and I’d bet the shrinkage of the black-oriented product lines are 30X what it is for anything else.
Well if the shrinkage rate on those products weren’t so damned high, they wouldn’t be locked up now would they.....
When products bypass the register on their way out, they lock them up....
My Fred Meyer used to sell booze on open shelves; now, all but the cheap stuff is locked up.
I like electronics.
Stores sometimes have security locks on electronic stuff, like Walgreens and CVS.
Why?
Because they are high targets for theft.
Annoying? Yes. But I don’t have to buy it if I don’t want to go through the hassle of getting someone to just come over and get me something
” (KGTV) - Attorney Gloria Allred announced Friday a lawsuit against Walmart over discrimination allegations stemming from African-American hair products. “
I wondered what Gloria Allred’s next career move was going to be....
They should just unlock them, and say if their shrinkage rate goes past a certain threshold they will no longer carry the item... let them sit and spin.
Look! We ALL know that it is duh HONKIES dat be stealin’ duh “African-American” hair products to be “perpetutating duh myff” dat black.. er, “Afro-American” .. people be thievin’ thugs.
When cash registers and checkout stands are discriminated against, products are put under lock and key.
They should point to theft rates for various products, and explain why those products were kept under lock and key. They could say they analyze that decision by sku number, not by reference to the race of those who use it. I am sure Walmart does not keep statistics breaking down product purchases by race.
What could possibly be next?
A lawsuit claiming racism because the watermelon is NOT locked up?
Not the first something like this has happened. Seems cosmetics for blacks walk out the store a lot.
Kinda like the exam scores. When millions of exam scores are all telling us the same thing, perhaps it’s time to pay attention to the scores.
I tried to use that gif on Fakebook. Wouldn’t let me. Surprised I didn’t get banned for trying.
Welp, maybe it’s because tanisha feels entitled to items without paying for them. Blame your own “culture”, babe.
On a recent visit to California I went to Wal-Mart and saw that the entire hair care products section was segregated from the rest of the store by fencing and had its own cashier.
“The decision about which items are subject to additional in-store security is made on a store-by-store basis and often at the discretion of the store manager."
That’s like stores that lockup cigarettes (e.g., Costco) ... they HATE smokers and discriminate against smokers.
It’s called loss prevention. Other items I regularly see locked up are baby formula, cosmetics, cartons of cigarettes, perfumes. You know, the items that are frequently stolen.
Some retailers simply stop carrying products they lose money on. Imagine the righteous indignation and lawsuits should that happen.
WM needs to put the stuff out in the open AND sell it at 10% below cost. The ones that aren’t stolen, I mean.
The products are behind glass because some may think they are tide-pods and may eat them.