Simon Collins of Ivy Close, Southsea, has been charged with 17 shoplifting offences in relation to the following incidents, which occurred between Saturday 22 August and Wednesday 4 November.
Collins has been remanded in custody and appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Friday 27 November.
The investigation was part of Operation Monster, which sees local officers in Portsmouth work with local businesses to tackle aggravated shoplifting and other offences against them.