Shoplifting is the practice of stealing merchandise from retail establishments. Unfortunately, shoplifting is a serious and persistent problem for most retailers. Shoplifting also known as five-finger discount There's no typical shoplifter — people who steal from stores can be any age, race, gender, and social and economic background. Many people assume that shoplifters have a mental disorder or that they must really need the items they are stealing in order to survive.
In this economy, there is lot more stealing occurring. People have no morality. One’s principal and honesty is testified when he or she get opportunity to do something called five fingers discount. A shoplifter can be a male, female, rich, poor, black, white young and old.
Shoplifters generally fall into two categories: Amateur and Professional. Amateur shoplifter steals for different reasons. Many people assume that shoplifters have a mental disorder or that they must really need the items they are stealing in order to survive. Peer pressure is one reason why people shoplift. Some might do it to seem cool or daring. Some do it because their friends shoplift and they want to be part of the group. Some people do for addition, some forget to pay. Store employees are also involved in doing shoplift in many ways such as refund fraud, price tag switch, give certificate give away.
Professional shoplifters are also known as boosters. Big retailers are worried about the boosters. They can mange to steal 1200 to 1500 dollar goods within 5 minutes. They select small and expensive products which are in demand and easy to sale such as quality razor, baby formula, over the counter medicine etc. Professional shoplifter earn around 30,000 thousand dollar in a day. They use a special kind of bag called booster bag. They use foil paper inside the bag which help them the break the security code. So they simply walk in and walk out with their profit. Some of the them removed