All Crime articles
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NewsSainsbury’s adds support to Let’s Respect Retail campaign
The supermarket is the biggest grocery retailer to join the campaign as it looks to push its message of treating retail staff with respect and kindness
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Comment & OpinionShoplifting is down. So why is retail crime getting more violent?
Co-op’s expectation that retail crime will fall to a post-pandemic low in 2026 represents a genuine milestone
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Aldi x Lidl, budget hopes and falling fibre fans
Lidl and Aldi are now in competition with each other, rather than their full line rivals, as Tesco is taken to task on preservatives, and Andy Burnham explores different options for the UK’s relationship with the EU
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NewsSupermarkets in talks on cybersecurity as public urged to stockpile food
This week, ministers published new resilience advice to businesses and individuals, including calls for households to stockpile long shelf-life food
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NewsShop theft falls but retailer robberies surge, ONS data shows
ACS has warned that part of this drop – alongside a 10% spike in robberies to 88,282 offences – has been driven by police now logging thefts involving or threatening violence as a robbery of business property
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NewsCo-op doubles crime cases solved in Devon and Cornwall stores with new reporting tool
SentrySIS enables stronger intelligence sharing, tracking repeat offenders by connecting offences committed by the same individual and build stronger cases against them
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NewsMore than 800 UK supermarket fridges at heightened risk of hacking
The finding comes after hackers commandeered fridge and freezer systems at hundreds of French supermarkets, remotely raising their temperature
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NewsLidl rolling out ‘fancy pants’ new self-checkout machines to all stores
The machines will appear in all new stores and gradually retro-fitted into existing ones
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News‘They don’t give a damn’: the real cost of the illicit tobacco trade
Store owners in Croydon have spoken candidly about the devastating effect of the illicit tobacco and vape trade on their businesses, warning that rogue traders face no real consequences and that the price gap between legal and illegal products is impossible to bridge
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NewsIceland Foods to use AI to calculate yellow label markdowns and cut food waste
The technology, from Retail Insight, save store staff time and ‘protect margins’ on products, by ensuring that close to expiry lines are identified more quickly
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Comment & OpinionHMRC is taking the piss on counterfeit and illegal tobacco
The entire supply chain must be involved in dealing with the illicit tobacco problem – with urine sampling a proven tactic, says The Grocer editor-at-large Adam Leyland
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NewsCo-op demands tougher action as 44% smokers buy illegal cigarettes in corner shops
Co-op’s Legitimate High Street Framework white paper highlights the importance of government and local authorities focusing their attention on disrupting organised crime networks
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Comment & OpinionA huge response is needed to beat organised crime in the UK
The government has started to respond, but its £30m pledge will barely scratch the surface
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Analysis & FeaturesInside organised crime’s grip on UK high streets
Organised crime gangs are exploiting Britain’s high streets on an industrial scale - and legitimate retailers are paying the price
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Diageo job cuts & Asda’s convenience push
Diageo confirms it shed nearly 2,000 jobs last year, with more cuts expected as the drinks giant rolls out its new operating model, plus Asda’s move into indie convenience and a busy week for M&A
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Comment & OpinionRight crime, wrong face: Who’s to blame when facial recognition gets it wrong?
Bleating about the accuracy of the tech and blaming shopworkers when they get it wrong is an underhanded misdirection from the facial recognition companies
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NewsM&S declares backing for Let’s Respect Retail campaign
The retailer has claimed to be ‘the first major UK grocer to publicly support’ the initiative
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NewsIceland’s use of crime-fighting AI reduces theft losses by 80%
SAI’s tech solution is able to detect missed scans, partial payment and walkouts at self-checkouts and concealment and consumption in the aisles
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NewsLegitimate vape shops ‘smeared’ by government rhetoric, claims trade body
UK Vaping Industry Association director general John Dunne was reacting to HMRC’s call for the public to report ‘firms breaking the law and blighting the high street, from vape shops to barbers’
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NewsSainsbury’s facial recognition rollout to continue despite false thief claim
Sainsbury’s has temporarily suspended the use of Facewatch technology from the Dulwich superstore to further investigate, and if necessary provide additional staff training, it said.