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Politicians and the press bought into the panic over organized shoplifting, but the source of the alarming statistic now admits that it was a lie. Column: How the retail lobby sold a $45-billion ...
There’s been much handwringing over the scourge of shoplifting in America since 2020. To hear some retailers and politicians tell it, retail crime is out of control across the country.
According to the National Retail Federation, shoplifting incidents increased by 93% between 2019 and 2023, leading to more than $100 billion in losses. Don't miss
The Ventura County Organized Retail Theft Task Force made the arrests the weekend of Aug. 23 and Aug. 24 and authorities recovered about $1,400 in stolen merchandise, along with methamphetamine ...
Statewide, reported shoplifting of merchandise worth up to $950 soared 28% over the past five years, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. That’s the highest observed level ...
A spike in reports of shoplifting have been seen across the country in recent months. Retail corporations have said that merchandise losses, or “shrink,” related to theft, including organized ...
Leo Pichardo, a store associate at Gristedes supermarket, retrieves a container of Tide laundry soap from a cabinet that has been locked due to retail theft on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023, at the store ...
Still, the shoplifting rate during the first half of last year in major cities was 24% higher, on average, than the same period last year, according to a recent analysis by the Council on Criminal ...