Submitting Campus
Prescott
Department
Global Security & Intelligence Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
11-2025
Abstract/Description
Shoplifting has moved from a manageable nuisance to an urgent threat across the U.S. In large metropolitan and suburban markets alike, retailers, communities, and law enforcement are grappling with increasingly sophisticated theft both opportunistic and organized. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), retail theft (including organized retail crime) cost U.S. businesses nearly $112 billion in 2022. The consequences ripple beyond balance sheets: consumers face higher prices, employees confront increased risk, and some communities lose storefronts that cannot survive persistent losses.
Publication Title
Security Magazine
Publisher
BNP Media
Scholarly Commons Citation
Saquella, A. (2025). Shoplifting in the US: Problems, Progress, and the Path Forward. Security Magazine, (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/2437
Additional Information
Please access the version-of-record published in Security Magazine here.