National Retail Federation says 2021 data was flawed and based on congressional testimony from president of an advocacy group
The powerful National Retail Federation (NRF) lobbying group has retracted a claim that “organized retail crime” accounted for “nearly half” of the shopping industry’s $94.5bn losses due to theft or “shrink” in 2021.
The industry group had said the impact of organized retail crime, which it previously claimed had increased by 26.5%, had become increasingly violent. Retail giants like Target, Walmart and Walgreens said it was threatening their businesses.
The NRF said the figure was based on a congressional testimony from Ben Dugan, the former president of an advocacy group, the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail, and that an analyst from K2 Integrity, a risk consultancy that co-authored the report, inferred the “nearly half” claim.
Advocacy for promoting lies.
In other words, a lobbying group.
There are lobbying groups for equality, medical care, women’s rights, chkldren’s rights, and environmental protections and other topics that don’t promote lies. Musicians and artists banded together as a group to lobby against censorship.
Just becsuse there are shitty lobbyists doesn’t mean they all are.