Retail Crime & Loss Prevention

Retail crime is rising, with customer theft significantly increasing in recent years. In response, retailers have enhanced security and tightened shop floor environments, deploying more physical and technological security measures. However, the most common theft tactics remain simple and require no tangible experience or skill. How can we explain...

In response to the mounting cyber threats faced by small and medium businesses, the National Retail Association welcomes the Australian Cyber Security Strategy introduced by the Albanese Government. Under the leadership of Minister for Cyber Security, Clare O'Neil, this comprehensive strategy, offers support for businesses vulnerable to cyber incidents,...

Safeguarding Your Business and Finances: A Comprehensive Guide to Combatting Emerging Scams During the Holiday Season As the holiday shopping season unfolds with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas approaching, the risk of cybercrime and scams heightens. Also on the horizon is Scams Awareness Week (27 November – 1 December...

The National Retail Association has welcomed the announcement from the Palaszczuk Government, which will seek to introduce new laws to Parliament to restrict the sale of knives, certain other bladed items, and replica firearms (including gel blasters) to juveniles, in a commitment to protect the community and further combat...

The National Retail Association is pleased to have been joined last month by Queensland Small Business Commissioner, Dominique Lamb, and our Crime Consultant, Professor Michael Townsley, at the free online session for retail and loss prevention specialists. Attendees received updates on the latest criminology research, the current retail crime...

Outstanding results for community safety from Queensland Police Operation Queensland Police have reported positive results since the launch of Operation Victor Unison on 1 March 2023. The operation uses high-visibility policing to prevent, disrupt, and investigate youth crime in targeted locations across Queensland, including shopping centres, business and retail precincts, public...

The 2022 Australia and New Zealand Retail Crime Study is a game-changer for loss prevention specialists and the retail community. The study offers a contemporary academic and statistical analysis of current crime trends. The National Retail Association is proud to be working with subject matter expert Professor Michael Townsley,...

The 2022 Australia and New Zealand Retail Crime Study is a game-changer for loss prevention specialists and the retail community. The study offers a contemporary academic and statistical analysis of current crime trends. The National Retail Association is proud to be working with subject matter expert Professor Michael Townsley,...

The National Retail Association expresses our support and gratitude today, on National Police Remembrance Day. Each year on September 29, communities across Australia, and the Pacific, pause to reflect, and remember Police officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and the officers who continue to selflessly protect our community. National Retail...

Within each State and Territory, Police report retail crime-related offences under different names and use different timelines to record data, such as offences occurring annually or monthly. Therefore, it is difficult to track retail crime trends on a national level. This document collates State and Territory Police crime statistics to chart...

The National Retail Association has expressed disappointment with the meagre sentence handed to the first person convicted under laws supposedly designed to protect retail workers from violence. National Retail Association's Director – Policy, David Stout, said retail business owners and their employees had been watching the case closely, hoping to...