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For years Walmart made $300 MILLION sending demand letters to people accused of shoplifting. Many were never convicted. Some were never guilty. One of them refused to pay and a jury gave her $2.1 MILLION. – Lesleigh Nurse was a mother of three from Semmes, Alabama. – In November 2016 she went to her local …
Shoplifting sisters who plundered Gatwick Duty Free of perfumes and make-up ordered to repay £220,000 by court https://t.co/QGZqD000o9 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) February 17, 2026 Two shoplifting sisters who plundered perfume and make-up from duty free at Gatwick Airport have been ordered to pay back £220,000. Laura Epitropou and Georgina Epitropou, both from Crawley, West …
Eight teenagers were arrested Saturday after Polk County deputies said they stole thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise from a Dick’s Sporting Goods store.
A Miami-Dade deputy shot and killed a man at Goulds Walmart Thursday morning after responding to a call about shoplifting at the store, the sheriff’s office said. The deputy was patrolling the area near the store at Southwest 211th Street around 7:15 a.m. when he received a call that security saw the man stealing items, …
It’s not just setting Teslas on fire. Now irate Americans are shoplifting from Whole Foods. Lee insists he’s “famously” a very good Catholic. He’s a moral person — his mother raised him right. And by his internal calculation, it’s OK to shoplift from Whole Foods. Why? Because of Jeff Bezos. From about 2020 to 2022, …
by Kevin Hughes The shoplifting “epidemic” in the United States is still on the rise. Major retailers and industry associations have for the past few years been sounding the alarm about the increase in organized retail crime. Horror stories – complete with high-quality video evidence – of organized and devastating smash-and-grabs are easily available online and regularly go viral …
“Nobody knows how to stop them….” pic.twitter.com/IN9V7oxjKf — Puck (Seeing Mongoose) (@Puckstop31_) October 16, 2024 “No one knows how to stop them”? I know how to stop them. It’s tricky and complicated, but try to follow my three-step process here: (1) arrest them, then (2) prosecute them, then (3) throw them in prison. h/t Mrmadd
The New way to shop I guess in California. They just all walk out with free stuff! h/t BLOWED UP REAL GOOD
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Updated: 6:00 AM EDT, Fri September 13, 2024 Source: CNN A year ago, America’s stores declared a shoplifting epidemic. They closed stores in major cities, hired extra security, locked up key merchandise and declared big losses in their financial statements. This year, retailers are telling a very different story — or …
NYC has a 4.4 billion shoplifting economy. Some say this is ridiculous and unsustainable, but others say the criminals are just victims of a society that has made life too expensive for them…
A New York City store owner has been blindsided by rampant shoplifting since waves of illegal immigrants flooded the area, and it’s left him to wonder if his business will survive. “It’s not fair that these people can come into my store and steal willy-nilly and nothing gets done about it,” Chris Sciacco, the owner …
Is crime inflationary? Businesses experience crime and need to make a claim on insurance. Insurance needs proof.Proof needs documentation.City says, no documentation allowed without a fine (tax). Option 1: pay fine, insurance claims made, insurance prices increase, raise… https://t.co/gRnF63p6vf — Neely (@NeelyTamminga) July 10, 2024 Retail Theft Sting Operation: Over two days at four Sacramento …
Flatiron is in shambles. The once-thriving Manhattan business district is now a virtual wasteland littered with empty storefronts — with locals blaming spiking crime and the Big Apple’s disastrous post-pandemic retail real estate market. “Big Box” retailers — including Lowes, Bed Bath & Beyond and Staples — have fled in the last few years, leaving …
How many steps away from ‘no mark of the beast – no entry’ – UK tesco 1st store to implement change, checked via CCTV before entry 😂😂😂 Locked outside Tesco. Would you wait around here until you were ‘deemed’ not to be a threat, it’s not as if it’s Harrods, is it? ‘Shoppers have to …
One thing about me is if I see a customer shoplifting, I pretend I didn’t — Calla (@CallaWalsh) December 23, 2022 Being forced to ask an employee to unlock a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, and shampoo is actually insane, fuck capitalism pic.twitter.com/aiYjPC9Vjq — Calla (@CallaWalsh) February 16, 2024 View post on imgur.com
NYC Now has a $4.4 billion shoplifting economy. Theft is so rampant, retailers are forced to make tough choices…
by Michael Shoplifters are going hog wild all over America, and our politicians seem powerless to stop this crisis. When I was growing up, shoplifting was something that was pretty rare. Once in a while some irresponsible idiot would slip a candy bar into his pocket, but it wasn’t something that retailers were too stressed …
A Mississippi cop was caught shoplifting on duty from a Dick’s Sporting Goods while wearing her police uniform. Robin Conner, 33, was arrested on Wednesday after she allegedly shoplifted a pair of $140 shoes from the retailer. Conner has worked as a police officer with the Columbus Police force for two years and she was …
via naturalnews: Because of the increasing problem of shoplifting across the U.S., major retailers like Walmart and Target have locked up essential items such as underwear and socks. The preventive measure emphasizes the severity of theft issues affecting retailers throughout America, with company losses amounting to staggering billions of dollars. For the last few years, …
Retailers across New York state say there’s no end in sight to the rising epidemic of organized shoplifting rings — and warn it could lead to more store closures, increased costs for consumers and threats of violence against store employees. Store owners said they lost $4.4 billion last year as a result of retail theft …
via naturalnews: Shoppers at big box stores in New York and New Jersey are being forced to wait as long as 40 minutes just to buy basic essentials as these major retailers have now locked up many of their products to counter skyrocketing retail theft. This is according to a report from investigative news program “Inside Edition,” whose …
Shoplifting has surged by 25 per cent in a year with knife and gun crimes, robberies and car thefts also up, new official figures revealed today. There were 365,164 shoplifting cases recorded by police over the 12 months ending June 2023, as well as 50,833 knife offences (up 3%), 77,337 robberies (up 11%) and 400,861 …
via MSN: CVS is set to close hundreds of stores across the country as it undergoes a complete retail overhaul – as more outlets move towards online sellers amid rampant increases in crime. The major drugstore chain is coming to the end of a policy launched in 2021 which will see 300 stores closed each …
via battleswarmblog: “We’re talking about state and federal tax dollars being used to essentially run state-run supermarkets. That’s socialism 101. That’s what happened in Venezuela. That would happen in the Soviet Union: The state ran the supermarkets.”
The true cost of shoplifting: Retailers lost up to $80BN in 2022 – up by $13BN in a year as soaring crime grips Democrat-run cities compunded with inflation and costs being spread to consumer perfect storm to kill an economy and close business and coupled with woke policies giving control to the powers that be …
via DCG: America is in decline, particularly in democrat-run cities. As a result, our nation is facing the folowing: Increased inflation and interest rates Increased debt (both for the nation and many individual households) Disasterous “Defund the Police” policies Increased crime with soft-on-punishment policies Open borders with thousands of illegal aliens arriving daily as well …
CVS is set to close hundreds of stores across the country as they undergo a complete retail overhaul – as more stores move towards online sellers amid rampant increases in crime. The major drugstore chain is coming to the end of a policy launched in 2021 which will see 300 stores closed each year – …
JUST IN: Target, $TGT, says stores have seen a 120% increase in theft involving violence the first 5 months of 2023. Earlier this year, Target said they expect to lose $1.3 BILLION due to theft in 2023. This is up $500 million from theft losses in 2022. Rising retail theft is… pic.twitter.com/Xav6ZxdzY7 — The Kobeissi …
