# Embracing AI-Driven Solutions to Combat Rising Retail Theft

By Cara Schildmeyer · Published 2023-08-14 · Updated 2026-06-08 · Retail on MarketScale
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> Traditional security measures are losing ground as retailers turn to artificial intelligence to identify suspicious behavior before theft occurs

## Key points

- Traditional security measures are less effective against rising retail theft.
- AI-driven solutions can identify suspicious behavior, preventing theft.
- Veesion provides innovative behavioral detection technology for retailers.

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Retail theft, an age-old issue for brick-and-mortar establishments, has hit a particularly troubling peak recently. With the uptick in both organized retail crime and opportunistic shoplifting, traditional methods of prevention like security cameras, RFID tags, and in-person surveillance are proving to be less effective. As such, the transition towards innovative AI-driven solutions like [**Veesion**](https://veesion.io/en/)'s behavioral detection is not only timely but imperative to prevent retail theft.

> The transition towards innovative AI-driven solutions like Veesion's behavioral detection is not only timely but imperative to prevent retail theft.

Now, let's hear more about this technological revolution from [**Benoît Koenig**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoitkoenig/?originalSubdomain=fr), Co-Founder of **Veesion**, who is on the cutting edge of reshaping retail security, on this episode of [*What Just Happened?*](https://marketscale.com/shows/what-just-happened/) with [**Christine Russo**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-russo-3684604/).

Tags: retail, retail security, retail surveillance, shoplifting, shopping theft

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