In response to a surge in retail theft, UK retailers and supermarkets are implementing stringent anti-theft measures. Primark has introduced new rules at its tills, including sealing customers' bags with 'sold' stickers to deter shoplifters. Similarly, supermarkets are installing large glass barriers around cash desks, presumably due to a heightened risk of theft &/or violence, and employing high-tech security tags on items targeted by thieves, such as a £30 Guinness gadget advertised by Jamie Dornan. The Times was given exclusive access to the Boots control center, which monitors its 1,150 stores, using loudspeakers to warn potential shoplifters. Additionally, new AI technologies, including cameras with loitering analytics and face-matching technology, are being deployed to identify known offenders and invite shoppers to give personal information. These efforts aim to cut the cost of shoplifting amid reports of organized retail theft, where stolen goods often end up for sale online or mixed with legitimate items on store shelves.
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Pret A Manger has announced new rules in their shops starting 'from today' https://t.co/AkovVspCFU
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In L.A., a task force of detectives is battling organized retail theft, in which pilfered goods often end up for sale online—or commingled on store shelves with legitimate items. https://t.co/iJPFO35g8j
Checkout staff at some Primark branches have started sealing up its paper carrier bags with blue "sold" stickers to stop shoplifters Read more 🔗 https://t.co/FRIeW98wnU
Cadbury delights fans by announcing two new nutty chocolate bars that go on sale today https://t.co/6VmQccGcxy https://t.co/LUPjB0nYY2
Primark adding stickers to bags to stop shoplifters from walking out of stores with stolen goods Read more 👇 https://t.co/5We04KJj5f
Cadbury under fire over Easter Eggs and chocolate fans rage 'I swear' https://t.co/QylFygYaph
Cadbury issues message to anybody who eats Dairy Milk and says 'from today' https://t.co/8y33IuQ0Uw
Customers' bags will be sealed at the tills to stop a common theft trick https://t.co/8OVn2LmWh8
Retailers pile on new anti-theft tech https://t.co/qtRwmUcD5t #axioswhat'snext
Stores are piling on anti-theft technologies, such as new AI cameras that use "loitering analytics" and face-matching tech designed to spot known offenders, or they're inviting shoppers to give personal information in order to unlock a store shelf. https://t.co/0nC2TQK72A
In America some shops are fighting back against shoplifters. https://t.co/gQTSFYdJns
Inside the Boots nerve centre that's catching shoplifters in action: How staff issue stern warnings to would-be thieves from control room and build up profiles of serial offenders https://t.co/kzY2FPoDhH https://t.co/sMyqFQOqaU
Shoplifters target £30 Guinness gadget advertised by Jamie Dornan forcing supermarkets to add high-tech security tags https://t.co/FCXwR7MjjF https://t.co/qawvPUqrgD
The stores are introducing new measures in an effort to cut the cost of shoplifting https://t.co/8OVn2LmorA
The Times was given exclusive access to the centre where staff monitor 1,150 Boots stores and take over the store’s loudspeakers to warn potential shoplifters that they are being recorded ⬇️ https://t.co/a2kZUNEz2g
UK law and order update: supermarkets are now installing huge glass barriers around the cash desks, presumably due to heightened risk of theft &/or violence. https://t.co/tVSn89qYaF
Primark introduces new rules at the tills in strict 'crackdown' https://t.co/QjFFIKVkLA