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Retail merchants battle shoplifting wave across the nation
Retail merchants report a shift from passive tolerance to active countermeasures against shoplifting. FBI data show rising losses but early 1970s indicators suggest a slowdown, aided by educational campaigns and new electronic security systems. Industry sources cite professional boosters and varied motives from need to thrill, while suburban housewives and young shoppers feature prominently in theft patterns.
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An &l
FBI
Howard Haimowitz
National Retail Merchants Association
Hamowitz
Evert
Management Safeguards, Inc
Phillip Enkis
Oakland Retail Merchants, Inc
California
Ennis
Minneapolis
Dayton’s Department Store