Retailers battle recruitment crisis amid sharp rise in shoplifting
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Fear of assault ‘scaring people off retail jobs’
Retailers battle recruitment crisis amid sharp rise in shoplifting
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Retailers battle recruitment crisis amid sharp rise in shoplifting
Retailers battle recruitment crisis amid sharp rise in shoplifting
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Britain is in the midst of a shoplifting epidemic with almost 800 crimes a day going unsolved, with one theft recorded every…
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Is this the new normal, where brazen thieves are met with a smile and a nod but taking a stand makes you an outcast?
With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed…
Every week videos are posted on social media of thieves brazenly stuffing bags, clothes and pockets full of stolen food, alcohol…