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When retailers’ compliance is most vulnerable | Viewpoint: Ed Heaver

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When Serve Legal reviewed the 2024 compliance rates, one trend stood out. 200,000+ audits last year, spanning across all age-restricted products, revealed a pattern: compliance rates were at their lowest on weekends, especially Sunday nights. These audits, conducted by over 4,000 mystery shoppers (Serve Legal’s…

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