Hey, when you hear the word shoplifting, what do you think about?

You may think about a teen stealing candy from a convenience store or somebody that sees a toy

or a video game and slides it into their pocket.

Well, today we're going to talk about the real story.

If this doesn't shock you, it should.

Shoplifting costs retailers, $45 billion, with a B, $45 billion a year, according to Capital One shopping research.

That's staggering, and it should shock you because guess who's paying for that?

You and me.

We're paying for it because these retailers can't afford it,

so they roll it into the price of the goods that we're buying.

It's just figured into the cost.

It's just in their overhead.

Here are some recent headlines.

$80,000

beauty heist. Video shows serial shoplifter in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Paula Andrea Lopez

Korea caught on camera. Police call her a serial shoplifter accused of stealing from

Ulta beauty locations across multiple states. more than 81,000 in losses.

Here's another headline, Speedy Gonzalez accused of $20,000 Walmart shoplifting spree across North Georgia.

Copsay Gonzalez hid high-priced items in larger containers, paying only for the container, and leaving with the concealed goods.

Nationwide retail crime crackdown nets 500 arrests.

This involved more than 100 law enforcement agencies across the country, and they arrested shoplifters at 60 stores, including

Walgreens, Macy's, Target, Home Depot. So let's add it all up. Again, $45 billion in retail

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