Operators are broadening their strategy to focus on total loss prevention. In fact, the number of aggressive and violent shoplifting events has recently increased by more than a third, according to a ...

Maybe you’ve seen “Ant Man” or “Avengers: Endgame,” where people can grow to the size of buildings or shrink down to the “Quantum Realm” and travel through time. This sounds fun, but unfortunately it ...

Hot water + high heat = shrinkage. Toss your cotton or wool item in the washer with hot water, then dry it on high heat to encourage it to shrink. Keep an eye on it. Check the garment periodically to ...

The pandemic has been a pressing challenge for retailers over the past 18 months, and keeping stores safe and comfortable for shoppers remains a priority. Unfortunately, some of the efforts to keep ...

If you were paying attention to retailers' earnings reports in 2023, you undoubtedly heard the term “shrink” cited as a key factor contributing to margin erosion and poor earnings performance. Shrink ...

A new nanotech breakthrough comes courtesy of a material you’d likely find in any nursery. A team from MIT has figured out a way to quickly and inexpensively shrink objects to the nanoscale. It calls ...

Washing and drying in high heat will help shrink denim, but the effects are temporary. Denim naturally stretches with time and movement, so they'll likely loosen again. To permanently take denim down ...