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Re: Walgreens, never forget they lost like a cool billion into theranos! I feel like the anti theft is performance art to scare voters into voting for tax doll

Re: Walgreens, never forget they lost like a cool billion into theranos! I feel like the anti theft is performance art to scare voters into voting for tax dollars to replace Walgreens store security.

jrockway 3y ago
I agree with you. Everyone is trying to get you riled up over theft, but it's really just a calculated risk. There are two retail strategies. One is to let people walk into the distribution centers and touch everything, hopefully making them more emotionally attached to the product and thus pay a higher price. This carries the risk of people walking out with the merchandise without paying, but it's offset by the improved convenience. ("Is this the right size? Let me just take it over to that closet and see. Yeah it is, here is my credit card, can I wear this out?") The other strategy is to publish a list of what's in your distribution center, and then have an employee of the store bring it to your house. Since the general public can't get into the distribution center, the risk that they walk off without paying is lower. (But not zero. Employees steal. Customers steal by claiming they never received what they order. To me, that's the same thing as smashing the glass of a retailer and walking out with their stuff. But, it doesn't make for an emotional photograph, so people don't treat it that way. They're wrong, though. Stealing $1000 worth of stuff through deception is the same as stealing $1000 worth of stuff by force.) Strategy two is doing very well these days. But it's always done well. Remember when you could order a house kit from Sears and they would put it on the next train to your town? Same thing as Amazon. It was popular then and it's popular now.
wahnfrieden 3y ago
The crime wave at Walgreens is very real, but it's coming from their executives, not shoplifters Walgreens has stolen MUCH more from its employees than shoplifters have

Re: Walgreens, never forget they lost like a cool billion into theranos! I feel like the anti theft is performance art to scare voters into voting for tax dollars to replace Walgreens store security.

jrockway 3y ago

I agree with you. Everyone is trying to get you riled up over theft, but it's really just a calculated risk. There are two retail strategies. One is to let people walk into the distribution centers and touch everything, hopefully making them more emotionally attached to the product and thus pay a higher price. This carries the risk of people walking out with the merchandise without paying, but it's offset by the improved convenience. ("Is this the right size? Let me just take it over to that closet and see. Yeah it is, here is my credit card, can I wear this out?") The other strategy is to publish a list of what's in your distribution center, and then have an employee of the store bring it to your house. Since the general public can't get into the distribution center, the risk that they walk off without paying is lower. (But not zero. Employees steal. Customers steal by claiming they never received what they order. To me, that's the same thing as smashing the glass of a retailer and walking out with their stuff. But, it doesn't make for an emotional photograph, so people don't treat it that way. They're wrong, though. Stealing $1000 worth of stuff through deception is the same as stealing $1000 worth of stuff by force.) Strategy two is doing very well these days. But it's always done well. Remember when you could order a house kit from Sears and they would put it on the next train to your town? Same thing as Amazon. It was popular then and it's popular now.

wahnfrieden 3y ago

The crime wave at Walgreens is very real, but it's coming from their executives, not shoplifters Walgreens has stolen MUCH more from its employees than shoplifters have