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If shoplifting isn't increasing, what's the justification for the locked cases? I find locked cases to be extremely annoying. What would have been quick purcha
by musicale 3y ago
If shoplifting isn't increasing, what's the justification for the locked cases?
I find locked cases to be extremely annoying. What would have been quick purchase turns into me giving up after not being able to track down an employee to unlock the case.
Yet another way to make in-person shopping less appealing than ordering online. But now there are all kinds of of dodgy online sellers selling the things that used to be on the shelf, along with complaints from buyers who didn't get the thing they ordered.
- StrictDabbler 3y ago"Hey Smitty, profits are down at your retail locations! Why?" "Uh.... shoplifting?" "We can't have that! How can you fix it? We'll pay any reasonable amount." "Um... we could put locked doors on the shelves?" "Brilliant! Do it!" There's no conversation about how this hastens the inevitable death of retail by eliminating physical access, the one advantage it has over ordering online. When I was a kid there was a company called "consumer's distributing". They sent out catalogs. You'd come into the store with the catalog number of the item you wanted to purchase and stand in line in front of a big desk. You'd give them the number and they'd fetch the item from a warehouse out back. That's the retail model we're starting to move back towards. It's completely unsustainable.
- mhb 3y agoConsumer's Distributing Ha. I barely remembered that place. It seemed braindead at the time.