America’s stores are winning the war on shoplifting
Sep 13, 2024 · They closed stores in major cities, hired extra security, locked up key merchandise and declared big losses in their financial statements. This year, retailers are telling a very different story —...
Shoplifting Surge: Major Cities See Record Retail Theft Rates in …
Dec 24, 2024 · Policy experts say shoplifting and organized retail theft can significantly harm critical industries, drive up costs for consumers and reduce sales tax revenue for states.
Stores say shoplifting is a national crisis. The numbers don’t ... - CNN
Jan 18, 2023 · Videos of brazen shoplifting incidents, like this one posted to social media in 2021, have turned retail theft into a national issue. Companies say these incidents have led to a spike in...
Retail Theft Losses Mount. Blame Organized Crime
Oct 6, 2023 · Retail theft losses swelled to $112.1 billion in 2022, up 19% from $93.9 billion the year before. Those somber numbers come from the 2023 National Retail Security Survey, released in late...
Retail theft and shoplifting: Do fears about organized ... - NBC News
Nov 12, 2023 · To hear some retailers explain it, an outbreak of shoplifting, and especially “organized retail theft,” where merchandise is stolen en masse and resold online, is forcing them to close some ...
Shoplifting is on the rise even as reports of other types of ... - CBS News
Jul 26, 2024 · Shoplifting rose 24% in the first half of the year, while every other type of crime dropped, according to the study, which analyzed crime statistics in 23 cities. The data shows shoplifting is up...
Retail group pulls back on claim organized retail crime accounts …
Dec 7, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, has revised a report released in April that pulls back the claim that organized retail crime accounts for nearly half of overall industry shrink, which measures overall loss …
Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting
Dec 8, 2023 · A national lobbying group has retracted its startling estimate that “organized retail crime” was responsible for nearly half the $94.5 billion in store merchandise that disappeared in 2021, a...
Shoplifting and retail thefts lead to new law enforcement tactics - NPR
Nov 29, 2023 · Merchants say retail thefts have become more frequent and brazen. Law enforcement is now putting more money into things like store stakeouts and task forces that track organized retail crime...
Retail theft surges 93% since before COVID-19 pandemic - Fox …
Dec 18, 2024 · Organized retail theft is 'far from frivolous crime': Gerald Storch. Storch Advisors CEO and former Toys"R"Us CEO Gerald Storch reacts to a new report which found shoplifting surged 24% across the ...