Mixed Response to NYC's Long-Awaited Retail Theft Crackdown

Critics Say NYC's Retail Theft Crackdown Doesn't Go Far Enough
"I don't think they want to deal with [the problem] ... They are all afraid of the progressives."

NYPD to keep list of serial shoplifters, as long-awaited NYC retail theft report released
The NYPD will keep a list of the city's most persistent thieves to curb rampant shoplifting in the Big Apple, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday as the city unveiled its long-awaited city retail theft strategy plan.

The Precision Repeat Offender Program, or PROP, is one of a series of proposals laid out in the 33-page "Combating Retail Theft" report released Wednesday - months after Adams convened a Gracie Mansion summit on the problem last year and promised to find solutions.

The report focuses on intervention programs for first-time shoplifters and would-be offenders while also targeting the serial retail thieves responsible for most heists.

Despite the new programs, officials concede that there is still one obstacle in the way - lenient state laws that bar local prosecutors from locking up career crooks.

"I believe that in order for any type of substantive impact, any type of such an impact in regards to the retail steps would have to come from the legislature," said state Assemblyman Michael Tannousis. R-Staten Island.

"It would have to allow judges to be able to set bail on repeat offenders and increase their discretion," he said. "And any type of plan that the mayor puts forth, although it may be well-intentioned, is going to be at a significant disadvantage because our judges do not have the discretion to be able to set bail, or detain someone that continuously commits these types of crimes."

Retail thefts in New York City have spiked by 77% over the past five years, and have dipped only slightly so far this year despite more cops on the retail beat and prosecutors more focused on the issue.

Despite the initiatives and rhetoric at a press conference announcing the report on Wednesday, Adams did not seek funding for any of the retail theft programs before the state's $229 billion budget was finalized - leaving some critics to question whether city officials are serious about tackling the issue.

"I don't think they want to deal with it," Brooklyn Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny told The Post. "They are all afraid of the progressives." nypost.com


The Mixed Response from NYC's Retailers: 'Will It Work?'
New York City Retailers Question and Support New Retail Theft Strategy

From 2021 to 2022, New York City shoplifting complaints increased by 44 percent - the largest annual gain to date.

Will it work? That is one of the questions New York City retailers are asking in response to city officials' plans to combat retail theft. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials on Wednesday mapped out a strategy that aims to curtail shoplifting, robberies and organized retail theft in the five boroughs.

As mentioned by Adams, CVS, Target and Duane Reade are among the retailers impacted by the crimes.

A Target spokesperson deferred comment Thursday to the New York State Retail Council, as did executives at the National Retail Federation. While several retailers praised support for nonviolent offenders suffering from poverty, homelessness or substance abuse, a few business owners noted that some of the proposed safety measures had already been incorporated by stores, including some that had been robbed this year.

The state retail group's president and chief executive officer Melissa O'Connor reiterated a statement from Wednesday. Praising Adams' strategic, comprehensive plan, she said, "On behalf of thousands of stores in New York, we appreciate the initiatives outlined in the report. The retail industry has collaborated with this administration, the New York City Police Department and prosecutors over the past several months to prioritize store and community safety. This partnership will be formalized and strengthened through the New York City Organized Retail Theft Task Force, which will serve as a necessary and effective collaboration between stakeholders to hold organized retail crime syndicates and repeat offenders accountable."

"It's troubling to read the initiative. It seems to put a lot of onus on us," Manning said. "I appreciate the intention for intervention, prevention and rehabilitation. But actually happening in our stores does not seem to be happening in a practical and tangible way."

Giddon, whose store was hit more than once during the height of the pandemic by gangs of thieves, also said that the mayor's plan made "no mention of additional penalties for assaulting retail workers." wwd.com


NYC's Retail Theft Strategy Emphasizes Repeat Offenders & Social Services
NYC focuses on repeat offenders, social services to combat surge in retail theft

Just 327 serial shoplifters accounted for a third of the more than 22,000 retail theft arrests made in the city last year, officials said.

Calling New York City's 44% jump in retail theft in the last five years unacceptable, Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday released a comprehensive plan to combat the problem across the five boroughs.

