Second UK supermarket introduces ‘checkout VAR’ after widely-mocked Tesco scheme
Lidl was the second retailer to offer a new theft preventive software called ‘Supermarket’ in England.
To reduce shopping, the store uploaded fire cameras to its own controls to determine when a customer could not scan an item properly.
When he receives a potential theft, he repeats the life action record of the element that cannot be scanned before paying the shopping person.
In May, Tesco watches a similar move and was widely mocked on social media after comparing the video assistant referee (VAR) technology used in scheme football matches.
Sinsbury’s was also recognized in some stores to increase security measures, and Lidl introduced the cameras in two of the London stores.
Shopping crimes come as a record level with the national statistical office figures, which showed that the incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales increased by 20 percent to 515,971 in 2024.
Ones, Covid-19 Pandemem, which has been the highest since the current police registration practices started until March 2003, has been a “sharp increase” since the Covid-19 pandem.
Nevertheless, the new technology was widely criticized in May, a commentator is afraid that he could lead to more supervision measure: ne What’s up? Drones will follow …. About the store? ”.
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In an interview with BBC, he made a shopping: “Yes, you have cameras that follow you all over the store, but this is very invader.
“If stores are very paranoid about those who steal the goods, then they should return to Tills instead of spending money on this invader technology.”
Tom Ironside from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), which reacted to high theft figures, said that retail crime continued to çıkmış out of control ile at a cost of more than £ 2.2 billion per year.
BRC Business and Regulatory Director said: “While the retailers spent £ 1.8 billion on anti -criminal measures, thieves become more brave and more aggressive, which causes an increase in violence and abuse against personnel.
“It is very important that we see more police resources allocated to combat this outbreak of this crime.”
