Retail theft is soaring. Pictured are shopping carts at a Target store on February 28, 2017 in Southgate, California.
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Why retail theft is soaring: inflation, the economy – and opportunity
Retailers large and small say they’re struggling to contain an escalation in store crimes — petty shoplifting to organized sprees of large-scale theft that clear entire shelves of products.

