All Crime, fraud & security articles – Page 4
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NewsCo-op turns to AI and secure tills as retail crime soars
The Co-op has turned to AI technology at self-checkouts and secure tills after a 44% rise in retail crime with grocery retailers reporting as many as 1,000 incidents a day, The Guardian reported.
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NewsShoplifting offences hit highest level in 20 years
Shoplifting offences rose to their highest level in two decades last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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AnalysisThe future of retail technology straight from the Expo in New York
As more than 1,000 retail tech companies from around the world showcased their latest innovations at NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show in New York last week, here is Retail Week’s round-up of the groundbreaking technology revealed at the Expo.
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NewsExclusive: Business rates and tackling crime top BRC election wish list
The British Retail Consortium is calling on the UK’s political parties to ensure that business rates are made more sustainable and that retail crime becomes a standalone offence, as it gears up for the general election this year.
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NewsSainsbury’s boss backs law change to deal with spiralling retail crime
Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts has said that abuse and physical attacks on Sainsbury’s staff have “escalated through last year” and backed calls for changes in the law to protect shopworkers.
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AnalysisThe stories that rocked retail in 2023
2023 was frequently a tough year for retail. From the ongoing cost-of-living crisis to the travail of the pureplays and the collapse – and rebirth – of a much beloved high street institution, here are the stories that shook the industry
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Retail VoiceRevealed: Four ways to combat fraud
With the retail sector in the full swing of the holiday season, Worldpay uncovers four strategies for protecting businesses from fraud whilst still ensuring a successful festive period for growth
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Retail VoiceRespect Retail: Why police need to take reports of abuse more seriously
Want to know why the Retail Trust’s Respect Retail campaign is calling for urgent and collective action against customer abuse? Chris Brook-Carter explains.
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Retail VoiceThe case for RFID to reduce shrink
With an overwhelming 42 different categories of loss associated with ecommerce, according to Professor Adrian Beck’s Total Retail Loss typology, it is crucial to find innovative and efficient ways to reduce shrinkage says TSC Printronix Auto ID’s Bob Vines
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Opinion‘Halting retail crime epidemic will need a broad approach’
Partnerships between retailers, the police and the government are welcome but, given the scale of the challenge, companies must take steps of their own to ensure the safety of staff and minimise inventory loss, believes Erin Brookes
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NewsRetail bosses call for better abuse protection for staff
Retail bosses are urging police forces across the UK to better protect staff from abuse as the rate of retail crime reaches new heights.
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NewsLidl rolls out body cams to combat retail crime wave
Value grocer Lidl is to introduce staff body cams across its estate of almost 1,000 stores as the crime wave afflicting retailers shows no sign of declining.
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NewsPrimark ‘doing Christmas better than ever before’, says ABF boss George Weston
Chief executive of Primark’s parent company ABF George Weston has said Christmas is going “better than ever before” as shoppers have started to spend early.
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NewsPolice reveal 'zero-tolerance' plan to combat shoplifting
Shoplifting and retail crimes will be treated like organised crime as per the new Retail Crime Action Plan unveiled by the National Police Chiefs Council.
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Opinion‘Everyone should sign the petition calling on government to fight retail crime’
As violence and abuse of retail staff becomes a pandemic, BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson urges the industry to pressure politicians to take decisive action
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NewsPolice to attend every shoplifting incident with staff threat
A new “zero-tolerance” plan to tackle organised shoplifting gangs is to be agreed upon in Downing Street today.
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DataRanking: England and Wales’ shoplifting hotspots
To reveal the places hardest hit by shoplifting – and the areas where it’s seemingly safest to operate a store – Money.co.uk has extracted crime data for England and Wales, and here are the results
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AnalysisTesco’s Ken Murphy on net zero, retail crime and profiteering accusations
On the day that Tesco posted surging profits and sales, its chief executive Ken Murphy gave his takes on a host of issues facing grocery and the retail sector.
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NewsRetail leaders sign letter to home secretary urging action on rising crime
Around 90 retail leaders in the UK have signed a letter to the home secretary, Suella Braverman, demanding a crackdown on retail crime.
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Opinion‘High streets need grassroots solutions – not a Royal Commission to tell us what we already know’
John Lewis Partnership chair Dame Sharon White has called for a Royal Commission on high streets, but town centre solutions must be locally inspired and driven – and there is plenty of good practice to share, argues expert Graham Soult