A Walgreens in Chicago redesigned a store that would allow customers to browse only two aisles of products because of crime.
Customers can only access those shelfs after they pass through anti-theft detectors.
“Non-essential” items can only be ordered digitally from kiosks and later picked up at a counter as part of a pilot program, according to a report from WBBM Newsradio.
The National Retail Federation said that shoplifting, which has skyrocketed in recent years, cost the industry almost $100 billion in 2022 alone.
Videos of shoplifting gangs across the country have gone viral online, with residents becoming increasingly frustrated about a wave of crime under the Biden administration….