Retailers across the UK are increasingly turning to advanced technology to protect their stock, their customers and their bottom line after incidences of shoplifting reached epidemic proportions.
A recent British Retail Consortium survey revealed the cost of theft doubled to £1.8 billion in 2022/23 with 45,000 incidents every day. There has also been a 50 per cent increase in levels of retail violence and abuse to 1,300 incidents a day.
According to Derby IT company Barron McCann, which looks after technology used by leading retail and hospitality chains, innovative solutions using artificial intelligence and biometric analytics are reshaping the way retailers detect and prevent theft.
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The family-owned company, which is based at The Meteor Centre in Derby, operates across 17 countries and is responsible for the installation, the 24-hour remote monitoring and the field engineering support of…
