WISZ2 CONSULTING GROUP
Weekly Briefing — Now Enrolling

The Prescriptive Edge
Report.

A weekly briefing on AI, loss prevention, and go-to-market growth — for the retail security leaders defending the shelf, and the partners building the technology that helps them.

Cadence
Weekly, Tuesdays
Series Runs
Sep 8 – Dec 15, 2026
Edition
Budget Season
Issued By
Wisz2 Consulting Group
$113B
2026 U.S. retail tech budget, up 6.6% YoY — software now takes 46% of every dollar
Forrester, 2026
12.4%
Drop in shoplifting incidents, 2024–2025 — but fraud is shifting, not disappearing
NRF, 2026
16x
Higher shrink rate at self-checkout versus staffed registers
Industry data, 2026
20–30%
Typical shrink reduction from well-implemented AI exception detection
Industry data, 2026
Three Pillars, One Industry Lens

Everything ties back to the shelf.

Each issue rotates through the three levers we work on with clients — always through the lens of retail loss prevention and asset protection, never in the abstract.

01 — FOUNDATION

AI & Data Initiatives

Turning camera feeds, POS streams, and fraud signals into one correlated picture — and separating real AI ROI from expensive noise.

Data & AI
02 — STRATEGY

LP Services Strategy

Positioning loss prevention as a margin-protection and growth function — and winning it a real seat in the annual budget conversation.

LP Strategy
03 — GROWTH

GTM & Pipeline Growth

Helping the solution providers who sell into this buyer build a go-to-market motion built on trust and proof, not hype.

GTM
The Docket — 15 Issues

What's coming, week by week.

The full run, September through December — timed to the exact window when 2027 budgets get decided.

Already sent? Browse the full archive →

About The Program

Connective tissue between the buyer and the builder.

Wisz2 Consulting Group LLC works both sides of the retail loss prevention industry: advising retail LP and asset protection leaders on AI, data, and technology strategy, and helping the solution providers who sell into them build a go-to-market motion that earns this buyer's trust.

The Prescriptive Edge Report is our weekly view from that vantage point — timed deliberately to the fall budget cycle, when next year's LP, AI, and data initiatives get funded or shelved.

— Matthew Wisz, Founder
Best For
Retail LP / AP executives · LP & security technology vendors · Investors watching the category
Format
One focused issue per week, 5–7 minute read
Contact
Enrollment Is Open

Don't sit out this budget season.

Fifteen weeks. Three pillars. One inbox delivery.