Here in Michigan, Target is one of the most popular stores to shop for clothes, toys, home goods, groceries, and other goodies.

Over the last 20 years, the store’s popularity has grown, and is now becoming one of the main grocery destinations in the Midwest. And as much as they’ve done to help themselves climb the ladder of success, it has come with the unfortunate responsibility of looking out for your merchandise at the cost of the consumer.

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It's not a financial cost, but you’ll probably notice that over the last few years, they have kept certain items behind lock and key because of the overwhelming amount of theft that has been taking place involving some of these items.

As we mentioned it's a popular store, and one that people spend a lot of time in. In fact, a survey was done and showed the average shopper in Target spends 28.7 minutes in the store. I guess after spending all that time, people are using it to plan out the perfect heist, like the fiends they are.

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Because they’ve been facing so much theft and most likely a loss and profit because of it they’ve had to update their shoplifting policy.

In fact, because of the new policy, anybody accused of shoplifting could not only face charges of theft and trespassing, but Target is now banning people for life who break this new policy.

Luckily for most of us, we won’t have to worry about getting banned, but there are many items that people steal all the time from Target. Here are the top 15.

The 15 Most Commonly Stolen Items From Target

FinanceBuzz did some digging and discovered the most frequently pocketed, stuffed, and shoved items shoplifters love to take from one of America's biggest retailers. Here's a look at the 15 Most Commonly Stolen Items From Target.

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