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Shoplifting Surge: UK Retailers' Unseen Battle

Shoplifting Surge: UK Retailers' Unseen Battle

Update: 2025-12-12
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Shoplifting surge leaves UK business owners frustrated and vulnerable; Muhammed Rabanis family store loses £900 monthly; Police record 13% increase in incidents; Scotland sees 15% jump; Cleveland, including Stockton-on-Tees, hotspot; Retailers feel little action taken; 290,000 investigations closed without suspect; Average processing time nearly doubled; Organized gangs, shoplifting entrepreneurs emerge; New initiatives like Retail Crime Action Plan and Project Pegasus launched, but skepticism remains.

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Shoplifting Surge: UK Retailers' Unseen Battle

Shoplifting Surge: UK Retailers' Unseen Battle