6mo ago

Walgreens CEO Distressed to Learn That Locking Everything Up Keeps People From Buying It

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Walgreens CEO Admits That Locking Merchandise Away From Shoplifters Makes Regular People Not Buy It

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6mo ago

Walgreens CEO Distressed to Learn That Locking Everything Up Keeps People From Buying It

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I went to walmart other day to buy a headlight bulb for my car, but they were locked up and there was no way to call for someone to unlock the case... i just left and went to oreily and paid $10 more... seriously who is out there stealing headlight bulbs??
- Last time I was in walmart, which was admittedly a couple years ago, the mens boxers were locked up. The women’s section was normal. That’s the first time I’d seen something locked up that wasn’t alcohol or potential drug paraphernalia (steal wool, razors). Rather dystopian.
  
  I believe it's just lazy loss prevention targeting items that go missing frequently.
- I once bought laundry detergent at Walmart and was surprised to find it locked up. Had to buzz an associate to open the case and then take it to a register so I could purchase it. They wouldn’t even let me carry it to a register myself.
  The irritating part: directly across the street was a Sam’s Club (which is a Walmart company) and they don’t lock up detergent. Just stamps, high priced electronics, and high priced alcohol.
  
  Detergent is something everybody needs which makes it a good currency for illicit activities and a target for theft
Treating customers like an adversary is a great way to get them to avoid your store when they have a choice.
Experienced this at a wal mart a few months ago when me and my wife went to grab a pregnancy test. It was locked along with all of the condoms and lube, had to talk to 3 different workers to find someone that even knew where the key was, after a half hour of going from person to person and no one in the slight bit interested in actually helping me, I gave up and got one from the cvs down the street, no locks no fuss. Confused the shit out of me, don't they want us having tons of kids?
- You must not have noticed the “THIS GUY FUCKS” button. That’s how you get service.
- How else would Walmart get Workers?
Keeps em from stealing it AND buying it!
The family dollar next to my house completely walled off the hair products aisle. You couldn’t even see what they had down there just had to play 20 questions with the cashier to get a cheap bottle of shampoo. They gave up on that after a couple weeks and now the cashier has to let you hold up the checkout so you can go to this special restricted area yourself and finish shopping.
I bet what they saved in loss prevention isn’t even close to what they lost in sold products.
I like how this article is about Walgreens, but every comment is about Walmart.
Nationalize Corporations and use the profits to fund UBI
As a retail manager for many different stores in the past and as someone who once had serious drug addiction and spent time in jail and homeless. I understand both sides of the issue.
In my opinion Universal Basic Income is the only solution that is actually viable. And you will still need to lock things up, just not to the extent we do right now.
Also, most of the loss prevention is a requirement of the insurance companies, not individual companies or stores.
- UBI is one of the least effect means of wealth distribution and it fails to address the largest issue and that is capitalism at largr, the rich still get there disproportionate power, they still own the means of production, all we are doing now is letting them toss a concession, and likely after a few years they will lower pay and bennifets and or increase cost to regain the lost money.
  Now if I where asked to vote on it I would say yes, but lets please address the serious lacking of this plan, instead of treating it like a silver bullet
  
  Oh I don't disagree with you. As I said, I think it's the only viable solution because capitalism at large won't be solved. You need to fix education to fix the human greed problem, and even then that's going to be a very long time in the making. Like generations upon generations.
  And yeah, UBI isn't a solution for wealth gaps. But it will help the suffering of the poorest, which is a good start. And it might make climbing the social/economic ladder a little easier if you started at the bottom.
  There is no silver bullet solution and waiting for one doesn't do anything to help. So we gotta start somewhere. Let's start at the bottom and work our way towards better overall solutions.
Drop the profit margin by like 10% and get rid of the arbitrarily locked shit if you want better overall profits with less shrinkage.

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