Retail Theft

• Food and retail theft hitting Winnipeg businesses hard this holiday season

  The Retail Council of Canada is spearheading a pilot project to gather data about retail thefts in Manitoba.

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  Dec 19, 2022
  
• Manitoba retailers warned to watch for theft as holiday shopping season kicks off

  'Often people are quite brave and brazen and they just don't care.'

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  Nov 25, 2022
  
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• Shoplifting is underreported in Manitoba, retail council says

  The Retail Council of Canada says retail theft continues to happen -- it's just being underreported.

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  Jul 14, 2022
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• Manitoba Liquor Marts’ theft crackdown paying off

  Thefts and robberies are way down since the first controlled entrance were installed — with a total of 197 thefts at all 63 Manitoba stores in September and October.

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  Nov 22, 2021
• Manitoba follows U.S. shoplifting trends: loss prevention expert

  Loss prevention expert Stephen O'Keefe told 680 CJOB the shrinkage rate in the United States grew to a record high last year.

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  Sep 22, 2020
• Business owners, law enforcement meeting in Winnipeg Friday to tackle retail theft

  Fed up with rising theft, law enforcement officials and retailers are holding a round table discussion Friday in Winnipeg to crack down on crime.

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  Jan 31, 2020
• ‘We have baseball bats’: Winnipeg grocer not taking chances with shoplifters

  Food Fare's Munther Zeid told 680 CJOB he's not prepared to lose product the way Liquor Marts have over the past year, so his staff take a proactive approach to tackling crime.

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  Sep 30, 2019
• 32 people arrested over two days during Richmond retail theft crackdown

  Police said a majority of the suspects arrested were from outside Richmond, and brought criminal histories into the city with them.

  Jun 27, 2019
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• Alberta police agencies launch campaign to target retail crime

  It's a multi-million dollar crime problem hitting retailers across the province. Police agencies across Alberta are now collaborating with one another to target retail theft.

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  Nov 20, 2018
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• Police searching for man accused of stealing dresses from Barrie store

  Police say the suspect stuffed two women's dresses in his pants and left the store without paying.

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  Jun 19, 2018