Shoplifters cause billions of forints in losses

Between July 2009 and June 2010, shoplifters caused losses totalling almost 5 bln euros for German retailers, according to a study by the British Centre for Retail Research and Checkpoint Systems.

This year is still better than the last one: in 2009, the losses declined by 4.3 percent on the year, they still amounted to 1.12 percent of total sales. Retailers increased investment in measures to prevent theft by 7.6 percent to 1.25 billion euros.