Crime costs NZ retailers about $1b a year123RF Of the total stock on NZ shopowners' shelves this year, 1.6 per cent of it will disappear. The 2017 Retail Crime Survey is the second iteration of a study done fourteen years ago. FAIRFAX ARCHIVE Crime at banks was not considered "retail crime" by the survey. Of the 290,000 incidents that retailers reported to Retail NZ, shoplifting incidents made up almost 250,000. Those surveyed included Retail NZ's members, members of the New Zealand Association of Convenience Stores and the New Zealand Crime Prevention Group.

Source: Stuff December 07, 2017 21:11 UTC