Sometimes it is hard to defend paying out your hard-earned money on extra services for your business but when it comes to defending your assets and staff then any outlay you spend on Retail Security is money wisely spent as it will pay for itself.
Current research put out by the British Retail Consortium has traders described a clear increase in hostility and shoplifting as a result of the recession.
The newest crime review by the trade body the British Retail Consortium shows retail theft carried out by the public increased by a 3rd between 2008 and 2009.
It makes for appalling reading that a shoplifting situation occurs almost every 60 seconds, 24 hours a day, and is one more reason explaining why industry execs are asking for the police and those others who are in authority to be more significant in their attempts to reduce retail theft.
Not only did this study show a rise in retail theft but more disturbingly, violent behavior against staff also increased and as a consequence shop keepers are asking the police to do more to look after them and their stock.
Reports suggest that at the last count approximately twenty two thousand workers nationally say they've been a victim of aggression by clients with a spokesman from the British Retail Consortium, bemoaning the indisputable fact that the police and others in the criminal justice system do not take retail theft seriously enough.
This wide ranging survey carried out by the BRC covered sixty key stores, with over a million staff and represents in the order of half of the market.
So what precisely does half million a shop-lifting thefts a year equate to in financial terms? Well the answer is over one bn. GBP in lost revenue for the retailers of the United Kingdom.
It has been advised by industry leaders this figure could be quite modest, with the actual amount being twice as much as the reckoning is that not all of the events are reported.
This isn't a victimless crime and many folks will try and persuade you otherwise but just keep under consideration it will be the truthful buyer who suffers the extra financial costs while it is left to the unfortunate employee to bear the emotional and mental cost that comes from the trouble of an attack in their office.
Given the present money and social climate you could be wondering if this situation is likely to resolve itself without any positive action being taken by the United Kingdom retail industry.
It would appear improbable this situation would resolve itself given time, simply put we are in the middle of the hardest of times where the government has needed to implement the most serious budget cuts in history with none of the general public sector bodies escaping. This in turn means the police will be working with a reduced amount of funding and as such, retail theft won't be a priority issue.
If you couple this with those impacted by the recession and the spending cuts then you will find a constantly rising people who are getting more and more desperate to maintain the life-style they were once accustomed too.
These members of the public could potentially have an indirect or direct effect on the retail sector as they could be the ones carrying out the stealing or they might have a practised thief steal to order, it doesn't matter which one it is as the overall result is the same.
The sole way the retail sector is going to combat this situation is to realise that they need to see not simply the short term but the long run picture and take a proactive position and this obviously includes bolstering their stores retail security; including hiring retail security officials, mobile guards, CCTV, and so on.
Current research put out by the British Retail Consortium has traders described a clear increase in hostility and shoplifting as a result of the recession.
The newest crime review by the trade body the British Retail Consortium shows retail theft carried out by the public increased by a 3rd between 2008 and 2009.
It makes for appalling reading that a shoplifting situation occurs almost every 60 seconds, 24 hours a day, and is one more reason explaining why industry execs are asking for the police and those others who are in authority to be more significant in their attempts to reduce retail theft.
Not only did this study show a rise in retail theft but more disturbingly, violent behavior against staff also increased and as a consequence shop keepers are asking the police to do more to look after them and their stock.
Reports suggest that at the last count approximately twenty two thousand workers nationally say they've been a victim of aggression by clients with a spokesman from the British Retail Consortium, bemoaning the indisputable fact that the police and others in the criminal justice system do not take retail theft seriously enough.
This wide ranging survey carried out by the BRC covered sixty key stores, with over a million staff and represents in the order of half of the market.
So what precisely does half million a shop-lifting thefts a year equate to in financial terms? Well the answer is over one bn. GBP in lost revenue for the retailers of the United Kingdom.
It has been advised by industry leaders this figure could be quite modest, with the actual amount being twice as much as the reckoning is that not all of the events are reported.
This isn't a victimless crime and many folks will try and persuade you otherwise but just keep under consideration it will be the truthful buyer who suffers the extra financial costs while it is left to the unfortunate employee to bear the emotional and mental cost that comes from the trouble of an attack in their office.
Given the present money and social climate you could be wondering if this situation is likely to resolve itself without any positive action being taken by the United Kingdom retail industry.
It would appear improbable this situation would resolve itself given time, simply put we are in the middle of the hardest of times where the government has needed to implement the most serious budget cuts in history with none of the general public sector bodies escaping. This in turn means the police will be working with a reduced amount of funding and as such, retail theft won't be a priority issue.
If you couple this with those impacted by the recession and the spending cuts then you will find a constantly rising people who are getting more and more desperate to maintain the life-style they were once accustomed too.
These members of the public could potentially have an indirect or direct effect on the retail sector as they could be the ones carrying out the stealing or they might have a practised thief steal to order, it doesn't matter which one it is as the overall result is the same.
The sole way the retail sector is going to combat this situation is to realise that they need to see not simply the short term but the long run picture and take a proactive position and this obviously includes bolstering their stores retail security; including hiring retail security officials, mobile guards, CCTV, and so on.
About the Author:
The author is a fully qualified, SIA Licensed Close Protection Officer. He has been tasked with the protection of some of the elite of Hollywood and top international industrialists and has been involved within the security industry since 1999.
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