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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 16 12:57:55 2025
    Walgreens CEO describes drawback of anti-shoplifting strategy: 'When
    you lock things up...you don't sell as many of them'

    https://fortune.com/2025/01/14/walgreens-ceo-anti-shoplifting-backfired-locks-reduce-sales/

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jan 22 13:14:34 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:50:09 -0500, Michael Trew
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Sure enough, I see the same thing at our local antique mall. If it's
    locked up in a case, we sell at least 2/3 fewer things. You miss many >impulse sales with a locked case, especially for lower priced items.

    Walmart is doing more of this....I wanted to read the fine print on a
    higher dollar flashlight, but could not, so I did not want to wait for
    a clerk, and left.

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 22 13:50:09 2025
    On 1/16/2025 1:57 PM, JAB wrote:
    Walgreens CEO describes drawback of anti-shoplifting strategy: 'When
    you lock things up...you don't sell as many of them'

    https://fortune.com/2025/01/14/walgreens-ceo-anti-shoplifting-backfired-locks-reduce-sales/

    Sure enough, I see the same thing at our local antique mall. If it's
    locked up in a case, we sell at least 2/3 fewer things. You miss many
    impulse sales with a locked case, especially for lower priced items.

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