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...theft has been growing so fast that retailers are only now recognizing the role that organized crime is playing in the industry's growing losses.
Retail Gangs: A New Breed of Thieves
Stores Seek Better Tools to Defend Against Organized Shoplifting
By Margaret Webb Pressler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 31, 2005; Page A01
At CVS, the diabetic test strips and the perfume are now behind locked glass cabinets, with a bell to ring for service. Nearly all over-the-counter medicines are behind plexiglass panels that customers must reach over to get their Advil or Pepcid. And most razors and refills are in clunky, noise-making dispensers that won't let you put back what you take out.
The new displays are part of a larger effort by chain stores to combat what has become a significant problem for the retail industry: organized theft. Retailers say rings of habitual shoplifters are proliferating nationwide, but particularly in urban areas such as Washington, where retailers and malls are packed close together and there is easy access to highways.
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