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Not just SF: "Target says it will close nine stores in major cities across four states because of theft and organized crime" * https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/b
by throw0101a 3y ago
Not just SF: "Target says it will close nine stores in major cities across four states because of theft and organized crime"
* https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/business/target-retail-theft-store-closures/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/business/target-retail-theft-...
- barake 3y agoBlaming shrink may be a way to not spook the market for issues with their business: > Target’s business has struggled for more than a year with company-specific challenges, including a glut of unsold inventory, backlash to its Pride merchandise collection and a pullback in consumer spending on discretionary items such as apparel and home goods. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/26/target-says-it-will-close-nine-stores-citing-violence-and-theft-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/26/target-says-it-will-close-ni...
- thelastparadise 3y ago> Pride merchandise collection Calling it this seems a bit disingenuous. "Pride" is a pretty broad word. Who's proud? What are they proud of, exactly?
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThe fact that "Pride" occurs in the middle of a sentence removes any potential ambiguity.
- frumper 3y agoOne would think that the issues you highlight would be less pronounced in large cities, and progressive locations. If target was closing stores in small cities you've never heard of then you may have been on to something.
- fzeroracer 3y agoIt's become a convenient lie for stores to make up politically charged reasons for their store closures. For example one of the stores being closed is in the UDistrict here in Seattle. It's one of the worst targets I've ever gone to, with the store consistently having nothing on the shelves, the layout being awful and generally poorly managed. It's incredibly bad compared to the Safeway or HMart a block away and that's been a consistent experience since it opened up. None of the other stores in the area are struggling with these issues.
- lostmsu 3y agoA friend of mine works in a retail shop in Kirkland, and the shoplifting is rampant. She is often depressed at the end of the day for seeing their work stolen right in front of their eyes and being unable to do anything.
- fzeroracer 3y agoKirkland? Really you say, what neighborhood exactly?
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoI would guess Totem Lake, Kirkland isn't uniformly nice.
- fzeroracer 3y agoThat's like, 8 years out of date and even then Totem Lake has never been a bad neighborhood, just a sleepy one. The implication by the poster I was responding to was that Kirkland was somehow similar to South Park or something where it has some sketchy parts.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoHuh? Maybe. When I was in high school in Bothell 30 years ago, Totem Lake was where all the shootings were (bad things going down in totem lake became a meme before memes were a thing). They’ve gentrified a bit since then, looking at: https://www.areavibes.com/kirkland-wa/most-dangerous-neighborhoods/ https://www.areavibes.com/kirkland-wa/most-dangerous-neighbo... It seems like downtown Kirkland and even Juanita (now part of Kirkland) are more dangerous now. I guess it really was just the mall.
- lostmsu 3y agoWell, perhaps you are not looking close enough. Shoplifting is not a loud crime.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoMy local target (in Ballard Seattle WA) is one of those stores. It isn't surprising: I saw someone walk out without paying for a basket of goods almost half the times I went there, so it sounds like it is really common.