UPDATE: The truth about Target
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On September 26, Target announced it was closing nine stores "because theft and organized retail crime are…contributing to unsustainable business performance." Target said that before making the decision to shutter the stores, it had "invested heavily in strategies to prevent and stop theft and organized retail crime." But ultimately, Target claimed, those efforts failed to make those stores "successful."

Never trust the corporations excuses.

PS: I wasn’t sure if this was a good fit for this community, but I couldn’t think of another. Any suggestions?

  • DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works
    158·
    1 year ago

    I have a close friend who used to work loss-prevention for Target. They ABSOLUTLEY closed stores due to excess theft. Anti-union may be icing on the cake for them, but I am certain they legitimately have a problem with organized retail crime.

    • piecat@lemmy.world
      81·
      1 year ago

      But think how much money was saved by implementing self checkout! Some executives got a cushy bonus.

      And now some different executives are going to get a cushy bonus by proposing that employee checkout could save money.

      These executive decisions only ever save money!

      • Pasta4u@lemmy.world
        131·
        1 year ago

        You only report a crime when it’s happening. If someone successfully takes a lipstick without getting caught then it would take until the next inventory for them to catch that it’s missing. The inventory discrepancies are sent in to insurance. Cops wouldn’t be involved because no one is going to sit through dozens of camera feeds woth hundreds of not thousands of hours of footage between inventories to figure out who stole it.

        • jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Every big box store experiences petty theft, though. The real reason the 3 Target stores in Portland closed is because they were all in absolutely horrific locations. One was in a reclaimed bowling alley. Another was off a freeway and took ages to actually get to a parking lot. Just super inaccessible.