13/07/2013 10:06
Sharp increase in shoplifting recorded
‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ received an alarm call yesterday about a sharp increase in the number of thefts in clothing stores of Yerevan, especially in expensive ones.
“The increase in shoplifting makes such stores take unusual steps. For example, in some cases customers have no opportunity to try on clothes prior to the purchase. Salespeople say that some customers remove security tags from clothes with scissors in changing rooms and then shoplift those clothes. It is a new phenomenon in Armenia. Until recently horror-stricken Armenians told each other about our compatriots shoplifting from European stores. In fact, this phenomenon has “immigrated”, the paper says.