Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: “Retail crime is spiralling out of control. People in retail have been spat on, racially abused, and threatened with machetes.

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According to Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC: "Retail crime is spiralling out of control. People in retail have been spat on, racially abused, and threatened with machetes." ...

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Retail crime is “spiralling out of control” at more than 2,000 incidents a day, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The amount spent on crime prevention ...

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