UK Shoplifters Target Booze

Saturday, 22nd June 2019 at 9:34am

According to the Drinks Retailing News website, theft of alcoholic drinks is the greatest contributor to the annual £11bn cost of shrinkage across the UK.

With shoplifting in general being the main cause of shrinkage – closely followed by thieving staff and administrative errors – BWS was the category most likely to be hit by thieves, followed by cheese, meat, sweets and canned fish.

Checkpoint Systems UK, which recently conducted research, urged retailers to spend time learning the modus operandi of shoplifters, and work on more robust countermeasures and security solutions.

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