> How and when are they going to see that ? In my country, there newspapers headlines about how supermarkets have egregious margins. Is this true ? I don't know

> How and when are they going to see that ? In my country, there newspapers headlines about how supermarkets have egregious margins. Is this true ? I don't know, but they don't mention shoplifting in the articles. Where I live, shoplifting is a "sensitive" political issue, so it's very unlikely companies will cite it as such. But in the US, people are seemingly more open about it: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/walmart-ceo-says-shoplifting-could-lead-to-price-jumps-store-closures.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/walmart-ceo-says-shoplifting... https://torontosun.com/news/world/walmart-closing-up-shop-completely-in-portland-due-to-rampant-shoplifting https://torontosun.com/news/world/walmart-closing-up-shop-co... https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/worker-closing-downtown-old-navy-store-victim-of-out-of-control-shoplifting/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/worker-closing-dow... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11965589/The-stores-closed-doors-rampant-theft.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11965589/The-stores... > The rich [...] Sure, I agree with your points, but they don't matter that much for the present discussion about stores closing.