City officials enlisted shop owners, retail industry groups, business improvement organizations, social service agencies and law enforcement to develop a plan to prevent rising theft in stores, which they say has ultimately led businesses to close in many parts of the metropolitan area.

In New York, the focus is not just on preventing loss or recovering goods, but also on improving quality of life for store associates and customers, and the communities served by grocers, bodegas, pharmacies and other retail establishments.

The new plan involves determining the reasons behind each theft in order to steer people toward substance abuse and mental health programs, food assistance and other poverty relief, or the criminal justice system. The city has invested $9 million in a program to connect people to social services, often instead of arresting them for shoplifting, according to a recent report.

Otherwise, law enforcement has begun zeroing in on repeat offenders, who often steal goods for resale on online platforms and elsewhere. In 2022, New York police made more than 22,000 retail theft arrests and 327 repeat offenders were responsible for nearly a third of them, Adams said. This year so far, 250 people have been arrested almost 2,500 times, and 70% are repeat offenders, NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael Lipetri said during the press conference. retaildive.com


NYC's Other Crackdown: Illegal Street Vending Across the City
Street vendors ousted as NYC cracks down across the five boroughs
During the pandemic, many of the city's lower-income and immigrant residents turned to street vending after losing jobs to COVID shutdowns. But now, as the city adjusts to a post-pandemic reality and brick-and-mortar retail struggles, the city is cracking down on street vendors and focusing on cleaning up streets.

A recent crackdown on Fordham Road is just the latest example of growing tensions between the city and street vendors. The future of a weekly Sunset Park market was thrown into uncertainty after an Easter Sunday crackdown by the Parks Department and NYPD erupted into chaos.

In March, Flushing City Councilwoman Sandra Ung called on the city to enforce street vending regulations. And at the start of this year, the city gave Brooklyn Bridge vendors the boot and deployed police patrols to make sure they didn't return.

After the Adams administration moved oversight of street vending from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to the Department of Sanitation in April, a busy stretch of the Bronx has been mostly wiped clean of unlicensed street vendors, the Fordham Road Business Improvement Disrtrict says.

The difference in enforcement is "like night and day," said Wilma Alonso, the president and CEO of the Fordham business group.

"We always knew that this was an issue that impacted public safety, and so we just appreciate it for that to finally been recognized, and for enforcement to finally be happening," said Albert Dalipi, Deputy Director of Outreach of the BID. nydailynews.com


Conservatives Say NYC's Theft Plan Could 'Make the City More Dangerous'
NYC mayor's plan to stop shoplifting by putting 'social service kiosks' in stores annihilated by critics
Conservatives on social media ridiculed New York City Mayor Eric Adams' new proposal to combat shoplifting and crime at retail stores throughout the city.

The Democrat mayor's plan, laid out in bullet point format during a local Fox 5 broadcast, included providing "De-escalation training for retail employees," and putting kiosks in stores that connect "would-be thieves" to social service.

Twitter users mocked the mayor for his soft, unrealistic plan that seemed no harsher than putting unruly children in a "time out corner," as one described. Others argued that the mayor's plan would make the city more "dangerous" than it has already become.

AG trashed the plan, simply declaring, "These are not serious people." Others on the platform shared the user's sentiment. Some, like The Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller, called it a glorified version of the defund the police initiative. foxnews.com


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Retail Execs Use Q1 Earning Season to Call Out ORC
Executives call out rising retail theft hitting profits
A common refrain during the Q1 earnings season for major retailers was the issue of "shrink" hitting profits. The popular euphemism alludes to retail theft, which is also causing retailers to rethink their store footprints.

Easy Target?

While Walmart was among the retailers that mentioned shrink the least, especially given its exposure to grocery and goods that are not often the target for organized theft, Walmart US CFO John Furner did touch briefly upon the issue. In his comments, he offered an assessment that echoed Kniffen's.

"We know a lot of communities have been affected by [retail theft], but it's also important to note that retail can't solve this issue all on its own. It will take communities stepping up and enforcing the law to be able to bring this issue back under control," he told analysts on Thursday.

