People keep stealing heavy equipment from Home Depot's rental department and selling it on Facebook

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The rental department at Home Depot.
The rental department at Home Depot.

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A retail group said organized retail crime accounted for 'nearly half' of 2021's $94.5 billion inventory loss. It didn't.

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A railroad workers inspects a track as they repair a section of Union Pacific train tracks after a train derailed from the tracks, which are littered with thousands of opened boxes and packages stolen from cargo shipping containers targeted by thieves as the trains stop in downtown Los Angeles, California
Dozens of freight cars are broken into every day in Los Angeles by thieves who take advantage of their stops to loot the packages they carry, leavi

How Walmart, Kroger, and other major retailers are ramping up self-checkout tech to combat theft

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Self-checkout doesn't have to be so hard.

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Is shoplifting getting worse? It depends on how you measure it.

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Courtroom with piles of personal care items stolen in organized retail crime
Some of the more than $200,000 in stolen retail goods seized by the San Francisco Police Department from a man who was reselling them online.

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San Francisco's retail crime may not be as bad as you think

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A police cruiser outside a boarded-up Fendi retail store in San Francisco in November 2021
A police cruiser outside a boarded-up Fendi retail store in San Francisco in November 2021.

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A running store in Paris invited people to steal its products — if they could outrun one of France's fastest sprinters disguised as a security guard

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French running store Distance hosted a one-day promo where shoppers could keep whatever they could get away with.

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Former Target vice-chairman says the internet is 'like a flea market on steroids' for getting rid of stolen products

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Target is widely regarded as a great place to work, but current and former employees say there's more to the story

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Shoplifting and other inventory loss cost retailers $112 billion last year

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Tide laundry detergent bottles locked up inside CVS store
Tide laundry detergent bottles with a security locking system to prevent theft at a CVS pharmacy, Queens, New York.

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Fog is the latest tool retailers are deploying to fight theft

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A Density Security Fogger is demonstrated in a big box store
The fog is made with the same chemicals as that used in concerts or theatrical performances, which is considered harmless to humans, merchandise, and property, and dissipates after about an hour.

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Walmart reduces hours at 5 Atlanta stores after announcing a police workspace in separate area store

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A Walmart employee in the beauty, makeup aisle
Walmart did not clarify whether retail crime or shoplifting incidents were a primary factor in the decision to shorten hours at five stores in Atlanta.

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