> given how brazen shoplifting has gotten in tons of places over the past 3 years Most recent view is that the claims of brazen shoplifting were not fundamenta

> given how brazen shoplifting has gotten in tons of places over the past 3 years Most recent view is that the claims of brazen shoplifting were not fundamentally true. "The US shoplifting scourge is a lot of hype with little evidence" - https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/shoplifting-surge-hype-nightcap/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/shoplifting-surg... ("There are pockets are of real increases in certain cities, but the national trend is pretty flat") HN at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38578764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38578764 "Is Shoplifting Really Surging?" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/briefing/shoplifting-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/briefing/shoplifting-data... ("The various sources of crime data — from government agencies and private groups — tell a consistent story. Retail theft has not spiked nationwide in the past several years. If anything, it appears less common in most of the country than it was before the pandemic.") HN at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38535662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38535662 "How the retail lobby sold a $45-billion whopper about organized shoplifting" https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-14/column-retail-lobby-confesses-it-lied-about-organized-shoplifting-rings https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-14/column-ret... -- HN at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38695985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38695985 . The National Retail Federation, which was pushing this panic, has had to withdraw its claim.