Academic Paper from the year 2017 in the subject Computer Science - Applied grade: 1.2 Dublin Institute of Technology course: Business with retail language: English abstract: Shrinkage and retail crime are major issues for retailers having significant impact on net profitability of stores products and retail businesses alike. Only a small minority of crimes against the retailer are detected or witnessed at the time or later: the value of losses a retailer faces over a period is normally calculated as shrinkage (or loss of inventory).