stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 year ago'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery store to address 'food deserts' after giants like Walmart and Whole Foods shutter storesfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarestopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, about that “most stores shut down door to excessive theft” thing… https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/business/retail-shoplifting-shrink-walgreens/index.html
minus-squarecozz33@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe article you linked says there’s been a 25.6% increase in retail theft just within a years time. That’s bound to hurt a lot of businesses.
minus-squaredeur@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoKeep in mind that is relative to another number.
minus-squarecozz33@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI found the article to be written in an unnecessarily complicated way. Are you talking about the shrink number? I think most of us couldn’t care less about giant retailers losing profit, it’s the small businesses I’m concerned about.
Yeah, about that “most stores shut down door to excessive theft” thing…
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/business/retail-shoplifting-shrink-walgreens/index.html
The article you linked says there’s been a 25.6% increase in retail theft just within a years time. That’s bound to hurt a lot of businesses.
Keep in mind that is relative to another number.
I found the article to be written in an unnecessarily complicated way. Are you talking about the shrink number? I think most of us couldn’t care less about giant retailers losing profit, it’s the small businesses I’m concerned about.