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Weapons threat to independent stores
Friday, 03 July 2009
Violence against independent retailers has fallen in the past year, but the number of attacks involving weapons is on the rise, according to the 2009 Retail Violence Survey carried out by Independent Retail News.

Nearly 8% of retailers polled said they or a member of staff had been a victim of violent crime in the past 12 months, down from 20% in the 2008 survey.

The drop comes despite predictions that retail crime would soar as th...
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