Future Of British Business
Theft Is On the Rise in UK Stores as Cost-of-Living Crisis Grows
- Shoplifting rose 18% in UK stores in the year through June
- Stores are putting more security tags on products, even butter
This article is for subscribers only.
Follow us at @BloombergUK and on Facebook, and wrap up your day with The Readout newsletter with Allegra Stratton.
The bright yellow security labels and products boxed up in hard-to-conceal packaging on Britain’s supermarket shelves have a story to tell: theft is on the rise along with the soaring cost of living.