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Balrog0 posted...

that is literally not what your sources say actually

Just over a third of that loss (34.5 percent)$15 billionis attributed to employee theft, and another 6.8 percent to vendor fraud. The largest chunk of the reported shrinkage comes from shoplifting at 38 percent. The remaining loss is attributed to administrative errors or unknown factors.

The numbers can vary, especially since a lot of shoplifting is facilitated by employees but perpetrated by customers, so it's difficult to decide which column to put it under, if it can be decided at all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/business/30theft.html

Shoplifters? Studies Say Keep an Eye on Workers

"Retail experts say they can only estimate what portion of their theft losses can be traced to employees, to shoplifting and to vendors, but they view their own store workers as the leading culprits. The national study, based on information obtained from 106 retail chains that responded to a questionnaire, said employees were responsible for 43 percent of the stores unexplained losses, versus 36 percent for shoplifting."

"The most common type of employee theft is sweethearting, in which cashiers fail to ring up or scan goods that friends or relatives present at the register"
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Professionals are predictable- it's the amateurs who are dangerous.