Marks & Spencer Demands Crackdown on Retail Crime as Violence Escalates

Marks & Spencer's retail director publicly demanded a government crackdown on retail crime.

“Staff at Marks & Spencer are “worried about coming into work”, a senior boss at the high street giant said as the company urged the Government to do more to tackle retail crime”

Barrhead News

M&S reported increasingly brazen and organized crime including gangs forcing open cabinets and assaulting staff.

Barrhead News

The Guardian noted 5.5 million incidents of shoplifting in the UK last year excluding unreported cases.

Police deployed 100 officers after hundreds of youths organized via TikTok and Snapchat.

M&S staff are facing daily abuse and violence.

Keeve described a staff member hospitalised after ammonia was thrown in their face.

BBC

Hawksbee said staff are worried about coming into work and nervous about the journey home.

This human cost is often absent from high-level crime statistics.

Keeve wrote to Mayor Sadiq Khan while CEO Machin contacted the Home Secretary.

“Marks & Spencer has called on the government and London’s mayor to crack down on retail crime, saying it has become “more brazen, more organised and more aggressive”, after reporting an increase in shoplifting and violence at its stores”

The Guardian

Farage's London is broken declaration captured growing frustration.

The problem is worse in London but happening across the country.

Without serious government action, retailers are powerless.