About CRR
The Global retail Theft Barometer is produced by The Centre For Retail Research.
The Centre for Retail Research, founded in 1997, is an independent organization providing research and consultancy for the retail sector.
It has carried out a range of studies dealing with the costs of crime and the application of electronic and computerized systems to combat shop theft and fraud in many parts of the world.
The Global Retail Theft Barometer has been written by Professor Joshua Bamfield, Director of the Centre. Professor Bamfield has researched retail crime issues since the mid-1980s and has written extensively on this topic. The Global Retail Theft Barometer is sponsored by Checkpoint Systems. Checkpoint Systems, founded in 1969, is the world’s leading supplier of labeling and shrink management solutions to the global retail industry.
