The store in my neighborhood thought it wise to lock up the fancy Italian coffee beans. I'm absolutely sure it will not stem theft and will absolutely decrease sales. The bags are big - these are the 1kg bags - so I'm fairly sure most of the theft that is happening is internal anyway.
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Last time I went to cvs (competitor to Walgreens), 3 different things I wanted were locked up. It took me too long to get someone 3 fucking different times to unlock it. On the last one I told the employee next time I’m just going to order online and might not be from cvs. Treat me like a kid or a criminal and I’ll take my business elsewhere
That's horrible and CVS deserves to lose your business, butI promise you that, unless it was the store manager you told, that employee absolutely did not care and didn't tell anyone who did care. That's just a consequence of divorcing ownership of businesses from employment. I swear to you that no normal employee of a national chain has ever been impacted by being told by a customer that they're taking their business elsewhere. If anything people should write letters to corporate, not let a low level employee with no interest in the company know.
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Honestly, the first thing i thought when hearing those measures was that it would only highlight how much more convenient online shopping is versus the store.
Retail will migrate even more to online shopping where it can't be shoplifted
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Well I mean I wasn't buying disposable razors for $40 anyway, but TBH nobody should be. Even if that wasn't a profit-driven overprice, it's still a stupidly wasteful use of titanium.
Now I wonder if the current popularity of beards hasn't been at least partially due to this policy.
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I expect lighting, store position, lots of cameras, hidden security tags, diligent security and psychology would minimize losses and maximize the chances of catching people stealing items.
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