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Question???. What do electronics, razor blades, and baby food have in common?. Answer!!!. They are the most common items that are shoplifted. Shoplifters Get Smarter!. Corey Pierce Matthew Wu Kara Bochsler. Shoplifting Has Gone Big-Time. Shoplifting is steadily increasing

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  1. Question??? What do electronics, razor blades, and baby food have in common?

  2. Answer!!! They are the most common items that are shoplifted.

  3. Shoplifters Get Smarter! Corey Pierce Matthew Wu Kara Bochsler

  4. Shoplifting Has Gone Big-Time • Shoplifting is steadily increasing • A good thief can haul off $5,000 to $10,000 per day • Groups of thieves are armed with floor plans and foil-lined bags to evade security sensors

  5. Anatomy of these Thieves • Operate with the training of a paramilitary • Very organized and planned out • “Low Risk, High Profit” is the goal • Gang members are often careful to steal little enough in a single strike to avoid serious charges if they are caught. • “At any one time, these individuals won't have a huge amount of goods, but they will be making thousands of trips.”

  6. Why Steal? • Thieves are reselling the stolen merchandise on-line • Pure profit • For Tangy Cheese Doritos???

  7. Retailer’s Call for Help • Lobbying to strengthen laws-stiffer penalties • NRF (National Retail Federation) is trying to make organized shoplifting a federal felony • Online vendors are starting to require serial numbers for each item being sold (this can catch stolen merchandise)

  8. References • http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_47/b4059051.htm • http://youtube.com/watch?v=iLeHgabGqHY

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