U.S. Retailers are Expecting to Lose $9 Billion in Stealing During Holidays

A self-governing research group in the United Kingdom anticipates that retailers in the United States will drop $8.9 billion during the 2012 holiday season (mid-November through Christmas) due to burglary, employee theft and salesperson or distribution losses. That number is 4 percent more than that of last year. Furthermore, the National Retail Federation forecasts return scams will cost retailers another $2.9 billion this holiday season.