Spark NZ joins the Auror Network to strengthen retail crime reporting and support frontline teams

Auror has today partnered with New Zealand’s largest telecommunications company, Spark NZ, to rollout its retail crime reporting and intelligence platform to more than 50 stores across the country to help keep their people safe.

Asda rolls out Auror retail crime reporting platform

Asda is rolling out Auror's retail crime intelligence and reporting platform, which has reduce time to document crime events by 80% for frontline colleagues.

Auror welcomes prioritisation of retail safety in Victoria

Comments following today's announcement to introduce legislation to establish a new Workplace Protection Order (WPO) scheme

Schenectady PD and local retailers clamp down on organized retail crime through new digital collaboration

Top 10 percent of offenders responsible for 60 percent of retail crime across Capital Region, according to retail crime intelligence platform Auror

Pre-owned tech retailer CeX rolls out Auror in UK stores to put colleague safety first

Leading refurbished tech and entertainment retailer CeX has partnered with global retail crime intelligence company Auror to roll out its platform to 390 of its UK stores.

Auror’s facial recognition system now live in UK stores, helping retailers take a responsible approach to high-impact safety tech

Auror’s facial recognition system now live in UK stores, helping retailers take a responsible approach to high-impact safety tech

Auror joins forces with child protection organization to enable real-time AMBER Alerts for retailers

Opt-in feature for U.S. retailers uses license plate recognition (LPR) to detect vehicles associated with serious child abduction cases.

This generation isn't growing up at local shopping centres like we did. Technology can change that.

OPINION: We can take back our shopping centres. Brett Farley is Vice President of Australia and New Zealand at Auror.

Auror Subject Recognition recognized by leading retail industry research group

Auror was honored this week by the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) for its responsible solution to help retailers manage facial recognition technology (FRT) in stores, strictly for crime prevention and safety purposes.

Texas soars past national average for organized retail crime

Top 10 percent of Texas offenders responsible for vast majority of theft in the Lone Star State according to Auror retail crime intelligence.

Only a collective approach will win this fight against retail crime

The Crime and Policing Act is now law, strengthening protections for retailers, their staff and the communities they serve. It marks a welcome, if overdue, step forward for Britain’s struggling high streets.

After 25 years in federal law enforcement, here's what it will take to beat organized retail crime

Raul Aguilar is Head of Law Enforcement Partnerships, Americas at Auror, and formerly HSI responsible for transnational organized crime and founder of Operation Boiling Point.

Auror takes safer stores mission to Westminster

Auror hosted MPs from across the UK at a parliamentary drop-in event in April, sharing the work that retailers and police are doing to make stores, frontline colleagues and high streets safer.

New Data: Violent Retail Crime on the Rise in Illinois

1 in 7 Retail Crime Incidents Involve Violence, Increase Largely Driven by Repeat Offenders

Retail Trust and Auror partner to drive down retail crime as Crime and Policing Act becomes law

The charity Retail Trust and ​Auror launched a new partnership urging retailers to work together to uncover the severity of violent and organised retail crime to improve the safety of workers.

Auror rolls out across London to take on repeat offenders and organised retail crime

London retailers and law enforcement are embracing a new digital and collaborative approach to crack down on violent and organised retail crime.

Retailers reach major milestone in surfacing organized retail crime

Major retailers and law enforcement worked together to connect more than one million dots between repeat and organized offenders last year using retail crime intelligence platform, Auror.

Rise in violent retail crime in UK linked to repeat offenders, new data shows

Frontline retail workers faced a 12 per cent increase in violent behaviour last year according to new UK retailer data from global retail crime intelligence company, Auror.

Marks & Spencer host Angela Rayner MP to show how Auror is making their stores safer

Retail colleagues at Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) Ashton Moss store visited by Rt Hon. Angela Rayner MP on 1 April, to see Auror’s retail crime reporting platform in action.

Auror named finalist for top NZ tech honour

Auror has been named a finalist for Company of the Year in the 2026 New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards, in recognition of its growing impact on retail safety globally.

Auror recognized by US retail crime research body as Most Engaged Solution Partner

Auror has been recognized by the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) for its work alongside retailers and law enforcement to support evidence-based strategies to tackle organized retail crime across the United States.

Auror completes Vendor of the Year trifecta

Hot off the heels of the recognition in Australia and the UK, global retail crime intelligence company Auror was named Vendor of the Year at the New Zealand Fraud Awards.

Retail collaboration through Auror recognised at Australian Fraud Awards

Auror was recognised as Vendor of the Year at the 2026 Australian Fraud Awards, hosted by Retail Knowledge.

