Shrinkage in the form of shop-lifting also has an effect. Having said that, if the items being reduced were scanned as part of the process of being assigned a

Shrinkage in the form of shop-lifting also has an effect. Having said that, if the items being reduced were scanned as part of the process of being assigned a discount sticker, then the stock-taking process should be able to capture this. (Reduced items are usually sold, or failing that, discarded or returned).