'Everything's Locked Up': Shoppers Turn to Net as Big-Box Retailers Combat Theft

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/cvs-cvs-target-tgt-anti-theft-tactics-push-shoppers-to-amazon-amzn

by helsinkiandrew • 3 years ago

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helsinkiandrew• 3 years ago

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mikecoles• 3 years ago

Covid led to more online shopping. Looting and theft is leading to more online shopping.

Following the money, who gains by more online shopping and less competition from local stores?

jjgreen• 3 years ago

Look at the end of the article with some security footage of a shoplifter, looks suspiciously like Bezos ...

Throwfi44• 3 years ago

I shop online because grocery stores allow dogs inside! Everything at ground level is contaminated with saliva, dog hair, urine, excrements and general dirt from streets!

catchnear4321• 3 years ago

do you assume that goods purchased online are carefully stored in pristine, sterile environments, of course until the one you ordered is individually accompanied to your doorstep?

Bostonian• 3 years ago

In the suburbs of Boston where I shop, stores are operating normally, with almost all goods on the shelves. Reducing the level of shoplifting to a tolerable level is a matter of political will.

'Everything's Locked Up': Shoppers Turn to Net as Big-Box Retailers Combat Theft

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