Every item in this SF Walgreens is under lock and key.
— Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) 🇺🇦 (@antoniogm) April 13, 2022
There’s practically nothing you can buy without having to call an associate to unlock something.
I’ve never been in a country that lives this way. pic.twitter.com/omFdoqH2CL
Business Insider: Walgreens cited shoplifting as rationale for closing 5 stores in San Francisco, but local officials, data, and experts cast doubt on that explanation
ReplyDeletehttps://www.businessinsider.com/local-officials-policy-experts-walgreens-shoplifting-san-francisco-2021-10
That's just one of many news articles using numbers and facts to rebut the narrative.
Retail theft and shoplifting data have gone down in San Francisco, not up.
San Francisco Chronicle: What Walgreens isn't saying: Store closures show a strategic shift to survive in the age of Amazon
In August 2019, Walgreens informed the SEC that it planned to close approximately 200 U.S. stores following “a review of the real estate footprint in the United States.”