As retailers close stores due to shoplifting, are the concerns ... - PBS
Sep 29, 2023 · Target announced this week that it's planning to close several stores, citing retail theft and organized retail crime as major problems. It's raising growing concerns and questions about...
Major retailers blame theft for their decision to close locations
Sep 28, 2023 · Target announced this week that it will close nine stores in locations where the company has experienced too much crime. Whole Foods and Nordstrom recently closed locations in San Francisco for...
America’s stores are winning the war on shoplifting
Sep 13, 2024 · Last year, Target said a scourge of petty theft and organized groups stealing merchandise dented its profit by more than $500 million. Target also closed nine stores, saying “theft and...
Target blamed theft and violence for 9 store closures. Crime is …
Dec 19, 2023 · On Sept. 26, Target set off a national firestorm when it said it would close nine stores in four states because theft and organized retail crime had made them too dangerous to run.
Target closing 9 stores in U.S. due to growing theft problem
Sep 27, 2023 · Target said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in four states, including one in New York City's East Harlem neighbourhood, and three in the San Francisco Bay Area, saying that theft and...
Target closes 9 stores in response to retail theft, adds locked …
Sep 26, 2023 · Retail theft is now a $112 billion problem, a National Retail Federation report found. Target (TGT) is taking action in response to retail theft. On Tuesday the big box retailer announced plans...
Target closing nine stores due to crime and shoplifting - ConsumerAffairs
Oct 5, 2023 · Target is closing nine stores -- three in Portland, three in San Francisco, two in Seattle, and one in New York City -- after persistent theft.
This isn’t theft of need. A more insidious type of crime is ... - CNN
Sep 27, 2023 · Target’s decision to close nine of its stores in major cities, citing persistent large-scale theft at those locations, is the latest signal that retailers may be struggling in their battle to...
Are concerns about retailers closing stores due to shoplifting
Oct 3, 2023 · Target announced this week that it is planning to close several stores, citing retail theft and organized retail crime as major problems. It’s raising concerns and questions about whether...
Is Organized Retail Theft Actually on the Rise? - Northeastern …
Oct 3, 2023 · Target announced last week that it is closing nine stores due to theft and organized retail crime. The corporation said Oct. 21 will mark the last day in business for some stores in Seattle; Portland Oregon; Oakland, California; San Francisco; and …