Retail Shrink and ORC: Self-Checkout Challenges and a Rise in Shoplifting Offenses

What's Inside

Continuing our regular series on retail shrink and organized retail crime (ORC), we focus this month on developments from the US, the UK and the Netherlands. We discuss a rise in shoplifting offenses, a new task force to combat theft, and more.

Data in this research report include:

• Recent police-recorded shoplifting offenses in England and Wales

Companies mentioned in this report include: Albertsons, Avery Dennison, Co-op, Destiny USA, Flock Safety, Jumbo, Schnucks

Other relevant research:

• Read the previous report in the Retail Shrink and ORC series.
• RetailTech: Leading-Edge Loss Prevention—Tackling Theft and Fraud Through RFID, Video Surveillance and More—a free report, sponsored by Sensormatic
• Retail Challenges Drive Edge Technology Investment—a free report, sponsored by VMware
• Retail-Tech Landscape: Loss Prevention
• Watch our Insights Video for more insights from our analysts on loss prevention.