Employee theft, shoplifting/organized retail crime and administrative error are the main sources of loss affecting retailers.

Canadian retailers are losing about $4 billion a year to “shrinkage.” 

According to preliminary National Retail Security Survey findings, retail theft rates decreased to 1.41 percent of retail sales.

Shoplifters and dishonest employees stole more than $6 billion in 2011 from 24 major retailers, a new survey says. 

Police and retailers are pushing back against a report claiming that theft of Tide laundry detergent is on the rise nationwide and that cities are devising special task forces to crack down on the alleged phenomenon, according to a report from Fox News.

Retail Theft Goes Global

How big of a problem is retail theft across the globe? The number of shoplifters and employee thieves apprehended by retailers in 2010 amounted to almost 6.2 million – the size of many countries and an increase of 389,000 compared to the previous year when it had increased by one-half million, according to the Global Retail Theft Barometer by the Centre for Retail Research.