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Shoppers steal £3.2bn from self-service tills every year

Shoppers steal £3.2bn from self-service tills every year | consumer psychology | Scoop.it

"Britain is turning into a nation of light-fingered thieves, according to a new study which reveals one in four people admit to not paying for items at self-scan checkouts ..."

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Coles understood to be introducing new technology to reduce theft at self service checkouts

Coles understood to be introducing new technology to reduce theft at self service checkouts | consumer psychology | Scoop.it

"SUPERMARKET giant Coles is understood to be introducing new technology to reduce its estimated annual $1.1 billion theft debt by reducing stealing at self-serve checkouts ..."

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Serial returners cause problems for shops - BBC News

Serial returners cause problems for shops - BBC News | consumer psychology | Scoop.it

"Shops are "struggling to cope" with the amount of items customers return, with a quarter of it unfit for resale, new figures suggest ..."

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What motivates people to record and upload pirated movies and music?

What motivates people to record and upload pirated movies and music? | consumer psychology | Scoop.it

"Piracy is big. Despite the big media companies playing Whack-A-Mole with the Pirate Bay, it's probably around to stay. I used to pirate files, services like Spotify and Netflix have stopped me ..."

Alyssa's curator insight, August 25, 2019 7:20 PM
This article caught my eye because I am interested in the psychology behind essentially what ' makes' a person go through with pirating. I sense a Robin Hood complex, as most of these people committing the crime say they do it to ' give back to the community'. Makeuseof.com is a well known tech site, claiming its mission is to help users ' deconstruct the world of technology and gadgets'. Some sites  say it can be biased.