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The Shoplifters' Hit Parade >>
The most-stolen items from stores in the UK and Europe are >>

 

The Shoplifters Hit Parade
Rank
FOOD STORES
DEPARTMENT
STORES
OTHER
NON-FOOD
Order
       
1 Perfumes & Fine Fragrances Womenswear Designerwear
2 Alcohol Designerwear Electricals, including laptops, MP3 Players, TVs, cellphones & Software
3 Cosmetics Menswear Perfumes & Fine Fragrances
4 Razor Blades Cosmetics & Skincare Video Games
5 High cost food (meat, salmon, foie gras) Perfumes & Fine Fragrances DvDs
6 DvDs Accessories (Apparel) Cosmetics & Skincare
7 Womenswear Shoes Office Supplies
8 Video Games DvDs Shoes
9 Menswear Video Games Womenswear
10 Designerwear & Shoes (10=) Watches & Jewellery Menswear
source European Retail Theft Barometer VI 2006

European Priorities for Source Tagging
You can also get a fair idea of what is most stolen by looking at the list of priorities for source tagging of European retailers. They want to tag the most-stolen lines for which it is feasible.

European Priorities For Source-tagging
1 Perfumes and fine fragrances
2 Spirits/ champagne
3 Cosmetics & Skincare
4 DVDs/CDs
5 Videogames, computer software
6 Small electrical items
7 Computer goods
8 Designerwear
9 Textiles
10 Razors and razor-blades
11 High-value food, including meat
12 Lingerie
13 Batteries
14 Accessories
(European Retail Theft Barometer 2006)

See also the results of the European Retail Theft Barometer

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