participants or Alpha/Checkpoint, Inc.