At the prestigious ICS Security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April, Hannon’s sister company, Floyd Total Security was awarded the Salto dealer of the year award by the President of Salto Systems. Michael Karch, the owner of Floyd Total Security, and Bill Wood, Floyd’s Technical Sales Director, proudly accepted the award on behalf of Floyd. Michael proudly adds this honor to Floyd’s past awards, which include multiple Dealer of the Year Awards, including Medeco, First Alert and currently the GE Security System National Dealer of the Year Award. Salto Systems provide intelligent locking solutions for higher security, flexibility and control. "These rewards are the tangible results of everyone’s hard work and dedication," Michael said.

A recent survey from the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) shows a sharp rise in the amount of retail crime linked to the troubled economy. The RILA survey found that roughly 61 percent of respondents showed increasing trends in opportunistic and amateur shoplifting. 72 percent of respondents also claimed to see a rise in organized retail crime, and a 52 percent increase in financial fraud. The 72 percent in organized retail crime was also alarming because organized groups or rings have an easier network to dispense of stolen goods, and could even sell the stolen items on the internet. "These trends confirm that retail criminals are seeking to capitalize on the current economic climate to expand their activities," said Paul Jones, vice president of asset protection for RILA. "Their resulting ability to fund other crimes should be a concern to everyone."

Source: Security Info Watch

Finding ways to motivate employees can sometimes be difficult, especially for small business owners who may not have a large budget for employee moral. According to entrepreuner.com there are several ways to motivate your employees without having to break the bank. When we think of recognition, we think of praise and awards, but there is a more integrated approach to ensure that members of your crew know their importance. It could be as simple as trusting employees with important customers or introducing them to an instrumental figure within the organization. It's also been shown that employees find recognition more valuable when it's administered individually rather than as part of a team. Creating quality relations with members of your team is also a great way to help motivate your staff. For example once a manager solidifies a superior relationship with his employees, it's as simple as verbally reinforcing positive behavior. If a manager focuses on the underappreciated performers to figure out what they do well and recognize them for it those employees are more likely to do more things well. Something as simple as creating a company blog for your businesses best work is yet another great and simple way to keep your staff motivated.

Source: entrepreuner.com

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Questionable Judgments: Remo Spencer, who works at the Wal-Mart in Great Falls, Mont., was arrested in April and charged with stealing eight laptop computers and seven iPods from the store's inventory. He aroused suspicion when he offered those items for sale on Wal-Mart's employee bulletin board. [Billings Gazette, 4-21-09]

New standards from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may begin to slow you down next time at the airport. Starting May 15th the TSA will require persons to give their first, middle, and last name when making flight reservations. TSA security personnel will be checking to make sure the name on your reservation exactly matches the name on your driver’s license or passport. If names do not match exactly TSA officials may delay you at a security checkpoint, or keep you for getting on your flight at all. Starting in August passengers will also be required to submit their date of birth and gender before making flight reservations.

Source: WBIR.com

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