Middle-class turning to shoplifting
Updated on 10 November 2009
Affluent shoppers hit by the recession are fuelling a shoplifting crimewave, according to research.
Middle-class people reluctant to give up luxuries they can no longer afford are behind thefts of expensive foods, alcohol and cosmetics, the Centre for Retail Research data claimed.
Hundreds of retailers said shoplifting surged as goods were taken for personal use and not for resale by organised criminal gangs.
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