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Retail

Nation of shoplifters as shoplifting increases in the UK

London - Trading conditions are not getting any easier for retailers across the UK. Facing increasing competition from international rivals, discounters, and shifting consumer shopping habits retailers have another growing concern - shoplifting. Although the concept in itself is nothing new, a new survey from OnBuy.com, online marketplace, has...

31 May 2018

Fashion

1,400 Oliver Bonas dresses stolen

London - Police are appealing for witnesses after 1,400 dresses from lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas were stolen from a lorry in Gravesend, Kent. The theft is thought to have taken place between the night of January 17 and the morning of 18. The dresses were stolen from the lorry which was parked in an Asda car park in Imperial Retail park in...

25 Jan 2018

Retail

Harrods employee steals 280,000 pounds of loyalty card points

A Harrods employee has been found guilty of fraud and theft after she accumulated 280,000 pounds worth of loyalty card points from customers who failed to collect them. Chomchanok Hongsakuulvasu admitted to undertaking a three year scam during which she acquired close to 850,000 Reward Card points from the luxury department store. The points are...

7 Aug 2015

Design

Knightsbridge boutique targeted by thieves

A gang of thieves has stolen 150,000 pounds of designer handbags from a boutique in London's Knightsbridge. The gang stormed the Designer Exchange in daylight and made off with a selection of goods described by the shop's CEO Dominic Durante as "one of the finest Hermès collections of Birkin and Kelly handbags that were available to buy in a...

28 May 2014

Design

Céline and Dior victim of theft

Luxury boutiques are being targeted by thieves and both Céline and Dior are the latest victims of theft. The stores, both in Paris,were robbed on Wednesday with the stolen goods being valued near 100,000 euros. French police confirmed the robberies, just days after Chanel in London saw a similar break in. “We don’t really know what happens to...

25 Apr 2014