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This week, 88 retail leaders signed a letter to the home secretary, Suella Braverman, demanding action over rising rates of retail crime, including
"I want those who break the law in our stores brought to book," Tesco CEO Ken Murphy says.
More than 200 of the supermarket's employees are victims of serious physical assaults each month amid an epidemic of lawlessness and anti-social behaviour blighting 'Broken Britain'.
Retailers in the U.K. lost $1.3 billion worth of sales last year because of shoplifting—retailers are trying innovative ways to crack down on it.
Waitrose and John Lewis are offering free coffees for police officers who attend the stores in a bid to tackle shoplifting.