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Shoplifting

  • Former NZ Green MP Faces $1,600 Fine for Stealing $9,000 Worth of Clothing
    Former NZ Green MP Faces $1,600 Fine for Stealing $9,000 Worth of Clothing
    'There is nowhere near a material contribution of her mental health to the shoplifting,' said a prosecutor.
    June 27, 2024BY Rex Widerstrom
  • How We’re Groomed to Glorify Theft
    How We’re Groomed to Glorify Theft
    Commentary I was recently shocked to hear a podcaster openly encourage stealing from Whole Foods. He described his ...
    June 20, 2024BY Loretta Breuning
  • Los Angeles Store Owner Stopped Shoplifters Despite 81 Percent Increase in Shoplifting | Fraser Ross
    Los Angeles Store Owner Stopped Shoplifters Despite 81 Percent Increase in Shoplifting | Fraser Ross
    "We were just getting fed up. Our security bill was $150,000 last year. We never had that. The ...
    June 8, 2024BY Siyamak Khorrami
  • Violence in Convenience Stores Almost Doubles and is Linked to Shoplifting Epidemic
    Violence in Convenience Stores Almost Doubles and is Linked to Shoplifting Epidemic
    An annual report by the Association of Convenience Stores has found violence against shop staff has jumped from ...
    March 4, 2024BY Chris Summers
  • Guilt-Tripping Our Way to Self-Destruction
    Guilt-Tripping Our Way to Self-Destruction
    Commentary Everywhere we turn, the country looks like it is falling apart. Crime is out of control. Millions ...
    February 8, 2024BY Laura Hollis
  • Gen Z Is Checking Out: Maybe We Should Listen
    Gen Z Is Checking Out: Maybe We Should Listen
    Gen Z appears to be the first generation destined to check out—or, should I say, self-check out—from traditional ...
    February 5, 2024BY John Mac Ghlionn
  • Florida Suspect Shoots at Deputies Before Standoff at Home Which He Set on Fire, Authorities Say
    Florida Suspect Shoots at Deputies Before Standoff at Home Which He Set on Fire, Authorities Say
    DELTONA, Fla.—A deputy in Florida was grazed by a bullet Wednesday during a gunfight with a suspect who ...
    December 21, 2023BY The Associated Press
  • Los Angeles Leads 2023 National Shoplifting Spree
    Los Angeles Leads 2023 National Shoplifting Spree
    Commentary Shoplifting in Los Angeles spiked 109 percent in the first half of 2023, according to a new ...
    November 22, 2023BY John Seiler
  • Retailers Hope Advancements in AI Security Can Stem Rise in Shoplifting
    Retailers Hope Advancements in AI Security Can Stem Rise in Shoplifting
    As shoplifting continues to surge across the nation, artificial intelligence (AI) innovations are providing retailers with hope that ...
    November 8, 2023BY Matthew Lysiak
  • Increased Surveillance of Shoppers Raises Concerns
    Increased Surveillance of Shoppers Raises Concerns
    Big supermarkets are being warned that increased surveillance of shoppers, including close-up cameras on self-checkout screens, is more ...
    November 4, 2023BY AAP
  • Hundreds Arrested for Shoplifting in Latest Vancouver Police Blitz
    Hundreds Arrested for Shoplifting in Latest Vancouver Police Blitz
    Retailers across Canada are concerned about an uptick in violence as a "tsunami" of retail theft plagues businesses ...
    October 28, 2023BY The Canadian Press
  • The Normalization of Violence
    The Normalization of Violence
    Commentary The horrifying shootings in Maine with 18 dead innocents are just the latest sign of the rise ...
    October 27, 2023BY Jeffrey A. Tucker
  • Private Police Report Success in Prosecution of Shoplifters Amid Rise in Retail Crime
    Private Police Report Success in Prosecution of Shoplifters Amid Rise in Retail Crime
    The police lacks resources to effectively deal with retail crime, according to the founder of a private investigation ...
    October 25, 2023BY Evgenia Filimianova
  • Store Clerk Set on Fire by Alleged Shoplifter in Northern California
    Store Clerk Set on Fire by Alleged Shoplifter in Northern California
    A store clerk was set on fire while confronting an alleged shoplifter in a convenience store in Northern ...
