Has anyone asked (axed?) for the DATA behind the devision? If the data say blacks steal substantially more hair products than non bkacks, it is not a stereotype, it is a trend.
WM should just stop carrying these products if the theft rate makes them unprofitable.
Around 2010, I ended up in the Virginia region (near Arlington) and had to stop at a Wal-Mart. As I purchased my stuff and got to the door to exit....they (Wal-Mart security) stopped me and wanted to see my receipt and the goods in the bag. Only time in 25-odd years I’ve had this experience. I was told later....this particular Wal-Mart started the policy and it was the only way to control theft there.
Facts and statistics are racist, don’tcha know?
I bet not only do they (a certain segment of that population) steal more they also scam more with their friends who might happen to work in retail to defraud stores more.
They should have a separate aisle dubbed the Steal Me First aisle.
” If the data say blacks steal substantially more hair products than non bkacks, it is not a stereotype, it is a trend.”
Yes it is. I have a bud who is a store director for Target. They know. It’s not only hair products. it’s EVERYTHING they can get their hands on. It got so bad at the knapsack section, they had to seal the zipper with ziplock as a countermeasure but annoys actual buyers who want to see the inside. That wasn’t his idea. The chief of security’s idea from Target HQ.
Exactly. Certainly the decision was data driven. Walmart exists and thrives because it is data driven. In fact, I'll bet someone would have had to notice the products being stolen were for black people.
I'll also bet they only locked down the product in problem stores. It costs money to install the locks.
If Walmart were run by the government, they would remove the locks and reduce the price in the name of social justice. But you can only do that if you're spending someone else's money.
Walmart has an unbelievably high tolerance to shoplifting losses, especially when it comes to vocal, politically protected classes of people.
Good point. There must be a good reason why Walmart sees the need to secure these particular products ... or else, why do it?
Has anyone asked (axed?) for the DATA behind the devision? If the data say blacks steal substantially more hair products than non bkacks, it is not a stereotype, it is a trend.
WM should just stop carrying these products if the theft rate makes them unprofitable.
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Highly doubt it is about the race of the shopper. They are simply requiring immediate purchase of the products that are highly pilfered...I suspect a Caucasian buying one of the targeted high-theft item would have to pay at the special register as well...
You are right about not carrying high-theft items...Hard to be profitable when localities have decriminalized shoplifting. All of which means that other law-abiding shoppers are footing the bill for what is stolen.
An opportunity for black entrepreneurs to open black-oriented specialty shops to sell the items that Walmart drops.
And post a sign saying as much.
If the data say blacks steal substantially more hair products than non bkacks, it is not a stereotype, it is a trend.
If the data say these hair products are stolen substantially more than others, it is not a stereotype, it is a trend.