Colombia: shoplifting in supermarkets by mode 2019

Published by P. Navarro Villa, Jul 25, 2023
In 2019, the most popular shoplifting mode at supermarkets in Colombia was to hide merchandise in clothes, bags, and purses. This shoplifting mode represented 17.6 percent of the shoplifting cases, followed by theft taking advantage of the fact that no plastic bag was given.
As of December 2019, Colombian retailers distributed 60 percent fewer single-use plastic bags when compared to 2015.

Share of external shoplifting cases at grocery retailers in Colombia in 2019, by mode

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October 2020

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Colombia

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2019

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* Theft of merchandise in an aluminum bag.
The source does not specify the type of survey, the number of respondents nor the age of respondents.

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