Latest News: retail crime
January 26, 2024 5:16 pm
Published by Natalie Fresen
The Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) has expressed alarm at new data which show that shoplifting is at its highest level in 20 years. According... View Article
December 5, 2023 2:21 pm
Published by Natalie Fresen
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed Labour’s ‘community policing guarantee’, aimed at tackling an epidemic of retail crime sweeping through the sector. The plans are outlined... View Article
November 13, 2023 12:05 pm
Published by Natalie Fresen
Staff from over 200 retailers, including Tesco, H&M, Co-op and John Lewis, have spoken out against the shocking wave of assaults and theft that is making... View Article
November 9, 2023 8:39 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Lidl is to roll out body-worn cameras across its UK store estate as it looks to ensure the safety and security of both staff and customers.... View Article
October 16, 2023 8:46 am
Published by Angela Beevers
A petition lodged by a Tesco worker calling on the Government to make violence or abuse against retail workers a standalone criminal offence has reached 10,000... View Article
October 2, 2023 8:49 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Retailers have called on the Government to take action over rising rates of shoplifting and assaults on store staff. In a letter organised by the British... View Article
January 13, 2023 4:55 pm
Published by Natalie Fresen
The leader of the trade organisation representing thousands of independent retailers has appealed to the Minister of State for Policing to do more to clamp down... View Article
September 1, 2022 10:39 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Boots has invested in staff safety by rolling out body-worn video cameras to an additional 225 UK stores. The move follows an initial pilot in 83... View Article
August 11, 2022 10:11 am
Published by Angela Beevers
Over 100 retail leaders have written a joint letter to Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales to ask for retail crime to be a... View Article