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Thieves target stores every TWO seconds in Britain, costing retailers more than £1billion last year alone, shocking figures show - as Suella Braverman backs a Mail campaign to end the shoplifting epidemic

The Mail on Sunday today reveals the shocking reality of the epidemic of shoplifting that is blighting Britain, as we launch a major campaign to crack down on the crime.

'I lose £200 a day - they nick anything and the police do nothing': Shopkeeper who has run his stores for 20 years says he might have to CLOSE his business as it loses more money from thieves stealing his products than it makes every day

Shopkeeper Saba Mahesh has run four small stores in Sheerness, Kent, for almost 20 years - but is now considering the closure of one as it loses more money to theft than it makes in profits every day.

Britain's Wild West high streets: Retail chiefs warn police do not treat shoplifting as a crime amid rise in thefts as workers start wearing body cameras, pillowcases are being locked away and shoppers have bags checked when leaving stores

ASDA chairman Lord Stuart Rose said this week the offence has effectively been decriminalised thanks to a lack of action, and echoed calls by the boss of Tesco for more to be done to protect staff.

ASDA chairman claims shoplifting has been 'decriminalised'

Lord Stuart Rose, who was previously the boss of Marks & Spencer , said the authorities have turned their heads away from a shocking wave of crime being battled by shop staff.

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