Thursday, June 23, 2005

Boosting and sweeping

According to the Food Marketing Institute, Organized Retail Theft -- professional shoplifting -- accounts for $34 billion in losses across the retail industry each year. The shoplifters, known as boosters or sweepers, operate under a strict set of guidelines, and can earn up to $100,000 dollars a year. The Food Marketing Institute has also developed a list of the fifty most shoplifted items, which suggests that the average shoplifter suffers from migraines, vaginal dryness and hemmeroids, and uses lots of razors and Oil of Olay. Some kind of drunk yeti with a funny walk I’d wager. Shouldn’t be too hard to pick it up off of a security camera.