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Analysis & FeaturesBeyond cameras and AI: how smart store design can stop theft before it happens
High-tech solutions have been heralded as the answer to soaring shoplifting rates. But might a lo-fi, design-led approach prove even more effective?
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Comment & OpinionIgnore Big Tobacco: its decline is retail’s opportunity
Let’s be clear about who benefits from the spin that regulating tobacco is bad for retailers: not the corner shop or the supermarket but the multinational tobacco manufacturers, says Hazel Cheeseman, CEO of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
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Comment & OpinionNot all convenience stores are innocent victims of retail crime
A police crackdown on organised crime has alarmingly identified that more than 100 convenience stores have been buying items stolen from supermarkets and reselling them at discounted prices
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NewsTesco arms delivery drivers with body cameras to tackle crime wave
Tesco will roll out the equipment to more than 5,000 delivery drivers in 100 stores by the end of the year, saying it wants to make its staff feel safer at work
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NewsIncidents of shop theft continue at near record levels, ONS data shows
The Office for National Statistics’ latest Crime Survey for England and Wales shows shoplifting offences rose by 13% to 530,000 for the year ending June 2025
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NewsPolice raid convenience stores in organised crime clampdown
Over two days last week, officers raided more than 120 shops suspected of buying items stolen from major retailers and reselling them at discounted prices
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NewsRetail bodies welcome progress to protect sector from theft and harm
The Crime and Policing Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords has been completed
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NewsFarmfoods slammed by campaigners after deploying facial recognition cameras
Farmfoods is using facial recogniton cameras from Facewatch
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Analysis & FeaturesIs food and drink doing enough to tackle modern slavery?
A decade after the Modern Slavery Act was introduced to much acclaim, UK food and drink supply chains remain exposed. Are retailers and suppliers doing enough to change that?
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NewsFour in 10 retail workers at risk of quitting, claims research
The Retail Trust is running online training sessions designed to help shop staff cope with antisocial behaviour in the run-up to Christmas
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NewsUK border strategy ‘failing’ warns second damning Efra Committee report in a week
A new report, published by the Commons Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee, has warned the Border Target Operating Model is ‘flawed’
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NewsLioncroft CEO urges retailers to report crime as sector approaches ‘crisis point’
In an open letter, Wouhra urged the sector to take action after figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales found that in the past year more than 6.2 million incidents of shoplifting were recorded
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Comment & OpinionC-stores must fight back as shoplifting hits record high
My local police force, West Midlands Police, has just reported a 60% increase in suspected shop theft arrests over the past two years thanks to changes made to its policing model and call handling systems, says Jason Wouhra, CEO of Lioncroft Wholesale and chair of Unitas
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NewsTesco staff get safety app to help them get to and from work safely
Using AI technology, the app will allow up to 300,000 staff to raise the alarm if they feel in danger, with automatic checks if they fail to arrive on time
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NewsWaitrose rolls out CCTV and screens in store to deter theft
The screens, which relay live footage of shoppers entering and leaving stores, are being hung in the entrances of Waitrose supermarkets
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NewsSainsbury’s to roll out facial recognition tech in stores
The technology will be used to identify and possibly ban people who are ‘violent, aggressive or steal in the store’
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NewsFour men jailed for putting meat not fit for consumption on to the market
The defendants were convicted earlier this year following an investigation by Southwark Council and the Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit, with a judge at the Inner London Crown Court handing out custodial sentences this week
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NewsShop theft in Scotland up 17% in the past year
The SGF is calling for long-term support to help Police Scotland tackle the deluge of shop theft
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NewsIceland offers £1 reward to customers who spot shoplifters in store
The frozen grocer is launching a new initiative to combat shoplifting by offering customers a £1 bonus card top-up for reporting theft incidents to staff, as the retailer faces annual losses of over £20m from retail crime
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NewsGrocery workers call for help as demand for GroceryAid surges
GroceryAid handed out £6.5m in support to the sector in 2024, an 8% increase on the previous year, accordsing to its latest impact report