by Higgenbotham » Mon Jun 17, 2024 10:59 am
Bob Butler wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2024 3:35 pm
Higgenbotham wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:32 pm
One good source nowadays is WalMart or any chain having problems with organized retail crime, which is pretty much all of them. For the most part, they are shuttering stores in blue states where crime is out of control and opening new stores in red states.
I did a Google search on 'blue state population decrease' and can confirm that the dozens of articles exist. If curious, repeat the search.
Under siege: Retailers flee cities as unarmed security, public authorities fail to curb thefts
By Sean Salai - The Washington Times - Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Businesses have cited the rise of online shopping and declining in-store profits for pulling out of urban centers from San Francisco to New York, but insiders see a deeper problem: Unarmed security staff’s inability to keep employees and merchandise safe is driving away workers and shoppers in big cities with soft-on-crime policies.
• Last week, armed thieves stabbed a loss prevention officer who attempted to stop them from looting a Safeway supermarket in Kensington, Maryland, just outside the District of Columbia.
• In December, a thief fatally stabbed a Macy’s security guard in Philadelphia.
• In April, a Home Depot security guard in Pleasanton, California, was gunned down after he caught a woman stealing.
Walmart and Target each eclipsed $500 million in retail theft losses last year, so the retail giants’ store closures in cities “where theft has gotten out of control” are no surprise, said Kristin Moss, chief ambassador for DealAid.org, which offers online discounts for more than 10,000 U.S. retailers.
Last year, Target closed nine stores in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon, over safety concerns. Ms. Moss pointed to data showing a concentration of Walmart stores with the highest retail losses in cities with the lowest prosecution rates for shoplifting.
“This is a trend common among retailers and small businesses that are forced to leave such areas,” she told The Washington Times.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... curity-pu/
All of the Target closures were in blue state crime ridden hellholes, same as WalMart's closures.
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[quote=Higgenbotham post_id=87563 time=1718555539 user_id=100]One good source nowadays is WalMart or any chain having problems with organized retail crime, which is pretty much all of them. For the most part, they are shuttering stores in blue states where crime is out of control and opening new stores in red states.
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I did a Google search on 'blue state population decrease' and can confirm that the dozens of articles exist. If curious, repeat the search.
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[quote]Under siege: Retailers flee cities as unarmed security, public authorities fail to curb thefts
By Sean Salai - The Washington Times - Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Businesses have cited the rise of online shopping and declining in-store profits for pulling out of urban centers from San Francisco to New York, but insiders see a deeper problem: Unarmed security staff’s inability to keep employees and merchandise safe is driving away workers and shoppers in big cities with soft-on-crime policies.
• Last week, armed thieves stabbed a loss prevention officer who attempted to stop them from looting a Safeway supermarket in Kensington, Maryland, just outside the District of Columbia.
• In December, a thief fatally stabbed a Macy’s security guard in Philadelphia.
• In April, a Home Depot security guard in Pleasanton, California, was gunned down after he caught a woman stealing.
Walmart and Target each eclipsed $500 million in retail theft losses last year, so the retail giants’ store closures in cities “where theft has gotten out of control” are no surprise, said Kristin Moss, chief ambassador for DealAid.org, which offers online discounts for more than 10,000 U.S. retailers.
[u]Last year, Target closed nine stores in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon, over safety concerns.[/u] Ms. Moss pointed to data showing a concentration of Walmart stores with the highest retail losses in cities with the lowest prosecution rates for shoplifting.
“This is a trend common among retailers and small businesses that are forced to leave such areas,” she told The Washington Times.[/quote]
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/7/retailers-flee-major-cities-as-unarmed-security-pu/
All of the Target closures were in blue state crime ridden hellholes, same as WalMart's closures.