Shoplifters say "Thank you eBay for providing us with a venue where we can sell"

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Shoplifters say "Thank you eBay for providing us with a venue where we can sell"

05-06-2006, 08:10 AM,

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Shoplifters say "Thank you eBay for providing us with a venue where we can sell"

Quote: Shoplifters are turning to eBay to off load their stolen lines causing much time-consuming recovery effort for loss prevention teams.

Retailers at this weeks Retail Fraud conference in London (May 4) had a new preoccupation adding to the usual concerns over dishonest cashiers, sweethearting and back door delivery thefts eBay. According to Boots head of loss prevention and security, Robert Jennings, this is now in the top five areas of concern as retailers increasingly see their merchandise offered in bulk on the web auction site.

Both speakers and delegates at the conference highlighted the issue with companies including Hobbs, New Look, Monsoon, House of Fraser and Lloydspharmacy finding stolen products on eBay....

full article: http://www.theretailbulletin.com/index.php?page=5&id=8319&cat=news

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