From the Editorial Board: Walgreens has locked up most of its products. That's due to the rise in shoplifting, now a massive impediment to life in big American cities.
Customers walk by products locked in security cabinets at a Walgreens store that is set to be closed in the coming weeks on Oct. 13, 2021, in San Francisco. Walgreens announced plans to close five of its San Francisco stores due to organized retail shoplifting that has plagued its stores in the city. The retail pharmacy chain has already shuttered at least 10 stores in the city since 2019.
In 2016, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx kicked off her controversial tenure as the Chicago area’s top prosecutor by drastically Criminals have taken full advantage, creating well-organized gangs that target high-value items like beauty products, ink cartridges, baby formula and cold medicine. They pose a violent threat to anyone who tries to stop them, and some use the proceeds to fund drug trafficking, gunrunning and other plagues that cause problems of their own.Faced with gangland-style attacks on their premises, merchants like Walgreens and Target have put more and more goods under lock and key.
Take, for example, the Walgreens store in Chicago’s South Loop: The crime blog CWBChicago reported in May that the remodeled store has just two traditionally open aisles with low-cost items like groceries. The site said that the shelves are no higher than 5 feet — so staffers can watch customers shopping. The rest of the store’s items are under lock and key. Walgreens’ gentler parlance says “let us do the shopping,” but few customers are fooled as to what is going on here.
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