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Here’s a map of notable store closures in downtown San Francisco. As foot traffic has declined and theft has grown, stores are closing down. Yet another sign of the pain consumers are feeling from inflation. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. pic.twitter.com/CKf75xUiB9 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 30, 2023
A San Francisco store clerk who was violently attacked by a robber trying to steal two beers has died from his traumatic brain injuries. Yowhannes ‘John’ Tewelde, 60, was beaten into a coma when a thief attacked him with a baseball bat while he was working at Richmond Market on Thursday. The owner of the …
“Makes you think about the power of branding and its influence on our purchasing decisions.” pic.twitter.com/uee0zv9QBz — Frank DeScushin (@FrankDeScushin) August 4, 2023
The retail apocalypse is in full force in 2023 — and Amazon is only making it more deadly for many retailers. In recent years, the shopping behavior of consumers has dramatically changed. Nowadays, more and more people are entirely relying on the internet for any purchasing. And brick-and-mortar stores have been closing by the thousands …
A family-owned hardware store in California’s Bay Area had an eye-watering $700,000 in merchandise stolen in a single year — as organized retail theft runs rampant in the Democrat-run state. Dale Hardware in Fremont documented record losses in 2022 due to the brazen larceny, owner Kyle Smith told The Mercury News. He said his business loses …
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https://twitter.com/_/status/1686739544631037952 https://www.toddstarnes.com/crime/best-video-ever-store-owner-beats-daylights-out-of-looter/ People are finally sick of all this crap, the NYC demonrats screwed this country up so damn bad but the damage will be undone soon. h/t General Thade
Piers Corbyn and team at Aldi APP ONLY store Greenwich Thurs 27 July. Piers gained entry. Chose a Box of strawberries 🍓 and put down CASH Payment on the HELP TABLE while the security said he wasn't allowed to pay by cash. And then left the shop advising the staff to call the… pic.twitter.com/oVjSKBKu21 — …
Coming soon to a store near you! pic.twitter.com/VZsHyqzuwK — illuminatibot (@iluminatibot) July 25, 2023 h/t BFD
by Michael Would you like to eat a slab of “beef” or “chicken” that has been artificially “grown” inside a giant vat filled with disgusting goo? Personally, I will never eat any “beef” or “chicken” that scientists have cooked up in a lab somewhere. In fact, I would rather crawl on my belly for a …
by Michael Global food supplies just keep getting even tighter, and global hunger has risen to extremely alarming levels. People on the other side of the world are literally starving to death as I write this article, but most of us in the western world simply do not care about the millions that are deeply …
A Los Angeles business owner says city code enforcement officials have relentlessly targeted him for setting a sidewalk sign too close to city property while ignoring the growing homeless encampments. Air said code enforcement officials in the past have ticketed him for flying an American flag outside the shop. “The guy called them ‘flag banners,’ …
Jerry Martin, 51, opened the store in Vancouver because he wanted to give people access to clean drugs and challenge Canadian drug laws. The man who opened the first store in Canada openly selling tested heroin, cocaine, meth, and MDMA has died of an overdose. Jerry Martin died in Vancouver on Friday, a few days …
A Washington State grocery chain is prompting customers to donate to ‘DEI awareness’ as they checkout. Photos obtained by FOX News show a self-checkout screen at a Haggen Food and Pharmacy — a chain owned by grocery giant Albertson’s — asking customers: ‘Would you like to donate to help advocate for DEI awareness?’ It suggests …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXvuWKPixeM Subway is now shuttering a huge number of stores, and new reports reveal that the mass closures have just brought the chain to its smallest size in almost two decades. The company has been struggling financially for years, and right now executives are trying to sell the decaying franchise to the highest bidder. The …
Currently Multiple Law enforcements are at scene at the fresh grocery store located in Philadelphia after police say a security called to report that three teens aged around roughly around 16 to 19 years old wearing all black clothing, tried to light up the sticks of dynamite inside the store. The bomb squad did recover …
That Mercedes in the dollar-store parking lot isn’t an illusion. High-earners joined the rest of the country in flooding discount retailers such as Dollar General, Aldi grocery store and Five Below as prices for food and staples rose. Now, with inflation at half its peak, they aren’t letting up. InMarket, which tracks retailer foot traffic, …
DECLINE IS A CHOICE: Emails show what was behind closure of San Francisco mall. People are still going to the mall, just not in downtown San Francisco. An hour south in more suburban San Jose the Westfield owned mall is booming: “Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose has begun to attract visitors and retail activity at …
Dozens of prehistoric standing stones in Carnac, a town in Brittany, northwest France, have been removed to make way for a retail store. Debate is raging among historians, politicians, and cultural authorities as to whether this constitutes damage to a site of archaeological value. “The site has been destroyed,” local archaeologist Christian Obeltz told AFP …
Popeyes, Chick-fil-A, and other fast food chains are facing financial challenges due to lower sales, higher costs, and supply chain disruptions. Popeyes is closing locations and Chick-fil-A is closing its first-ever restaurant. With Americans eating out increasingly less to save on costs, some of the biggest fast-food chains in the US are taking desperate measures …
via naturalnews: Walgreens has unveiled new anti-theft measures at its redesigned store in Chicago as a solution to rising retail crime, but customers are complaining of being unable to shop for themselves. Company executives made significant changes to their stores to prevent thefts which have been on the rise in retail outlets, with big box stores like Walgreens …
