Category: Shoplifting

Dollar Tree Faces Profit Decline as Theft Surges, Considers Defensive Measures

Dollar Tree is taking losses in some areas due to a spike in theft and a decline in profits. Like many retailers, the discount store chain is considering “defensive merchandising” or restricting access to certain products. Many major store chains have blamed a massive surge in theft as a growing challenge, as left-wing prosecutors restrict…


Jail the Shoplifters

Commentary Brazen shoplifting is hurting all of us. I’m brushing with bubble gum-flavored children’s toothpaste because it takes too long to get a clerk at the pharmacy to unlock the adult toothpaste. Before the shoplifting scourge, shoppers could actually browse and read product labels. Target, Home Depot, and other retailers announced last week that they…


Target Predicts Over $1 Billion in Losses From Theft, Forecasts Gloomy 2nd Quarter as Consumers Pull Back

Target predicted a gloomy second-quarter forecast as consumers pull back from non-essential purchases such as electronics and home goods, due to inflation. However, the retailer maintained its full-year profit expectations as total sales rose 0.5 percent, in its May 17 quarterly earnings report. The company’s poor forecast follows poor numbers from Home Depot, which is predicting…


T-Mobile Closes San Francisco Flagship Store as Crime Spins Out of Control

T-Mobile became San Francisco’s latest retailer to flee the city’s downtown area in recent months, citing a drop in foot traffic and a rise in crime. The phone company’s two-story flagship store in San Francisco’s neighborhood of Union Square was permanently closed last month as havoc continues in the once-prominent business district. A note was left…


NYPD Wants Businesses to Require Customers Remove Masks, Citing Crime Rates

The New York Police Police Department is advising businesses to ask patrons to take off their masks before entry in light of the high number of thefts and robberies across the city. Removing face masks should be made a “condition of entry,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said at a press conference last week,…


NYPD Wants Businesses to Require Customers Remove Masks

The New York Police Police Department is advising businesses to ask patrons to take off their masks before entry in light of the high number of thefts and robberies across the city. Removing face masks should be made a “condition of entry,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said at a press conference last week,…


New York City Businesses Hires K-9 Units Amid Rise in Shoplifting Thefts

Amid a surge in shoplifting crimes in New York City, one of the Big Apple’s largest shopping districts has hired K-9 units in an effort to protect businesses and sniff out thieves. The 34th Street Partnership, a not-for-profit, private management company that overseas business improvements in the city, including in Macy’s Herald Square, Penn Station, and Madison Square…


New York City Business Hires K-9 Units Amid Rise in Shoplifting Thefts

Amid a surge in shoplifting crimes in New York City, one of the Big Apple’s largest shopping districts has hired K-9 units in an effort to protect businesses and sniff out thieves. The 34th Street Partnership, a not-for-profit, private management company that overseas business improvements in the city, including in Macy’s Herald Square, Penn Station, and Madison Square…


PREMIERING 3 PM ET: Ep. 95: Kari Lake Joins Larry Elder to Discuss Arizona’s Election Results and Border Crisis | The Larry Elder Show

GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who lost by just half a percentage point to Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, is planning to sue Arizona’s largest county to overturn the election results, alleging voters were unable to vote on Election Day because of problems with ballot machines. “We’re filing a lawsuit tomorrow and we will…


PREMIERING NOW: Ep. 95: Kari Lake Joins Larry Elder to Discuss Arizona’s Election Results and Border Crisis | The Larry Elder Show

GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who lost by just half a percentage point to Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, is planning to sue Arizona’s largest county to overturn the election results, alleging voters were unable to vote on Election Day because of problems with ballot machines. “We’re filing a lawsuit tomorrow and we will…