This article reports a 33% decrease in retail theft and fraud in Michigan since 2008 and over a 50% decrease nationally in overall retail shrinkage since the 1990s. Experts credit crime prevention technologies such as security cameras, anti-theft tags, and algorithms that monitor employee behavior at the cash register. One worrisome counter-trend is an increase…
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