Blame shoplifting scourge and blasé lawmakers
Vacant storefronts are both a sign and a cause of economic distress — and they’ve nearly doubled in the city since the pandemic. Per the city Department of Finance, more…
Gov. Hochul’s plan to end shoplifting is a rip-off
New York City survived 9/11, the Wall Street crash, Hurricane Sandy, and COVID-19. Our citizens soldiered on despite the calamities of life or death and economic hardship. But locked-up toothpaste…
Rite Aid barred from using facial recognition to ID shoplifters
Bankrupt pharmacy chain Rite Aid was banned from using facial recognition software for five years to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the technology falsely flagged thousands of customers as…
The real loss of shoplifting: Why America’s ‘great rip-off’ hurts everyone
America is on a bad path, and starting to deal with manageable issues like shoplifting would go a long way toward turning things around. Source link: https://nypost.com/2023/12/02/opinion/americas-great-rip-off-hurts-everyone/
Washington, DC, CVS toilet paper fiasco proves left loves crime
The crime crisis caused by lefty policies has officially entered the theater of the absurd. Witness a CVS store in our nation’s capital, forced by rampant, serial theft to pull…
Shoplifting scourge and more: Letters
Stop shoplifting The amount of shoplifting that is happening in America is utterly disgraceful (“Crooks made to reflect,” Oct. 10).It is not a harmless crime that can go unpunished. Retail…
Violent thefts at Target more than doubled this year: CEO
Thefts at Target have become increasingly violent and dangerous for staffers, the retail giant’s CEO told investors on Wednesday. Shoplifting that included “violence of threats of violence” surged 120% during…
Lowe’s worker Donna Hansbrough gets job back after shoplifting intervention
A Georgia Lowe’s employee who was fired from the hardware store after she tried to stop shoplifters — who punched her in the face — got her job back Monday.…
The shoplifting epidemic taking over America
The stories are everywhere: Walmart store closures in Portland and Chicago; an epidemic of drug store thefts in New York. In Baltimore, a “landmark” grocery store shuts its doors after…
Grocers cry foul as NYC weighs ban on face-ID tech that stops thieves
Big Apple grocers who have been using facial-recognition technology to battle a citywide shoplifting epidemic are fuming over a City Council proposal that would ban the software — just as…