In the lead up to Christmas, the Retail Employee Safety Council (RESC) has gathered to focus on strategies to address intensifying abuse, assaults and harassment in the retail sector.
In its second meeting,...
Foodstuffs North Island’s six-month facial recognition (FR) trial has ended with early results showing FR reduced serious harmful incidents, leading to improved safety and a decrease in retail crime while respecting the...
A new retail theft team has arrested two dozen of Melbourne’s “most prolific” alleged retail thieves in a little over a month.
The operation, called STAND, launched in the Melbourne and Yarra council...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) have joined forces to call for major changes to improve the safety of retail staff and business owners.
This includes stronger laws...
Significantly increased penalties now apply to violent attackers in Western Australia who target retail workers.
A new ‘assault retail workers’ offence is in effect, seeing individuals who attack staff in the course of...
Australian retailers are coming together to tackle retail crime at the industry-wide Retail Crime Symposium in July.
In an industry first collaboration, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the National Retail Association (NRA)...
A national campaign across Australian shopping centres has seen an estimated 200 million customers viewing messages aimed at reducing retail crime and ensuring retail workers are treated with respect.
Shopping centres ran the...
People who assault retail workers in Western Australia will face up to seven years in prison under proposed legislation.
Bringing the state in line with NSW, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the...
