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`Tis The Season To Prevent Shoplifting

Updated: January 7, 2009
It`s prime-time for holiday shopping and *shop-lifting. Companies lost nearly 37-billion-dollars last year across the country because of retail theft. Businesses here at home are also feeling the hit. Police say our numbers here may surprise you.

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