Last Friday police arrested a man posing as a worker from a West Palm Beach locksmith company answering a service call to an island residence. The resident thought she was calling Wilson Rowan Locksmith who she had used for locksmith services in the past, after searching the Internet for the company’s phone number. According to […]
Read moreIf you’re like most, you don’t look at locks as a thing of beauty, but rather as a functional tool that you use every day. Owner of Union Hardware, David Goldberg, has turned that notion upside down and has used locks to create a masterful rendering of Vincent van Gough’s Starry Night. Using over 1,250 […]
Read moreLast month MasterCard rolled out a new credit card with touch-sensitive buttons for generating one-time passwords and an LCD display. It’s not available to the masses yet, and it probably won’t be for a while. For now, it’s only available in Singapore, and the keypad is there mainly to do one thing: punch in a […]
Read moreTrend tracking can be exhausting on a large scale, and within the door and hardware industry new concepts seem to be emerging at lightning speed. While it may seem tedious, all successful businesses keep an eye on industry trends and ways to stay ahead, or at least with, the pack through innovation or early implementation. […]
Read moreAs I drove out of a parking garage last week I began to dig for the $1 payment I needed to make. After frantically searching for the duration of my wait in line, I meagerly pulled out my debit card and apologized to the lady working. She assured me it happens ALL the time, but […]
Read moreATM fraud and skimming is no longer a crime of the future; in fact, it’s becoming more and more prevalent world-wide. With more than 1.7 million ATMs worldwide and new ones installed around every six minutes, the possibilities for skimming criminals are endless. This rapidly growing form of ATM fraud is one of the fastest-growing […]
Read moreThe cubicles here at LockNet have been pretty empty the last couple weeks and it looks like the pattern will continue right through to the New Year. How many of you guys are in the office over the holidays? Whether you are out for a few days, a week, or a month there are a […]
Read moreThe trees are coming down; the gifts have been opened in a frenzy of wrapping paper and bows, but what about all those gifts that weren’t exactly what we wanted? The National Retail Federation does a report each year canvassing return fraud and its effects on the retail industry. For 2012 return fraud will cost […]
Read moreOne in 11 people are shoplifters – according to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention. About 27 million people in America shoplift on a regular basis. The third and fourth quarters of the year are always tough on retailers. This time of year is notorious for high theft, both by shoplifters and employees; but this […]
Read more“The busiest shopping day of the year since 2003” “$52.5 Billion spent in 2011” “226 Million Shoppers in 2011” “$398.62 – Average dollar amount spent per shopper” “147 Million Shoppers expected in 2012” Thanksgiving Day (now referred to as Black Thursday to deal-seeking shoppers) and Black Friday have become bigger than ever. This is great […]
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