Month: April 2022

What is Retail Security? Retail security refers to practices used in the retail sector to protect staff and customers from physical threats and to protect merchandise from theft. As retail theft significantly increased during and since the pandemic, retail security guards are essential for maintaining a safe shopping environment and reducing financial losses for retail businesses. What are the Retail Crime Statistics? In addition, The Home Office’s 2023 Commercial Victimisation Survey  customer theft has shown a long-term upward trend, increasing from […]

Retail workers are calling for greater protection in the workplace, with almost one in five (18%) specifically requesting that they want more security guards present on the premises. This is unsurprising given the extreme hostility directed towards retail workers over the past year, as revealed by two recently released retail crime surveys covering 2021: one from the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) and another from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). Combined with the Home Office’s Commercial […]

It was not just a loss of profits that hurt British retailers during the pandemic, almost half of them (46%) reported an increase in violence and assaults in their premises. These findings come from the Home Office’s recently released annual Commercial Victimisation Survey, which reports on the prevalence, frequency and impact of crime on retail and wholesale businesses in England and Wales. This year’s report covers the period from April 2020 to March 2021, providing insight into how the pandemic […]