The Corona crisis is having a significant impact on both business and people around the world. Nevertheless, there are also a number of positive points due to the measures against Corona. For example, retailers note that the number shoplifting significantly lower since the crisis began.
No longer anonymous due to the door policy
Around the 1,5 meters of society to be guaranteed, also within stores a door policy was introduced by the government on March 24. As a sideline, this appears to mean that shoplifters feel less anonymous when they enter the store. They feel watched. Often the concealment of anonymity is only caused by a simple greeting from an employee or security guard at the door.
Also, due to the limited shoppers allowed into the store, shoplifters are more likely to be revealed and more closely watched by both the crowd and employees.
Supermarket entrepreneurs react differently to the figures
Not for all retail companies the door policy appears to be the solution against shoplifting. Bee supermarkets the leak has shifted from shopping to the self-scan checkouts that shoplifters abuse. Shopkeepers note that theft within the store is indeed less, but a leak continues to occur.
Abuse shopping carts
Lost shopping trolleys are turning up in mysterious places all over the Netherlands. Due to measures regarding COVID-19, the use of a shopping token was no longer necessary. In practice it has been found that theft or abandonment of a shopping cart has increased as a result. The use of a shopping token is now mandatory again in many places in the Netherlands.