UK retailers report all-time high of 55,000 thefts a day and 50% rise this year in violent and abusive incidents
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UK retailers are warning that crime in their stores is “spiralling out of control” with 55,000 thefts a day and violent and abusive incidents rising by 50% last year.
More than 70 incidents a day involved a weapon, according to the annual crime survey from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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