It has profound impacts on the business as well as the community but some idiot

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...still claim FRAUD and shoplifting is "no big deal, the stores can just write it off"  :

At New Chicago Walgreens, You Can Only Browse 2 Aisles — The Rest Of The Store Is Locked Away
Walgreens claims the South Loop store, which forces customers to order items digitally, is about "convenience" and not theft prevention.

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Store closures are hitting San Francisco as office vacancies and fears of crime are on the rise. Here's the full list of retailers pulling out of the city's downtown neighborhood.

At least 17 retailers have left San Francisco's Union Square area since 2020.
The latest departures include Nordstrom, Office Depot, and Old Navy, reports say.
Retailers cite concerns over employee and customer safety related to shoplifting and other crimes.

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Some idiots don't even care if their own families are affected by their "negative" behaviors...

A Florida woman’s car caught fire with her children inside while she allegedly shoplifted in a mall


A Florida woman has been arrested and charged after her car caught fire with her unattended children inside while she shoplifted inside a mall in Oviedo, police said.

The woman, identified as Alicia Moore, 24, parked in a Dillard’s parking lot around noon May 26, leaving two children in the car, according to the arrest report issued by the Oviedo Police Department.

Moore went inside the store where loss prevention personnel watched her and an unknown man shoplift items for about an hour, according to the report. Moore was leaving the store when she saw her car engulfed in flames, dropped the stolen merchandise and ran out of the store, police said.


Shoppers witnessed the fire and helped rescue the children from the flames, the report said. The two children were transported to Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital and one child suffered first-degree burns “to her face and ears,” according to the report.

Moore was interviewed and requested an attorney. She was arrested by the neighboring Orlando Police Department “for outstanding warrants in other counties,” unrelated to the incident, the report said. While in custody at the Orange County Jail, Moore was charged with aggravated child neglect and arson, according to the report.

“It is undetermined what ignited the fire, however, if Moore was not being neglectful, it is unlikely [the child] would have been injured,” police said.

Moore also faced four additional charges of petty theft, battery, and assault from previous incidents and is being held on a $48,000 bond, according to jail records.

Moore was arraigned Friday and pleaded not guilty to both charges related to the incident with her children, Seminole County court records show.