Shoplifters Will Cost YOU $98 Additional Dollars This Holiday Season
By: Michael Holden
Updated: December 5, 2012
DECEMBER 5, 2012- The
holidays may be the most wonderful time of the year.
But
holiday grinches and shoplifters may be causing you to shell out even more cash
than you even realize.
Store
officials across the board are beefing up security and say shoplifting drives
up the cost of your purchases and you end up paying out of pocket anyways.
According
to the Center for Retail Research,
Big
box stores as well as locally owned businesses are fighting back against
shoplifters.
Reports
say revenue loss will cost about 98 additional dollars on each family's
shopping tab.
General
shoplifting is said to take in around $3.8 billion dollars worth of goods.
And
these numbers are up 4% from last year.
Officials
tell us the professional shoplifters go for the bigger items like electronics.
The
amateurs will go for clothing and shoes.
As
for employees getting caught, they will cost big box stores expect to lose
about $4.7 billion dollars.
