America’s stores are winning the war on shoplifting
WEBSep 13, 2024 · A Target store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg/Getty Images. New York CNN —. A year ago, America’s stores declared a shoplifting ...
Why retail theft is soaring: inflation, the economy - CNN
WEBMay 23, 2023 · Retailers large and small say they’re struggling to contain an escalation in store crimes — petty shoplifting to organized sprees of large-scale theft that clear entire shelves of products.
Stores say shoplifting is a national crisis. The numbers don’t ... - CNN
WEBJan 18, 2023 · Organized retail crime typically refers to large-scale retail theft and fraud by groups of professional shoplifters who conspire to steal and resell stolen merchandise.
Inside the organized crime rings plaguing Ulta, T.J. Maxx, …
WEBMar 12, 2024 · Law enforcement officials say Mack’s alleged theft ring is just one of the many that are plaguing U.S. retailers and costing them billions in losses annually. Their rise has led many companies...
Retail group pulls back on claim organized retail crime accounts …
WEBDec 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 in inventory, including theft.
Shoplifting and retail thefts lead to new law enforcement tactics - NPR
WEBNov 29, 2023 · Many in law enforcement believe retail theft has been driven partly by a sense of impunity, fed by videos of people walking out of stores with piles of merchandise while staff look on. They also...
Shoplifting is on the rise even as reports of other types of ... - CBS News
WEBJul 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...
Target to close 9 stores, citing theft and organized retail crime | AP News
WEBSep 27, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — Target said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in four states, including one in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood, and three in the San Francisco Bay Area, saying that theft and organized retail crime have threatened the safety of its workers and customers.
Retail theft and shoplifting: Do fears about organized ... - NBC News
WEBNov 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...
'Unprecedented' theft contributed to $112 billion in retail losses …
WEBSep 26, 2023 · Losses from retail crime ticked up in 2022, causing many retailers across the country to change the way they do business, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the National Retail...
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