Criminals should take over our society, and business and government should do everything they can to support them.
Your biggest culprit in retail theft are the employees that account for at least 25% of the shrink.
As for the amount of theft, a Home Depot manager told me, “if we put $100k in the registers in a day, $5,000 walked out the door.”
While Lowe’s and Home Depot have a large problem with theft, Amazon and Costco have developed business models that reduce theft.
Power tools are the most stolen item as they are the easiest to sell on eBay, Facebook, Craigslist, etc.
With that, the next Home Depot loss prevention measure will be chips in power tools the can only be activated at the point of sale.
They already do. All the average person can do but buy ammo, vote for Trump and enjoy the show.