The Australian Institute of Criminology studied their interventions and found that shorter display racks, wider aisles, and convex mirrors helped them decrease shoplifting incidents in their store by 21 % over a one - year period. (creditdonkey.com)
It was in late - November 2009 when one of Laarakker's clients came to his office to discuss a demand letter that she had received in the mail from an Ontario lawyer concerning an alleged shoplifting incident involving her teenage daughter. (slaw.ca)
The letter warned the woman, whose daughter was involved in an alleged shoplifting incident, that she could be on the hook for an even higher claim for damages if she didn't pay the settlement amount and HBC sued her for actual recovery costs associated with the incident, including detection, apprehension, and recovery of goods. (canadianlawyermag.com)