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Jones says goodbye to RILA
By Rhianna Daniels – 05.12.2009
WASHINGTON–Paul Jones, a loss prevention veteran who served in various roles with Limited Brands, Federated Department Stores, Sunglass Hut and Luxottica Retail Group throughout his career, has left his position with the Retail Industry Leaders Association to pursue new opportunities.
Jones, who has served as vice president of asset protection for RILA since February 2008, spearheaded the promotion and development of RILA’s Loss Prevention, Auditing and Safety Conference, which was held last week in Orlando, Fla. Jones also worked diligently to promote the organization’s loss prevention initiatives, said Casey Chroust, senior vice president of retail operations with RILA, as well as expand RILA’s visibility in the LP community.
“We are sad to see him leave. He knocked it out of the park on the conference,” said Brian Dodge, senior vice president, communications and state affairs. “Casey, who has overseen retail operations here, is going to oversee the LP work for the near time. Casey had also led our LP work prior to Paul joining RILA.”
Chroust said LP issues will continue to be addressed throughout the RILA-NRF merger process and he will work with the LP Steering Committee to make sure initiatives are in line with industry needs.
“We will not leave a gapping hole,” Chroust said. “LP currently is one of our key strategic pillars and it will be in the future as well. LP is not going away; rather, the merger will make it stronger and more united.”
When the NRF-RILA merger is finalized, one person will oversee the LP functions at the combined organization. Right now there are two executives in place at NRF — Joe LaRocca recently stepped back from his role as vice president of loss prevention to serve as senior asset prevention advisor at the organization while Rhett Asher was hired to replace LaRocca.
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