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INVENTORY LARCENY: Store thieves grab $53 billion
Detroit Free Press ^
| 12/18/03
| Greta Guest
Posted on 12/18/2003 4:51:43 PM PST by Holly_P
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:13:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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High-profile shoplifting cases like Winona Ryder's Beverly Hills shopping spree last year and local cases of security guard assaults on suspected shoplifters give the impression that retail theft is an outside job.
But a recent survey shows retailers lose more inventory from insiders -- employees -- than they do from shoplifters.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: retailtheft; shoplifting
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To: Spell Correctly
But I corrected it!Doesn't matter. Your new name is Spell Incorrectly.
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posted on
12/18/2003 7:42:14 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(A poem, by Lazamataz: "What do we do with Saddam, Now that we gottim?")
To: Holly_P
"What I have noticed a lot of in grocery stores is "grazing".
Hubby does this, I hate to admit. He feels he is entitled to one free grape. Do you think NOW will support him, as they supported Clinton? He's only off by one vowel!
He doesn't overdo, and I always tell him he is wrong, but he's a very enthusiatic shopper (at this time of year, ack! especially), so I think the retailers get the best of it in the end.
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posted on
12/18/2003 8:04:26 PM PST
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do!)
To: Cultural Jihad
According to the Libertarian philosophy, these poor customers are not committing any force or fraud,
BS, CJ, and you know it. Theft is fraud. A cite showing libertarians believe in taking from someone else would go a long towards making you look less like an ignorant troll.
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posted on
12/18/2003 8:17:43 PM PST
by
gcruse
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To: gcruse
You missed the point. The thieves walk away, and the retail business ends up jacking up the prices for everyone else rather than going after those who actually committed the thievery.
To: Cultural Jihad
Sorry. I misread your post.
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posted on
12/18/2003 8:38:45 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: Lazamataz
Tough crowd around here!
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posted on
12/19/2003 4:43:51 PM PST
by
Spell Correctly
(It's the truth, I read it on the Internet)
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