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If you're involved in managing risk within the retail industry, the mention of slips, trips, and falls sends shivers down your spine. It has long been accepted that slips, trips, and falls represent some of the most frequent and costly claims within the retail sector, and it is easy to understand why.

With hundreds, thousands, or millions of customers walking through your doors each year, how can you possibly prevent everyone from falling on your property? The law of large numbers suggests that a certain percentage must fall while on your premises.

As discussed in one of our recent posts, reputational risk has become a top priority in recent years with the explosive adoption of social media.

We’ve all seen the Shell smear campaign come across our news feed, or the overnight meltdown witnessed on Applebee’s Facebook page after an employee was fired for posting a customer’s receipt. Yet we’ve also seen positive outcomes: increased communication between corporations and their customers, sharing of campaigns that strike a chord with consumers to their entire networks, and even visible praise from those who have had their questions and concerns dealt with in a satisfactory manner.