The federal budget’s promise to spend $1.3 million to develop a regional missing persons alert for Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people falls far short of what’s needed, according to opposition MPs on the House of Commons Status of Women committee. The federal government launched consultations last December to create a national “red dress” alert … Read more
KOTA KINABALU: Police in Sabah’s east coast Sandakan district are on the hunt for a man who was seen in a viral video opening a car door to snatch a handbag of a elderly woman who just parked the car. The man, whose car was parked alongside the woman’s car, was seen driving away while … Read more
Thieves got away with $30 million US in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now, detectives are seeking to unravel the brazen cash heist, reportedly one of the largest on record in Los Angeles. Police Cmdr. Elaine Morales told The … Read more
The national chain of 99 Cent Only Stores — consisting of 371 locations in four states — is shutting down, with operators blaming unmanageable inflation and theft. “This was an extremely difficult decision and is not the outcome we expected or hoped to achieve,” Mike Simoncic, Interim Chief Executive Officer of 99 Cents Only Stores, said Friday. … Read more
Indigo Books & Music Inc. has agreed to be taken private after agreeing to a sweetened offer from a holding company connected to its largest shareholder. The retailer says its agreement will see Trilogy Retail Holdings Inc. and Trilogy Investments L.P. pay $2.50 per share in cash for the stake in Indigo they do not … Read more
Target is the latest retailer to tweak its self-checkout lane after going all-in during the “contactless” pandemic. Beginning Sunday, the red-dot retailer is limiting shoppers to 10 items or fewer at the self-checkout registers. Target promises to open more traditional cashiers with employees staffing the registers. Also see: Dollar Tree closing nearly 1,000 stores The … Read more
Target will limit self-checkout to 10 items, claiming the move will improve the customer experience and speed up the process. The Minneapolis-based retailer joins dozens of other retail chains, including rival Walmart, that have limited or removed self-checkout kiosks amid complaints about clunky technology and concerns about rising theft. The change will go into effect … Read more
Dollar General is pulling back on self-checkout as it tries to curtail retail theft across its stores. The company will remove self-checkout registers from 300 stores that have the biggest issue with shrink – an industry term referring to lost or stolen merchandise – during the first half of the year, CEO Todd Vasos told analysts … Read more
A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, Calif., on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Fourteen suspects were taken into custody during two separate retail theft blitz operations in downtown Los Angeles, police said Monday. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, retail thefts in downtown Los Angeles have become problematic, resulting in thousands of dollars in daily losses. “Blitz operations are conducted to address this issue … Read more
