Retailers & Commercial Merchants

Discreet, court-ready investigations for retailers and commercial merchants losing money to theft, fraud, and shrinkage.

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Retailers and Commercial Merchants

Overview

Most retailers don’t call an investigator because business is bad and everyone on the floor can be trusted. Something specific triggered the concern. Inventory that keeps coming up short with no explanation that holds together. A register that reconciles off on the same person’s shifts. A vendor whose pricing never quite makes sense. A pattern of organized retail theft your staff can describe but can’t prove. You already know something is costing you money. What you need is documented, court-admissible findings your HR team, loss prevention counsel, and insurers can actually act on. That’s what we’ve done for retailers and commercial merchants across all 50 states since 2009.

Experience

Serving retailers and commercial merchants nationwide since 2009
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Client satisfaction rate across the businesses we serve
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How We Help

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Meet Our Investigators

Here’s the part most firms won’t say out loud. Retail investigation takes a specific mix of operational discretion, evidentiary discipline, and a real understanding of how a store actually runs, and generalist investigators don’t always bring that. A report that documents the wrong thing, or the right thing in a way that won’t hold up, doesn’t just fail to solve your problem. It creates a wrongful-termination exposure or a criminal referral that goes nowhere. You get licensed, vetted investigators who know what retail loss documentation requires and write every report as if it’s going in front of a judge or an HR tribunal, because sometimes it is. After 17+ years and 800+ cases, we know how to go get you an answer that holds up.

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Why choose us

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Next steps

You don’t need it all figured out before you call. Tell us what’s happening inside the operation and what specifically has you worried, and we’ll give you an honest read on what an investigation can realistically produce, and whether the answer is worth what it costs to get. If your loss prevention counsel needs to be looped in first, we’ll tell you that too.

Case studies

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Raymond Needed to Know What Celeste Was Doing.

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Two Visits, One Heavy-Duty Truck, and a Ride-Along That Proved Everything

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Diane was paying Curtis a set monthly amount to care for an elderly parent in Cypress. The calls went unanswered during care hours.

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    11811 North Freeway #811
    Houston, Texas 77060
    United States

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