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According to the Kent Online website, workers at a charity shop have had to close fitting rooms and hide stock, as clothes, shoes and even furniture handles are stolen.

Staff at Making a Difference to Maidstone (MADM) described the surge in shoplifting as a “slap in the face”.

The ITV News website reports that a customer consultant for Lloyds Banking Group stole more than £100,000 from her employer.

Lesley Smith sent company money in increasingly large amounts directly to her bank own accounts.

According to the Fashion United website, a recent report has found that Louis Vuitton is the most counterfeited luxury brand.

Prada was the second most counterfeited luxury brand regarding handbags, with 14.42 percent of all Prada bags being flagged as “unidentified,” aka a fake.

The BBC News website reports that counterfeit goods worth £38,000, have been seized at Appleby Horse Fair.

Fake Chanel, Ray Ban, Celine, Prada and Cartier shades were found at the Cumbrian fair’s market fields.

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.

According to the Birmingham Live website, a car company’s accounts manager stole nearly £500,000 from her employer, blowing most of it on TikTok tokens.

Katherine Greenall was gifting the tokens to content creators on the social media platform for her own “amusement and entertainment”.