Majority of UK consumers think it’s easy to steal from retailers

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Exclusive survey data from YouGov shows that more consumers in the UK believe it would be easy to steal from retailers than their international counterparts do, Retail Week can reveal.

YouGov surveyed over 18,000 respondents from 17 different countries across a range of questions related to retail crime, and the findings go some way to explaining why the issue of shoplifting and violence against retail staff continues to be such a massive problem in the UK.

 

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