Category Archives: Shoplifting

The This Is Money website reports that independent retailers face being put out of business by an epidemic of shoplifting, violence and rogue traders.

Figures show 96 per cent of small shop owners said rising retail crime – plus tax hikes and high energy costs – have made it harder for their businesses to survive.

As reported on The Standard website, London’s Oxford Street and other ‘flagship’ thoroughfares are at risk without urgent national action on crime.

Once Europe’s busiest shopping destination, Oxford Street has struggled in recent years – becoming better known for shoplifting, phone snatching and sweet shops.

The BBC News website reports that Greggs will move its self-serve food and drinks to behind the counter to stamp out shoplifting at the High Street bakery.

It is not expected that the change will be implemented across all Greggs’ 2,600 bakeries in the UK, but it may be rolled out to sites where there are high levels of theft.

As reported on the Met Police website, its officers have secured significant banning orders against two prolific shoplifters.

As part of their continued crackdown on retail crime, they arrested Winston Wright, who stole more than £2,500 worth of goods from stores over four months.

According to the Guardian website, food retailers in the UK have seen a “massive” increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, amidst the rising cost of living.

John Nussbaum, from store security firm Kingdom Services Group, has said his staff were seeing a “different sort of shoplifter now.”

According to the Basildon, Canvey And Southend Echo website, a thief was caught trying to steal more than £78,000 worth of items from shops across the country.

Whilst Andrei-Theodor Cretu was in prison for previous offences, further investigations revealed he was part of a larger organised crime group operating nationwide.