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The damage is done. US news channels on both sides saturated the airwaves with doom-mongering about rampant crime, allowing politicians to stoke these fears fur

by rchaud 3y ago

The damage is done. US news channels on both sides saturated the airwaves with doom-mongering about rampant crime, allowing politicians to stoke these fears further for electoral gain. Retailers were only too happy to have a running excuse for store closures, usually a sign of uncompetitiveness that negatively affects the stock price.

kristofferR 3y ago
Are you sure? I was a tourist in the US in 2021 and were really surprised by even inexpensive non-prescription products being locked down behind plexiglass at stores like Walgreens or Walmart, things priced below $25. Either the retailers are being brain-dead by discouraging purchases or theft is a massive real problem.
- chimeracoder 3y ago
  > Are you sure? I was a tourist in the US in 2021 and were really surprised by even inexpensive non-prescription products being locked down behind plexiglass at stores like Walgreens or Walmart, things priced below $25. > Either the retailers are being brain-dead by discouraging purchases or theft is a massive real problem. In NYC Walgreens locations, the store brand versions for many products are not actually locked up, but the branded versions are and require you to wait for an employee. It's a subtle move, but once you're aware of it you see how prevalent it is.
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  - kristofferR 3y ago
    Wow, I didn't know that. I hope the store managers/owners remember to not only calculate increased profits of extra purchases of their store brands, but also lost customers in the long run because their shops are so annoying to use. It seems like a "piss in your pants to keep yourself warm"-strategy.
r3trohack3r 3y ago
I don’t think this naturally follows from the article. If I’m reading it correctly, they’ve only retracted their statements about the amount of missing merchandise attributable to organized crime. This article does not seem to dispute the volume of missing merchandise or the volume of retail theft, only the amount of that attributable to organized crime.

by rchaud 3y ago

kristofferR 3y ago

Are you sure? I was a tourist in the US in 2021 and were really surprised by even inexpensive non-prescription products being locked down behind plexiglass at stores like Walgreens or Walmart, things priced below $25. Either the retailers are being brain-dead by discouraging purchases or theft is a massive real problem.

chimeracoder 3y ago
> Are you sure? I was a tourist in the US in 2021 and were really surprised by even inexpensive non-prescription products being locked down behind plexiglass at stores like Walgreens or Walmart, things priced below $25. > Either the retailers are being brain-dead by discouraging purchases or theft is a massive real problem. In NYC Walgreens locations, the store brand versions for many products are not actually locked up, but the branded versions are and require you to wait for an employee. It's a subtle move, but once you're aware of it you see how prevalent it is.
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- kristofferR 3y ago
  Wow, I didn't know that. I hope the store managers/owners remember to not only calculate increased profits of extra purchases of their store brands, but also lost customers in the long run because their shops are so annoying to use. It seems like a "piss in your pants to keep yourself warm"-strategy.

r3trohack3r 3y ago

I don’t think this naturally follows from the article. If I’m reading it correctly, they’ve only retracted their statements about the amount of missing merchandise attributable to organized crime. This article does not seem to dispute the volume of missing merchandise or the volume of retail theft, only the amount of that attributable to organized crime.