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The True Cost of Retail Crime to UK High Streets — and the ROI of AI Loss Prevention
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The True Cost of Retail Crime to UK High Streets — and the ROI of AI Loss Prevention

De Flow AI Team

De Flow AI Team

May 24, 20267 min read
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The True Cost of Retail Crime to UK High Streets — and the ROI of AI Loss Prevention

It’s more than the stolen goods

The headline is £2.2bn in theft (BRC) — but the true cost includes security spend, damaged stock, staff turnover from abuse, lost sales behind locked cabinets, and stores closing on struggling high streets.

The ROI case

Loss-prevention AI is among the fastest-payback retail investments: retailers commonly report payback within months once cameras, edge compute and POS data are linked. Even a modest cut in shrink on a multi-store estate funds the system many times over.

Annual salesShrink at 1.5%Cut to 1.0% saves
£2m£30,000£10,000/yr
£10m£150,000£50,000/yr

Measure it, don’t guess

De Flow AI’s analytics track shrink and ROI in real time, so the business case proves itself. Book a demo to model the numbers for your estate.

Cut Shrink in Your UK Stores

See how De Flow AI's computer-vision loss prevention spots theft, fraud and risky behaviour in real time — and pays for itself within months.

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