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Tid Biz Heron Cable to increase personnel Heron Cable Industries of Waterloo will add approximately 10 new employees as a result of a consolidation program involving two U.S. Laurier teams place in According to a recentlyâ€"released Ernst & national business competition Young survey of U.S. retailers, shrinkage â€" Two teams of fourthâ€"year business students customer/employee theft and paperwork misâ€" at Wilfrid Laurier Universtiy placed in the takes â€" didn‘t dramatically increase in 1988. Interâ€"Collegiate Business competition held in The difference was only .01 per cent, but the Kingston last week. "shrinkage" continues to be a costly problem The team of Michael Ketchum, Kim McCarâ€" for retailers on both sides of the border, Good thy and Joan Pickel placed second in the said. _ A plant in Farmington, Conn. will be closed Jan. 31 and its wire cable extrusion operation transferred to Waterl0o. Assembly of finished cable products from Connecticut will be moved to New Carlisle, Ind., site of Heron‘s subsidiary, East Heat. Heron Cable president A.W. Mondoux said the move will enable the company to consoliâ€" date production facilities and standardize its product line for the entire North American business mdimon. Last year, Laurier won dutU' ision of the national competition at Queen‘s University. Terri Jerrard and Lois Norris placed second in the accounting division. #/ â€"The nine Laurier ts participating in the event were mm the ICBC chairâ€" man‘s award for the energy and enthusiasm they demonstrated during the fourâ€"day competâ€" Theft and errors still problems for retailers Theft and administrative errors are still an enormous problem for Canadian retailers, but statistics indicate the problem is worse in the U.S., said Ernst & Young‘s retail services This year more thar% ever our readers will be seeking valuableâ€"information in the financial planning field, and together we can offer that in our special tabloid feature that will reach â€"76,800* households in Kitchenerâ€" FINANCIAL PLANNER The Financial Planner will be of interest to firms dealing with RRSP‘s, offering tax preparation â€" services, accounting firms, investment companies and computer and business services. Waterloo. Be sure to be included in the wide crossâ€" section of regional businesses who make a point of being seen in this section each year. Date: Wednesday, January 31, 1990 Copy Deadline: Friday, January 26, 1990 â€" 12 noon Contact your sales representative: Waterloo Chronicle 886â€"2830 witERLO0® 1 ~ Chfoiiicle * Including sister publication Kitchener Marketplace. The difference was only .01 per cent, but the "shrinkage" continues to be a costly problem fogdmux'len on both sides of the border, Good said. The survey indicates that shrinkage acâ€" counted for 1.96 per cent of retail sales in 1988 â€" .56 per cent more than Canada‘s 1.28 perâ€" cent rate. The study shows department stores to be the biggest casualty, reporting shrinkage of 2.22 per ;nt in 1988 ‘‘The shrinkage losses in both Canada and the U.S. are substantial, when you consider, for example, that our annual retail sales in Canada, excluding automobiles, exceeds $110 billion," Good said. 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