News

This section contains news and media topics relevant to civil recovery and employee restitution.

General Civil Recovery News, Publications & Reports

• Inventory Shrinkage Costs $123.4 Billion Dollars to Retailers Globally, Costing the Average U.S. Household Approximately $335 Dollars Each Year

• Retailers Estimate Shoplifting, Incidents of Fraud Cost $44 Billion in 2014

• Law Offices of Palmer, Reifler & Associates Takes Action to Defeat Harmful Maryland House Bill (Press Release)

• CNBC: Shoplifting Cost the World $112 Billion Last Year (Article)

• ABC News: How Much Does Shoplifting Cost You? (Video)

• CNN Money: Thieves Will Cost You $423 at the Mall This Year (Article)

• The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch: J.C. Penney Battles Theft (Article)

Organized Retail Crime (ORC):

• National Retail Federation: A Decade Later, Organized Retail Crime Still Major Problem for Retailers

• National Retail Federation 2014 ORC Survey (PDF Report)