Retail Shrink Hit $61.7 Billion Last Year—Here’s Why

Retailers are calling for stricter police enforcement and laws to battle theft, fraud and losses from retail “shrink” that increased to $61.7 billion in 2019, up from $50.6 billion the year before, according to the annual National Retail Security Survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF). Industry security executives reported a rise in the number…