By John Colapinto
Issue: Sept 1
Shoplifting has graduated from a junior high school past-time to a serious industry with serious consequences and technology and security teams to match.
There are retail-crime rings, individuals who resell on eBay, and operators who work with store personnel to de-tag or set aside merchandise. One guy was caught with a cool "booster bag" lined with tin foil and duct tape to thwart alarms.
The story covers security cameras that can move to track someone through a multi-level store (except for the dressing rooms), Target's efforts to stop theft, and what small retailers do (like putting razor blades behind the counter).
Then we follow a security team who has been tracking "Jeffrey," a department store employee who has been making false returns and giving out huge gift cards to his friends. They catch him and he confesses, but he doesn't give up his coworker, and they fail to get a middle-aged lady who probably stole jeans in a dressing room.
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