Regardless of the root cause, there was nary an earnings call that neglected the mention of the growing issue. For example, Home Depot blamed the issue for undue margin compression in Q1, TJX Companies executives told analysts they are "laser-focused" on anti-theft initiatives and loss prevention investments, while Ross Stores also noted an uptick in shrink from 2022.

For retailer's like Foot Locker  and Target, the problem was flagged as a very pressing issue as their product mix was highlighted as a particular target for perpetrators planning to ransack retail locations.

"I would just say that again [theft] has been a multi-year dynamic industry, we are not immune to it, it's increasing. You've heard Target talk about it and others, and so it's having an increased impact on Foot Locker," Foot Locker (FL) CEO Mary Dillon said on Friday. "We've seen a significant increase in theft from stores and usually through this lens of an organized retail crime type of action, affecting more apparel certainly than footwear, where we only have one item out, but apparel is affected." seekingalpha.com

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"The country has a retail theft problem"
Home Depot's CFO blasts America's 'retail theft problem' after huge crime spike sparks mass retail closures

Home Depot's CFO has pointed a finger toward the increase in organized crime across major retailers in the United States.

The executive spoke out as a spike in retail theft causes both big and small businesses to shutter their doors. Home Depot CFO Richard McPhail, said: "The country has a retail theft problem," on a call with CNBC on Tuesday.

"We're confident in our ability to mitigate and blunt that pressure, but that pressure certainly exists out there." In March, Home Depot's vice president of asset protection, Scott Glenn, told CNBC that crime was spiking into the double digits.

"I can tell you that in our world, we know that crime is increasing. We see it every day in our stores," he said. "Our internal information shows us that that's on a year-over-year basis, growing at double-digit rates."

Organized crime has not just impacted Home Depot but other major retailers like Walmart. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon gave a warning to shoppers in December about retail crime potentially causing store closures. the-sun.com


Perfect Storm Fueling America's ORC Surge
Thieves Not Being Prosecuted - Online Marketplaces - Inflation

Why is there an increase in shoplifting nationwide?

A survey showed 54% of small businesses reported a rise in shoplifting in 2021.

A Business.org survey showed 54% of small businesses reported a rise in shoplifting in 2021. "We've gone up 800%," Lien told Scripps News. "The changes are stark, and there are things that I didn't expect when I opened a small business so many years ago."

It's not just happening in Portland, and it's not just small businesses. The National Retail Federation says it's a problem impacting every state, which the organization says cost retailers $94 billion in 2021. The NRF says the broader problem focuses on organized retail crime.

Lien is still processing the news that outdoor recreation retailer REI will close its doors in Portland's nearby Pearl District by early 2024. In a letter sent to customers, REI leadership said, "Last year, REI Portland had its highest number of break-ins and thefts in two decades, despite actions to provide extra security."

"When I see the big box stores pulling up roots, and whether it's a Walmart or REI or even a Nike store closing, it's a knife in the heart," Lien said. "I am really needing the big guys to step up and back up my back because I'm already stepping up and doing what needs to be done in the community. There's a lot of inventory in the store. It's my retirement. It's personal. So it does hurt when I see them give up. When we're still on the frontlines fighting. I need them to fight too."

Some point to inflation, saying the value of goods stolen is higher. Others point to the open availability of online marketplaces that make it easier for criminals to sell stolen items. The NRF blames part of the rise on thieves not being harshly prosecuted.

Many states have passed laws that stiffened the punishment for stealing, which gives Lien hope, along with collaborating with his community. turnto23.com


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The Great Debate Over the 'Urban Doom Loop'
Could it be an opportunity to reshape downtowns - and how does it impact retail?

No, Cities Aren't Doomed Because of Remote Work
Looking at New York and elsewhere, trackers of real-estate trends have suggested that U.S. cities are on the brink of an "urban doom loop," which basically sees lower property-tax revenues translating into less spending on city services, causing a decline in the quality of life, which in turn pushes more people to leave, repeating and worsening the cycle of disinvestment.

