I'm a sales associate in the Midwest in an upscale department store. I don't know where you work, but we have people loading up shopping bags at the cosmetic counter several days a week. A co worker was shopping in a different mall and there were three different grab and runs in stores she was in. Are you saying shoplifting hasn't increa…
I'm a sales associate in the Midwest in an upscale department store. I don't know where you work, but we have people loading up shopping bags at the cosmetic counter several days a week. A co worker was shopping in a different mall and there were three different grab and runs in stores she was in. Are you saying shoplifting hasn't increased in your area? Lucky you.
I'm not denying internal theft is a problem. It's just a different issue from shoplifting.
"Are you saying shoplifting hasn't increased in your area? Lucky you." No, he's citing actual facts that indicate, on a nationwide basis, that "organized retail crime" isn't the major issue some people want to say it is.
We are an outdoor gear retailer in the SF Bay Area and get robbed 3-4 times a week, not even in a mall. Grab and runs, on camera, police called. It is tiresome and mentally discouraging but I tend to agree that the infusion of money would be better spent towards addressing the underlying societal issues and root causes of theft.
But remember that the low wage theft of the low wage workers is the WORST of all of these thefts--we need exposure of this crime by the corporate heads [Kroger among the worst].
These are two different issues. This article is saying “don’t look over here, look over there!” You can accept that people are stealing and also that companies are engaging in wage theft.
True, but corporations prefer to use theft and the fear of organized criminality to justify their prices (or inflation) to say they can’t afford wages. Business groups avoid collecting data that would hurt their lobbying efforts. They can use internal measures to detect thefts - especially by employees or while customers scan products. If the the problem was so major & needed help from the government business associations would be collecting data like mad.
I'm a sales associate in the Midwest in an upscale department store. I don't know where you work, but we have people loading up shopping bags at the cosmetic counter several days a week. A co worker was shopping in a different mall and there were three different grab and runs in stores she was in. Are you saying shoplifting hasn't increased in your area? Lucky you.
I'm not denying internal theft is a problem. It's just a different issue from shoplifting.
"Are you saying shoplifting hasn't increased in your area? Lucky you." No, he's citing actual facts that indicate, on a nationwide basis, that "organized retail crime" isn't the major issue some people want to say it is.
"Anecdote" is not the singular form of "data."
LOL and appreciate all humor! ("Anecdote" is not the singular form of "data.")
We are an outdoor gear retailer in the SF Bay Area and get robbed 3-4 times a week, not even in a mall. Grab and runs, on camera, police called. It is tiresome and mentally discouraging but I tend to agree that the infusion of money would be better spent towards addressing the underlying societal issues and root causes of theft.
But remember that the low wage theft of the low wage workers is the WORST of all of these thefts--we need exposure of this crime by the corporate heads [Kroger among the worst].
These are two different issues. This article is saying “don’t look over here, look over there!” You can accept that people are stealing and also that companies are engaging in wage theft.
True, but corporations prefer to use theft and the fear of organized criminality to justify their prices (or inflation) to say they can’t afford wages. Business groups avoid collecting data that would hurt their lobbying efforts. They can use internal measures to detect thefts - especially by employees or while customers scan products. If the the problem was so major & needed help from the government business associations would be collecting data like mad.
What’s your store’s policy on shoplifters? Are you calling the police when this happens?
We call loss prevention, but they need to see the people stealing. To call the police, the thieves would be long gone.