Stop, Thief!

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Retailers lose up to forty billion dollars a year to shoplifting, employee theft, and organized retail crime. Find out how the retail industry is now taking a high-tech approach to dealing with theft, and whether it’s working. John Colapinto’s article in the issue of the Sept. 1 issue of the New Yorker is "Stop, Thief!"

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