While the "downtown is dead" declarations predate the pandemic - as do the campaigns attempting to revive central business districts - this inflection point may actually be an opportunity for city leaders to reimagine who downtowns actually serve, says David Madden, a sociologist and co-director of the Cities Programme at London's School of Economics and Political Science, and co-author of In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis.

You seem skeptical. And yet "urban doom" is becoming a catchphrase to describe our present moment. Why do you think that is?

Madden: With the "urban doom" story, all sorts of elite voices - business interests, real-estate interests, members of the political ruling class - are getting together and trying to sort of decide how they alone are going to save downtown. You see this happening across the U.S. But this is a very politicized misunderstanding of urban dynamics, urban development, urban politics, urban movement - and also just a very naïve one. It's not as if things were great for working-class and poor city dwellers before the pandemic. This particular "urban doom loop" is arguing we're ending these decades of a golden era of urban life, but it was only golden for some people. This actually could be an interesting moment when the very purpose of downtowns are being renegotiated, as well as this understanding of what urban life is for.

So what would you say to people who are worried about everyone moving out to the suburbs?

Madden: Migration to the suburbs has been happening for a very long time. Obviously, there are other ways in which middle-class households are also claiming space in the center of cities. But this is not actually any kind of large-scale flight away from cities. It's the reorganization of power and resources within urban space - but they're still staying within urban regions. There's this weird idea that there's a separation between suburbs and city. Cities are part of urban regions. There's no essential difference between them. curbed.com


Another Big Week of Retail Earnings Reports
Takeaways from Walmart, other retailers after a big week of earnings

More grocery purchases, fewer ambitious do-it-yourself projects and last-minute splurges at the store.

This week, some of the biggest retailers in the country reported earnings and described how their customers are shopping. As Home Depot, Target and Walmart reported their quarterly sales and shared full-year outlooks, the companies offered up the latest clues about the health of the American consumer and previewed what could be ahead for the economy.

As the three-month period went on, shoppers spent less, especially on discretionary merchandise, Target CEO Brian Cornell said on a call with investors. Walmart noticed the same pattern.

Next week will give even more insight into the retail industry and economy. Best Buy, Lowe's, Costco, Dollar Tree and Kohl's are among the earnings on tap. Some mall retailers are also reporting earnings, including Gap, American Eagle and Abercrombie & Fitch.

Walmart's Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey attributed the decline, in part, to the end of pandemic-related SNAP benefits and a decrease in tax refunds. cnbc.com
 

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The Reason for Store Closures: Theft Outpacing Sales
In retail industry, theft is growing faster than sales
Shoplifting is an alarmingly common crime. The National Retail Federation estimates that retail shrink, which includes theft but also problems leading to inventory being lost or recorded inaccurately, was roughly $95 billion in 2021.

Dean Rosenblum, a senior retail analyst at Bernstein Research said, "Theft is growing faster than sales ... theft is becoming a big enough problem that it is starting to affect margins, which is why retailers are talking about it more frequently."

Because of theft, loss of revenue must be accounted for in retailers' budgets. When sales are low and shrink is increasing, it becomes unsustainable for businesses to keep their doors open. Retailers, on average, saw a 26.5% increase in organized retail crime incidents in 2021. Beyond theft of goods, eight in 10 retailers surveyed reported that violence and aggression associated with incidents increased in 2021.

Retailers are implementing many strategies to prevent stealing - hiring security guards, installing security cameras, locking up goods and investing in radio-frequency identification systems. heraldtribune.com

TikTok Bans Could Impact Major Retailers
Potential bans could 'significantly' impact retail that have benefited from the app

Will More States Follow Montana And Ban TikTok?
TikTok has been the most downloaded app in the U.S. for three years running. It is also on its way out of Montana at the end of 2023 unless a legal case can be made to throw out a ban (SB 419) signed into law earlier this week by that state's governor.

Gov. Greg Gianforte said the ban was necessary because the Chinese Communist Party was "using TikTok to spy on Americans, violate their privacy, and collect their personal, private, and sensitive information."

