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> 1.4% of sales What are the margins in typical retail? If 10%, then that's some 10% of the margin lost to shrink. > In 2021, retail shrink hit $94.5 billio
by retrac 4y ago
> 1.4% of sales
What are the margins in typical retail? If 10%, then that's some 10% of the margin lost to shrink.
> In 2021, retail shrink hit $94.5 billion,
I realize the economy as a whole is big, but that's still a pretty big number. Like, the budget of a large state's government. Still, not all of it is theft. As you say shrink is a larger category than that.
- iudqnolq 4y agoWhat I was trying to point out is that contrary to the breathless reporting this isn't a new problem and it isn't getting worse. So it's unlikely any recent phenomenon is to blaim.