Shrink isn’t just a shoplifting problem, it’s a systems problem. We sit down with Brand Elverston, former Walmart asset protection leader and now principal at Elverston Consulting, to unpack why losses start at the purchase order and ripple through the supply chain long before an item ever hits the shelf. The conversation gets practical fast: what “total retail loss” really means, why administrative errors and inventory chaos can be as expensive as theft, and how leaders can target the bigges...