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ShopKind campaign relaunches to combat retail worker abuse

The ShopKind campaign has been relaunched to combat the significant rise in abuse and violence against retail workers across the UK. With retail crime at an unprecedented level, the initiative urges customers to treat staff with respect, emphasizing that aggression is unacceptable and increasingly prevalent. Leading trade bodies and unions,...

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Curbing retail staff abuse as UK and US cases soar

Since the pandemic, violence against retail staff is at an all time high, with the UK and US seeing a surge in cases. In America, from 2018 to 2020, assaults reported to the F.B.I. by law enforcement agencies rose 42 percent, according to the New York Times. In the UK, abuse against retail staff was already at record high with over 400 incidents...