Montana will prohibit the use of TikTok and other social media apps tied to hostile foreign governments on state-owned devices beginning June 1. App stores will be prohibited from allowing downloads of TikTok beginning on Jan. 1, even though both Apple and Google have said that they cannot limit access in Montana alone.

A group of TikTok users is already contesting the new law with claims that only the federal government has jurisdiction in national security matters and that the legislation signed by Gov. Gianforte violates the First Amendment rights of Montanans.

The Biden administration in March threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S. if ByteDance, the app's Chinese owner, refuses to sell its stake in the video-sharing app.

TikTok bans could have significant ramifications for brands and retailers that have benefited from free user-generated content in the form of "haul" videos that appeal to Gen Z consumers and younger Millennials.

Morning Consult research has found that haul videos are the most likely to drive Gen Z-ers to make a purchase. Forty-two percent of Americans between the ages of 13 and 25 have purchased a product after seeing a video where the creator shows products they've bought. A wide range of retailers, including Costco, Dollar General, Sephora and Shein, have all benefited from the largely free publicity that comes from TikTok haul videos. retailwire.com


Ransomware Group Known for Targeting Retailers
FIN7 returns with new ransomware attacks

The notorious ransomware gang ends a two-year hiatus by carrying out opportunistic ransomware attacks.

Anotorious financially motived cybercrime group known for targeting the U.S. retail, restaurant and hospitality sectors emerged from a two-year hiatus to carry out opportunistic ransomware attacks last month, researchers with Microsoft said late Thursday.

The group - tracked widely as FIN7 but by Microsoft as Sangria Tempest (formerly ELBRUS) - had not been linked to a ransomware campaign since late 2021, Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center said in a series of Thursday-night tweets. But in recent attacks the group deployed the Cl0p ransomware variant against multiple unnamed targets, following on the group's track record of using multiple ransomware strains in its attacks.

FIN7 deployed REvil and Maze, DarkSide and BlackMatter ransomware variants against targets in the past, Mandiant reported in April 2022 as part of its transition away from breaking into corporate systems and payment networks and a greater focus on ransomware operations.

FIN7 has a long history in the cybercrime world. According to the FBI, the group's operations date to at least 2015, and FIN7 has targeted some 100 U.S. companies with attacks designed to steal payment credentials and other data that can be used or sold for profit. The group is believed to have developed the ransomware strain that was used to attack Colonial Pipeline in 2021, an incident that resulted in fuel deliveries being disrupted along the Eastern Seaboard and drew attention to the widespread problem of ransomware attacks.

The group has been linked to a pair of fake companies used to recruit potential employees. One, called Bastion Secure - which used the logo BS - recruited programmers, system administrators and bug finders, the Wall Street Journal reported in October 2021. FIN7 previously established a different fake company, Combi Security, for similar purposes, the U.S. Department of Justice said in August 2018. cyberscoop.com


Record-Breaking Data Privacy Fine Hits Meta
Meta slapped with record $1.3 billion EU fine over data privacy
Meta has been fined a record-breaking €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) by European Union regulators for violating EU privacy laws by transferring the personal data of Facebook users to servers in the United States.

The European Data Protection Board announced the fine in a statement Monday, saying it followed an inquiry into Facebook (FB) by the Irish Data Protection Commission, the chief regulator overseeing Meta's operations in Europe.

The EU regulator said the processing and storage of personal data in the United States contravened Europe's signature data privacy law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation. Chapter 5 of the GDPR sets out the conditions under which personal data can be transferred to third countries or international organizations.

The fine is the largest ever levied under GDPR. The previous record of €746 million ($805.7 million) was levied against Amazon (AMZN) in 2021. Meta has also been ordered to cease the processing of personal data of European users in the United States within six months.

Meta's infringement is "very serious since it concerns transfers that are systematic, repetitive and continuous," said Andrea Jelinek, chair of the European Data Protection Board.

