The British Retail Consortium says shoplifting is up 27 percent this year in ten of the country's largest cities.
British businesses are seeking government help as shops suffer an unprecedented number of thefts and violence by criminal gangs, addicts and people struggling with a cost-of-living crisis.
The situation in Britain has caused the BRC to demand that police and local mayors do more to protect retail workers.Following this, 88 bosses of UK retailers, including the heads of supermarket giant Tesco, Boots pharmacy chain and stationery business WHSmith, jointly wrote to the government, demanding measures to tackle the fallout.
Its latest crime report stated that 79 percent of represented retailers believed the cost-of-living crisis had caused an increase in theft.Shoppers have become accustomed to anti-theft stickers slapped on items such as meat, which thieves pass on for relatively high sums.
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