@return2ozma to News • 1 month agoWalgreens CEO describes drawback of anti-shoplifting strategy: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square63arrow-up1227arrow-down14cross-posted to: nottheonion
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkWalgreens CEO describes drawback of anti-shoplifting strategy: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’fortune.com@return2ozma to News • 1 month agomessage-square63cross-posted to: nottheonion
minus-squareSippy Cuplink6•1 month agoThe problem is locking up the item. I’m not gonna fuckin steal it, don’t treat me like I will.
minus-square@andrewtalink1•1 month agoYeah no kidding you won’t. That is not the point. If the store has a theft problem then they have to do something. It’s either that or close the store. It ain’t about you.
minus-squareSippy Cuplink4•1 month agoExcept, as they’ve learned, they didn’t actually have a theft problem. That was a lie to disguise low sales numbers. It’s no better or worse than it’s always been. The real issue is and remains, the relentless pursuit of number must always go up.
The problem is locking up the item.
I’m not gonna fuckin steal it, don’t treat me like I will.
Yeah no kidding you won’t. That is not the point.
If the store has a theft problem then they have to do something. It’s either that or close the store. It ain’t about you.
Except, as they’ve learned, they didn’t actually have a theft problem. That was a lie to disguise low sales numbers. It’s no better or worse than it’s always been.
The real issue is and remains, the relentless pursuit of number must always go up.