Retailers Battle Shoplifting Teams, 'CSI' style

June 30, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Business Strategy on July 1, 2011 from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z4911643324&z=1250249029 Stores use investigation units, forensics labs and high-tech preventive measures to counter specialized thieves who steal thousands of dollars of merchandise at a time and sell the goods for profit. Stung by a new breed of sophisticated thieves, the nation's major retailers are fighting back. These well-organized crime rings have added tough new challenges for merchants who have long contended with petty shoplifters and their own light-fingered employees. Although those concerns remain, retail chains today are plagued by gangs of highly specialized thieves who steal thousands of dollars of merchandise at a time and sell the goods for profit.

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