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This has major implications for loss prevention as well. External theft counts for about .5% of total revenue for the average retailer, which translates directl

by learc83 15y ago

This has major implications for loss prevention as well. External theft counts for about .5% of total revenue for the average retailer, which translates directly to a large percent of profit lost since margins are so low for many of them. There is a lot of money to be made for someone who perfects a machine learning technology to detect shoplifters.

paganel 15y ago
> There is a lot of money to be made for someone who perfects a machine learning technology to detect shoplifters This whole line looks like having been taken out of a Philip K. Dick novel. You're right, of course, which makes it even more creepy.