Tesco trials new crime reporting platform to deter retail crime and keep colleagues, customers and local communities safe

One of the UK's leading retailers, Tesco, is taking an important and exciting step towards addressing organised and violent retail crime across the UK through a 10-week trial with Auror

Retail crime reaches a turning point as Kiwi retailers record drop in violence and weapons

New Zealand retailers have recorded a significant reduction in violent retail crime this year, with a fall in events involving violence, assaults, weapons and threats

Auror hosts New Zealand Prime Minister for opening of new Auckland headquarters

Global retail crime intelligence company Auror officially opened its new headquarters in Auckland Central on Friday, 12 December, alongside the Prime Minister, Police Minister, and local retail and police leaders.

Auror to help Victoria Police crackdown on violent and organised crime in stores

Auror is pleased to partner with Victoria Police, rolling out its suite of capabilities to the organisation, and bringing frontline police and retailers closer together to help focus their resources on organised, high-harm retail crime offenders.

Morrisons and Auror join forces to improve colleague safety in stores nationwide

Leading UK grocer, Morrisons, is joining the Auror Network - rolling out Auror's retail crime reporting software across its nearly 500 supermarkets nationwide.

Auror launch Auror Subject Recognition: a responsible facial recognition integration to keep stores safe

Auror has launched Subject Recognition, an innovative new tool that gives retailers the ability to responsibly integrate their own information about past serious offending with facial recognition technology.

Auror goes back-to-back at UK Fraud Awards

For the second consecutive year, leading retail crime intelligence software company Auror has won Vendor of the Year and been recognised for Best Collaboration with Boots at the UK Fraud Awards 2025.

Opinion: Retail crime is a city killer, but technology can help us take back our high streets

By Auror Senior Director of Trust & Safety Nick McDonnell. Published in the Daily Express UK

Currys rolls out Auror nationwide to enhance story safety

Currys today announces the rollout of the Auror crime reporting tool to all its stores, following a successful trial.

National Retail Association partner with Auror in fight against retail crime

The National Retail Association (NRA) has formed a strategic partnership with global leader in retail crime intelligence, Auror.

Auror and Axon launch Retail Crime Hub to create safer stores and communities

Auror has partnered with Axon Enterprise to launch the new Retail Crime Hub - a more efficient way for law enforcement to collaborate with retailers and stop crime in our communities.

Opinion: Five ways to fight retail crime, for good

By Auror CEO and co-founder Phil Thomson. Published in Stuff NZ (The Post, The Press and Waikato Times).

Australian retailers record huge spike in armed and violent retail crime

Australian retailers recorded a staggering 66 per cent year-on-year increase in retail crime involving weapons last year.

Worker safety a focus as Kiwi retailers record rise in weapon-related events

Kiwi retailers saw a 10 per cent jump in the use of weapons in retail crime events last year, putting more frontline workers and customers at risk.

Opinion: Time to treat retail crime like real crime

By Auror CEO and co-founder Phil Thomson. Published in the NZ Herald.

More violence in ANZ stores over festive period

Australian and New Zealand retailers reported an uptick in violent crime in retail settings using Auror in the lead up to Christmas last year and worryingly, new data shows the trend is continuing this year.

Kiwi tech success marks a decade reducing global retail crime

Kiwi-founded tech company Auror has celebrated a decade of working with New Zealand’s major retailers to take on organised retail crime and create safer communities.

Home Bargains UK partners with Auror to improve retail worker safety

Home Bargains UK is now partnering with Auror, joining other leading UK retailers on the platform.

Auror continues global expansion, raises $82m to expand public safety technology mission

Technology company Auror, which provides the world's largest retailers and over 3000 law enforcement agencies globally with retail crime reporting and intelligence software, continues its strong growth with the successful close of its NZ$82m Series C capital raise. 

Almost one in every 10 crimes across Australian retail is violent

New data from global retail crime reporting software company, Auror, shows violent events are increasing in Australia.

bp enhancing colleague safety across the UK with Auror

bp UK is continuing to invest in the security of its retail team members by using Auror across its store network.

Auror takes out top awards at Australian Fraud Awards 2024

Auror has won the top award for Vendor of the Year and Best Collaboration of the Year alongside bp Australia, at Retail Risk 2024.

Meat remains the top product targeted by ORC in New Zealand, with thefts increasing

NZ grocery stores are being targeted for meat products by organised retail crime networks.

Auror releases Responsible AI framework, helping businesses embrace technology

The framework has been designed by Auror for businesses of all sizes to develop their own robust and ethical AI processes.

Auror takes top fived spot in Australian Finanical Review Best Workplace Award 2023

Auror was named in top five for Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Place to Work 2023 awards.

NZ fuel theft up 24% on annual numbers

New NZ data shows fuel station drive-off theft has sky-rocketed.