‘Out of control’ crime: How are retailers cracking down on criminals?
With new data from the Co-op revealing its stores have seen “record levels” of crime with more than 1,000 incidents per day, we take a look at the techniques retailers are using to crack down on the rise of retail crime
Retail crime has almost doubled in the past few years as research from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) shows abuse, physical assault and threats with weapons rose from more than 450 incidents per day in 2019/20 to over 850 per day in 2021/22.
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