Chart: DIVERSITY: Shocker: Shoplifting A $100 Billion Problem For US Retailers
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S.Africa: AIDS madness: Blacks having sex with: Dogs, Goats and Donkeys
AIDS is making Blacks crazy in so many ways. First it was the raping of babies which has not stopped. But now they are turning to bestiality. I have mentioned such stories in the past and put them on the site.
[It’s crazy stuff. So diversity is even destroying US retailers! This is good. Let them see how bad this stuff really is. This has to be all non-whites. Jan]
The Season Of Five Finger Discounts: Shoplifting A $100 Billion Problem For US Retailers
US retailers are experiencing unprecedented losses due to a nationwide spike in retail thefts that has become a $100 billion problem for the industry. Brick-and-mortar stores have increased police presence and other theft-deterrent merchandising strategies as store managers beef up security to prevent five-finger discounts.
Across the nation, the number of shoplifting incidents has soared post-Covid, which has concerned the National Retail Federation.
NRF data shows shrink — an industry term for loss in inventory — accounted for 1.4% of retail sales in 2021, or about $94.5 billion. Before the pandemic, retail shrink increased by 7% on an annual growth rate, but as soon as 2020 came along, thefts jumped 47% and increased another 4% in 2021.
Retail thefts are so bad that Target reported last month that gross profit margins were reduced by $400 million this year. A Target spokesperson said the problem is primarily due to “organized retail crime.”
Organized retail crime has increased under the Biden administration while progressive-run cities implement social justice reform. Criminals are taking advantage of relaxed penalties for shoplifting, fueling a nationwide crime wave. California is one state where retail thefts have spiraled out of control.
In a CNBC interview earlier this month, Walmart Chief Executive Doug McMillon warned that if the retail theft problem weren’t addressed over time, “prices will be higher and/or stores will have to close.”
Needless to say, it is almost impossible to run a profitable business in such a toxic environment of thefts and inflation.
Even Dollar Tree said in its November earnings call that shrink and inflation decreased operating margins at its stores by 1%.
Electronic and drugstores have been hit the hardest:
“It’s a quick in, quick out [layout] with valuable electronics, over-the-counter drugs, cosmetics and beauty care, which are desirable and mobile items,” Read Hayes, a research scientist for the Loss Prevention Research Council, told WSJ.
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s CFO James Kehoe told investors earlier this year that shrink would slash net income “in excess of $0.15 a share” this fiscal year. He said shrink accounted for about 3.25% of the company’s revenue, jumping above historical norms of 2%.
And if progressive politicians nationwide fail to address the shoplifting crime wave, retailers will close up shops and move elsewhere. An exodus would cause their tax base to crumble.
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Here‘s proof from an old article of mine that the WFP was feeding millions of Blacks in Zimbabwe after they chased out the White Farmers. Personally I think the Blacks should have been left to starve.