"Facebook has millions of users in Europe, so the volume of personal data transferred is massive. The unprecedented fine is a strong signal to organizations that serious infringements have far-reaching consequences," she added. cnn.com


Using Teams to Carry Out Cyberattacks
Microsoft Teams Features Amp Up Orgs' Cyberattack Exposure

It's as they say: A Teams is only as strong as its weakest links. Microsoft's collaboration platform offers Tabs, Meetings, and Messages functions, and they all can be exploited.

Researchers have identified several ways hackers can leverage Microsoft Teams functionalities to phish users, or deliver malware directly to their computers without their knowing it.

Using tabs in the Teams user interface, bad actors could potentially trigger a malicious payload, or redirect users to malicious sites while hardly leaving any trace, according to a report this week from Proofpoint. Additionally, through meeting invites or messages, hackers could replace legitimate URLs with malicious ones - again, without any obvious means for users to suss out the difference before it's too late.

"These risky Teams functionalities provide a nearly ideal attack platform for threat actors to target victims without being detected," the researchers tell Dark Reading.

Crucially, all of the proposed scenarios require an attacker to already have a compromised account or session token on hand. But as the researchers are quick to point out, hackers have long been targeting and cracking enterprise Teams environments. darkreading.com


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Franklin, TN: 2 women accused of $94K in thefts across 47 stores arrested
Two women police say are responsible for more than $94,000 in thefts from at least 47 stores were taken into custody while leaving a Kohl's in Franklin, Tennessee. According to the Franklin Police Department (FPD), security at Kohl's spotted the women when they entered the store shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Officials said the Kohl's security guard immediately recognized the pair from an online retail theft information-sharing system, so the agent called an on-duty officer from Franklin police's Flex Team. The Flex Team is "a covert unit of officers and detectives who focus on crimes like burglaries, organized retail theft, drug-related and violent street crime, and other community concerns," the department says. Store security told officers the two women were allegedly hiding merchandise under their skirts. As the women walked out of the store, plain-clothes officers in covert police vehicles pulled into the parking lot and arrested them, authorities said. Police said they found both women with zippered bags tied around their waists, which were covered by their skirts. Officers said each woman was carrying about 30 pounds of stolen makeup and other merchandise, with a combined value of nearly $15,000. In addition, after searching the "getaway van" the women were allegedly heading toward as they exited the store, officials said they discovered approximately $19,500 worth of stolen merchandise from other Kohl's stores. On Saturday, the FPD released security footage that appears to show one of the women picking up an item from a cosmetics aisle and tucking the item in her skirt. Though the investigation is still ongoing, authorities said they have linked the women to similar thefts in several other jurisdictions between Tennessee and Texas. The FPD identified the alleged shoplifters as Isabela Tomescu and Daniela Listor, both of whom were charged with organized retail crime and felony theft.  fox40.com


Alamance County, NC: Elaborate organized crime ring targeting Triad parks
The crime ring known as the Felony Lane Gang has been targeting parks in Alamance County, according to deputies. In a news release Sunday, the Alamance County Sheriff's Office wrote deputies have responded to several reports of motor vehicle break-ins at county parks and recreation, including Cedar Rock Park and Shallowford Recreation Park areas. Victims reported that their windows were broken and their purses stolen. Investigators said the suspects then travel to local retail and grocery stores to use the victims' credit cards to purchase thousands of dollars in gift cards and money orders.  wfmynews2.com


Blue Springs, MO: Police arrest dozens of suspected shoplifters
A shoplifting sting ends in dozens of arrests and the recovery of thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise. Blue Springs Police officers targeted the popular shopping area at Adam's Dairy Landing along Northeast Coronado Drive near Interstate 70 for the sting. With the help of businesses in the shopping area, Blue Springs police said officers arrested two dozen shoplifting suspects during operation "Shoplift with a Blue Springs Cop." Officers also arrested 12 people on outstanding warrants. Some of the stores brought in extra loss prevention officers to help in the operation. Officers in plain clothes worked in other stores in the shopping area. The department also used tools like its drone and camera system. The department said it recovered more than $3,800 in stolen property from the Adams Dairy Landing stores. Other arrests during the sting solved open shoplifting cases that totaled more than $10,000.  fox4kc.com


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