Thirty percent of respondents said they shoplifted this year, with most citing affordability concerns and financial hardship.
  • Bloxlord@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Raising prices is a last resort for stores. Before they do that most places such as supermarkets will cut hours in order to make up for a bad inventory. So shoplifting more directly causes retail employees to lose much needed hours.