The latest technology is being trialled at stores across Australia.
“Because I haven’t paid for my goods, the exit gates won’t open,” he explains, while attempting to leave a self-checkout area.Sensors track customers as they move through the self-serve checkout area, detecting those who haven’t paid.Private investigator Shane Windred agreed it was a significant problem for retailers.
“I got 11 shoplifters in an eight-hour shift — it is the craziest I’ve ever seen shoplifting in my life, and I’ve been doing the job over 30 years,” he told 7NEWS.Analysis shows that shoplifting is costing Australian retailers an estimated $9 billion a year. And as the cost of living bites harder, meat has become a prime target for thieves — not to eat, but to sell on the black market.“She told myself and police she was supplying in a restaurant in Canberra.”
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