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ONS Crime Survey reveals shop theft at record levels

Retail Times

Figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, published today, show that shoplifting offences have increased by 37% (to 430,104 offences) compared with the year ending December 2022 (315,040 offences), and is the highest figure since current police recording practices began for the year ending March 2003.

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Sussan co-founder Marc Besen dies

Inside Retail

Marc Besen, the co-founder of clothing retail group Sussan, has died at the age of 99. Together with his wife Eva and brother-in-law John Glandel, Besen began his entrepreneurial journey by taking over two lingerie shops established by Eva’s parents in 1939.

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Shoplifting hits highest level in 20 years across England and Wales

Retail Gazette

Shoplifting in England and Wales in 2023 reached the highest level since records began in 2003, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is the highest figure since current police recording practices began for the year ending March 2003, the ONS said.

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Gulf Coast Commercial Buys 189,334-Square-Foot Shopping Center in Metro Houston

Shopping Center

Webster, Texas — Gulf Coast Commercial Group has purchased Baybrook Passage Shopping Center, a 189,334-square-foot retail property in Webster, about 29 miles from Houston.

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How Zenni Optical Boosted Per-Session Revenue 34% with Sharper Search

Retail TouchPoints

The customization was needed because of the peculiarities involved in shopping for eyewear online, which is something Zenni knows quite a bit about: it’s sold more than 50 million frames since it was founded as a low-cost (but high-quality) eyewear retailer in 2003. per pair, according to Ting.

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Retail Adventures New Orleans Store Tour at Creativation by NAMTA

Retail Adventures

Our time at this year’s Creativation by NAMTA included a retail store tour, one of our favorite things to do. We began our Retail Adventures on Royal Street, the heart of French Quarter shopping, and our best-loved shopping destination in New Orleans. Diana has a Black Belt in shopping. Let the tour begin!

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Back-to-class shopping expected to reach record levels

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.