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Americans Shoplifted Almost $2 Billion Of Stuff This Christmas

shoplift Santa has sticky fingers. Via the Atlantic Wire:

Hope you have a Merry Christmas, America, because you’ve been extremely naughty at the mall this year. After surveying retailers in the U.S., the Global Retail Theft Barometer says that shoppers pinched $1.8 billion worth of merchandise during the four weeks leading up to Christmas, reports the AP. $1.8 billion! For context, $1.8 billion is a 6 percent increase from 2010.

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