Major supermarket and retail chains, including John Lewis and Asda, have been targeted by criminal gangs, with a 26 per cent rise in shoplifting in the last year, according to the British Retail Consortium.
"People don’t just come in to steal some food or a bottle of wine, they come in to sweep the whole shelf.""It’s very difficult working there now because we go to work and we don’t know what’s next." Lucy Brown, director of security for JLP, said: "We're seeing a real increase - some are one-off offenders but the majority are shoplifting on a regular basis, switching across all retailers.
Matt Hood, Co-op Food managing director, said: "We know retail crime is driven by repeat and prolific offenders and, organised criminal gangs. It is an ongoing challenge for all retailers, and in the worst instances can even be described as ‘looting’. "The Government's anti-social behaviour action plan, which is backed by £160million of funding will make our communities safer by ensuring perpetrators face swift and visible justice, tougher punishments and introduce early interventions to reduce this behaviour."Phillip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley and the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Customer Service, said that the police's "patchy" response record was "simply not good enough".
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