In addition to the quantifiable changes, retailers report a rise in the brazen nature and violence of ORC offenders, as well as a lack of accountability.
A 2021 Wall Street Journal article reported that “... organized retail theft accounts for around $45 billion in annual losses for retailers these days, up from $30 billion a decade ago.”
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