Sunday, April 10, 2022

WALL STREET JOURNAL: SHOPLIFTING THE NEW NORMAL, WITH MENTION OF CVS ETC.

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As some of you have noted, shoplifting is on the rise. CROTON'S TOM FARANDA has a WSJ article......WSJ: Shoplifting the new normal

America’s Shoplifting Epidemic. Retail theft seems to have been normalized in many U.S. cities.

Two recent reports show the scope of the stealing. Business.org surveyed some 700 small businesses and found that 54% had an increase in shoplifting last year. Twenty-three percent said it happens daily. ... ... a spokesman for the CVS drug-store chain, says “our stores have experienced a 300% increase in retail theft incidents since the pandemic began.”  

READ MORE AT https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2022/04/wsj-shoplifting-the-new-normal.html

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