    October 4, 2023BY Julianne Foster
  • Policing Minister Chris Philp Encourages Citizen’s Arrests on Shoplifters
    Policing Minister Chris Philp Encourages Citizen’s Arrests on Shoplifters
    Mr. Philp, speaking at a fringe event at the Tory party conference, encouraged people to carry out citizen's ...
    October 4, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Police to Use Passport Database to Catch Shoplifters
    Police to Use Passport Database to Catch Shoplifters
    It comes amid a surge in retail crime across the country, with staff often facing violence and abuse ...
    October 3, 2023BY Evgenia Filimianova
  • Stopping the Rampant Shoplifting
    Stopping the Rampant Shoplifting
    "It has gotten so bad that a number of Walgreens, Walmart, and other stores have ceased operation in ...
    October 2, 2023BY The Reader's Turn
  • Re: ‘Stopping the Rampant Shoplifting’
    Re: ‘Stopping the Rampant Shoplifting’
    "How many of them have ever been taught anything about the reason for laws, and how to live ...
    October 2, 2023BY The Reader's Turn
  • Target Closing 9 Stores, Citing Organized Retail Crime and Safety
    Target Closing 9 Stores, Citing Organized Retail Crime and Safety
    Target announced it will close nine stores, citing theft and safety issues.
    September 29, 2023BY Jason Blair
  • Police Forces Not Treating Violent Assaults on Staff as Blue-Light Priority, Say Retailers
    Police Forces Not Treating Violent Assaults on Staff as Blue-Light Priority, Say Retailers
    A coalition of retail representatives has written to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales demanding they ...
    September 20, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • American Eagle Sues Owners of San Francisco Westfield Mall Over ‘Rampant Criminal Activity’
    American Eagle Sues Owners of San Francisco Westfield Mall Over ‘Rampant Criminal Activity’
    The clothing retailer reports more than 100 “significant security incidents” in one year, with employees faced with thefts ...
    September 18, 2023BY Travis Gillmore
  • 50 Percent of Retailers Report Spike in Organised Criminal Activity: Industry Body
    50 Percent of Retailers Report Spike in Organised Criminal Activity: Industry Body
    Forty-five percent of small businesses had to temporarily close their stores due to crime. 
    September 15, 2023BY Daryl Vandenberg
  • Organized Shoplifting Is $100B Problem—It Hurts Businesses Big and Small, Costing Jobs and Even Lives
    Organized Shoplifting Is $100B Problem—It Hurts Businesses Big and Small, Costing Jobs and Even Lives
    Commentary Corporate America is finally waking up to the fact that woke policies on crime are costing them billions. Organized shoplifting efforts ...
    September 14, 2023BY Cully Stimson and Zack Smith
  • Shoplifters Are ‘Emboldened’ as Grab-and-Go Phenomenon Hits UK Stores
    Shoplifters Are ‘Emboldened’ as Grab-and-Go Phenomenon Hits UK Stores
    The British Retail Consortium says theft cost retailers £773 million in 2021/2022 and they spent a further £953 ...
    September 7, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Every Shoplifting Incident Must be Investigated, Minister Tells Police
    Every Shoplifting Incident Must be Investigated, Minister Tells Police
    Chris Philp told the Telegraph that forces must employ a “zero-tolerance” approach to theft where there is CCTV ...
    September 4, 2023BY Patricia Devlin
  • Rise in Crime: Nordstrom Closes Shop in SF, Dollar Store Locks Up Merchandise
    Rise in Crime: Nordstrom Closes Shop in SF, Dollar Store Locks Up Merchandise
    Nordstrom is closing its flagship store in downtown San Francisco after 35 years in business.
    August 28, 2023BY Bryan Jung
  • Rising Supermarket Thefts: A Symptom of Deeper Moral Decline
    Rising Supermarket Thefts: A Symptom of Deeper Moral Decline
    Commentary Stealing deprives the right to property that does not belong to the thief. It’s a pretty easy ...
    August 24, 2023BY Eric Abetz
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