'Fear has become part of the job': Shop staff face 1,600 acts of violence or abuse a day with a weapon wielded more than once an hour

And the report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) found there were 118 incidents of physical violence a day with 36 involving a weapon - more than one an hour.


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