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How Retailers Can Prevent Robberies This Holiday Season

A spate of ‘smash and grab’ robberies and similar organised theft incidents have dealt the latest blow to retailers looking to staff up at a critical time.

Brands and retailers, from Lululemon and The North Face to Burberry and Louis Vuitton have been hit with organised retail crime in the past few weeks. (Getty Images)

Sheena Butler-Young

10 December 2021

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Last month, 80 people stormed a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, Calif. in a “flash mob” style robbery. According to the local police department, two Nordstrom employees were assaulted and one was pepper sprayed by the suspects. Ultimately, officers arrested two people, one of whom had a firearm, but the perpetrators still made off with thousands of dollars in merchandise.

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Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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