in organized retail crime last year, contributing to theft and losses of as much as $69 billion a year, according to the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Buy Safe America Coalition.
RTC sells a line of plastic windows that sit on shelves and prevent thieves from grabbing more than one or two products at a time before an alarm is sounded. They can be left unlocked, but a larger percentage of retailers are now asking for the locks. “We can hardly make enough of them right now,” said Gary Cohen, a vice president at the company.
Over 50,000 of these"fortress" lockboxes have been installed at retailers across the country since early 2020.Wisconsin schoolteacher Amber Heffernan was on her way home from work recently when she stopped to buy body soap at a Walgreens in the Madison suburbs. She was about to get a tattoo and knew she would need to keep the area clean. It took her several minutes to find the soap at the back of the store, then a few more minutes to wait for an employee to unlock it.
Retailers are now trying to reduce the friction for regular shoppers while keeping in place physical deterrents for thieves. Walmart began testing a new type of locked case this year that can be opened by any employee with a smartphone. That eliminates the need to track down the employee with the right physical key. A company spokesperson declined to provide details about whether this would be rolled out widely across stores, but said, “We take the protection of our assets seriously.
Because all the Crackers are stealing constantly! 😃
Dems specially people like AOC and Rashida Talib think it’s ok to steal
Can you expect to show your ID before the attendant will open the box for you? Of course!
I went into a Walgreens in the city, after after my third item I ended up asking the sales associate if he needed to stay with me for the rest of items on my list?
That's what happens as Democrats continue to decriminalize crime
It’s situational but most stores shouldn’t be locked up.
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