Retail stores’ policies benefit shoplifters

[The Straight Story]

Retail stores’ policies benefit shoplifters


Retail companies across the nation refuse to prosecute shoplifters due to the cost post-arrest and the risk of hurting the brand’s image. As a result, the majority of shoplifting cases go undetected because they’re not reported.

“Personally, I feel like the laws are made just to protect them,” said Jen Santiago, assistant manager of Arden B. in the Palm Beach Gardens Mall. “It’s not really for us.”

According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, shoplifting has become one of the most prevalent crimes in the U.S, averaging about 550,000 incidents per day, and more than $13 billion in merchandise stolen from retailers each year.

What most people don’t realize is the impact shoplifting has on honest consumers. Many retail companies do not want to pay for the cost of prosecution after an arrest. Instead, they raise their prices to compensate for losses.

“It all gets reflected: People we’re able to hire, price of the clothing and being shut down with internal
theft or external theft. It all adds up,” Santiago said.

http://upiu.com/articles/retail-stores%E2%80%99-policies-benefit-shoplifters

[RandomThoughts]

1. Same thing on Wall Street.

And then they all start to say, they might as well steal also. Race to the bottom without laws, and half of laws are enforcement.

Another example of why people steal, to get other people to steal, then they can be like them and join them, and when the corrupt get in trouble, they have people to defend them. Since many seeing stealing not punished started stealing.

Same thing as last post on money wanting people to want money to try and gain power.

It actually works on both sides, light does the same thing with love and kindness.

I try not to steal, most people try not to, but the pressure from others that do steal is always there.


On a different note,

There is one line I like in a song recently posted, even though it was not in the best context, the line is really beautiful, in my mind, and being in that context, it also shows good and bad in everything.

"On the other side of town a boy is waiting, with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal.
She drives on through the night anticipating, because it makes her feel the way she used to feel, she rushes to his arms, they fall together, she whispers it is only for awhile, she swears she will soon be comming back forever, she pulls away to leave him with a smile"

Wow what a lyric, so beutiful. I love that line. (note I think of it in a spiritual way, the love of kindness, not how most probably think on it.)

[Arkansas Granny]

5. A funny little story about the song lyric you quoted. In my hometown

in southwestern Missouri one of the local radio stations played a version of the song that excluded those few sentences, presumably because it referred to an extramarital affair. The song doesn't make much sense when you leave out so much of it.

[RandomThoughts]

7. I understand the meaning in worldly things.

But I like to find meanings in things that I can bring into my life, in that I find a spiritual meaning to it also.

[handmade34]

2. vicious cycle n/t

[EC]

3. When I was in retail management the district

managers would have me write off so much as employee theft because that would be covered with their insurance and wouldn't required anymore shrinkage control devices like cameras and such...

[Lance_Boyle]

4. So what do they do when they actually catch someone with the exit-door tag readers?

Take back the merchandise and let them go?

[TexasObserver]

6. That's ridiculous industry propaganda.

Walmart has a law firm that threatens to sue every accused shoplifter they arrest at Walmart stores. They rake in millions from threatening to civilly prosecute shoplifters.

This article is nothing but an industry planted piece of major propaganda. It's the typical marketing action of a typical lobbying group.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

9. The also threaten those who are falsely detained to keep them from filing complaints against Walmart

as well.

[Codeine]

8. My store pretty much lets most shoplifters go

as long as they're cooperative and return the merch without a struggle. If they fight or act like assholes, then we call the cops, file charges, go to court, and seek civil restitution.