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Retailers to share information with police to set up first national shoplifting database

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By Hugh Radojev2025-07-06T17:14:00

Shoplifting

Retailers are banding together to upload photos of serial shoplifters to a database they will share with the police, as the sector comes together to fight rising retail crime.

Household brands such as Morrisons, M&S, Tesco, Boots, Primark and Greggs are all reportedly sharing photos, CCTV footage and personal data with police as part of plans to draw up the first ever national database of repeat shoplifting offenders.

https://www.retail-week.com/stores/retailers-to-share-information-with-police-to-set-up-first-national-shoplifting-database/7049046.article