onigiri. on Sidechat | Major companies admitted back in 2023 that the “shoplifting problem” was functionally a fiction. And The National Retail Federation (NRF) retracted a claim that organized retail crime accounted for nearly half of all inventory losses, which spawned this.

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US Politics 1w

onigiri.

Major companies admitted back in 2023 that the “shoplifting problem” was functionally a fiction. And The National Retail Federation (NRF) retracted a claim that organized retail crime accounted for nearly half of all inventory losses, which spawned this.

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Anonymous 1w

… are you an idiot? There being barriers to prevent shoplifting doesn’t mean the shoplifting is objectively happening. Especially when the people claiming it is then go back on it?

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Anonymous 1w

Effectively what I’m saying is your “lived experience” is something rich people invented to fuck you over. It’s just not actually real.

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onigiri. 1w

I think the news stories over it (especially when they claimed they had to close stores over theft) were overblown, but I don’t see much incentive to install anti-theft devices for no reason. Then you just have employees constantly walking around to unlock stuff like deodorant and shampoo

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Anonymous

#2 1w

They objectively were overblown. The companies responsible for shutting down those stores personally admitted they lied