Retail crime POLL
Whether consumers think shoplifting is wrong can depend on the circumstances.
Results from a new survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers from YouGov that have been exclusively released to Chain Store Age show that a combined 80% of respondents believe shoplifting is either a very (43%) or somewhat (37%) serious problem in the U.S.
While two-thirds (67%) of respondents believe shoplifting is never acceptable, 4% say it is always acceptable and 19% say it can be acceptable under certain circumstances. When asked when shoplifting can be acceptable, respondents who said it is sometimes or always acceptable or were unsure cited situations such as the perpetrator being poor (9%), starving (17%), or waiting in a long line to pay (2%).
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