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The Hong Kong papers also talked for days about the shoplifter in a Dacron suit.
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Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
That has become a practice with some independent boutique owners that have been targeted by shoplifters in the past few years.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 May 2025
These are professional shoplifters backed by criminal organizations that plan large-scale thefts and fence the products on the gray market, often selling across state lines or through the internet.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
Stores are catching shoplifters only 2% of the time, and police make arrests in one out of 100 incidents.
—James Fotis, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
That has become a practice with some independent boutique owners that have been targeted by shoplifters in the past few years.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 May 2025
These are professional shoplifters backed by criminal organizations that plan large-scale thefts and fence the products on the gray market, often selling across state lines or through the internet.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
Stores are catching shoplifters only 2% of the time, and police make arrests in one out of 100 incidents.
—James Fotis, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoplifter. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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shoplifter
noun
shop·lift·er
-ˌlif-tər 
: a person who shoplifts
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