The 24th annual retail theft survey by Jack L. Hayes International reports that shoplifters and dishonest employees stole over $6 billion from 24 major US retailers in 2011. These 24 surveyed retailers also apprehended over one million shoplifters and dishonest employees and recovered more than $161 million from them. The infographic below takes a deeper dive into the statistics from this retail theft survey (click to view a larger version).

Retail theft in 2011 infographic