US store owners are worried about shoplifting – what can be done?

Retailers say shoplifting has become a growing problem - so how are merchants fighting back?

There's a war happening right now. No, it's not in Ukraine (at least not yet). It's on Main Street.

In Manhattan, where the New York police department reports shoplifting levels not seen in nearly 30 years, a Rite-Aid store announces it's closing because of theft losses. Small retailers in New York have given their district attorney an earful. Residents and shop owners in San Francisco say that crime there has spun out of control". Chicago has been the target of rampant" shoplifting incidents. Reports of flash" shoplifting gangs have prompted legislators to introduce bills to protect businesses as far apart as Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Washington state.