A spate of high-profile robberies at New York City Rite Aid locations has highlighted store closures in the area, but the pharmacy and retail giant is pushing back against the notion that its workers are being left without jobs – or that its shops are shuttering only as a result of organized retail theft.
Videos and local reports that have circulated in recent days highlighted brazen shoplifting in at least two Rite Aid stores in Manhattan – in the Hell’s Kitchen and Upper East Side neighborhoods. Both stores are scheduled to close in early-to-mid February, a Rite Aid spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business.
The spokesperson told FOX Business on Monday that the stores are closing "for a number of reasons" based on months-long reviews that are carried out "across the full footprint of 2,500 stores." Sixty-three stores nationwide, roughly 2% of the total number of Rite Aid locations, will be closing as a result of this months-long review, which the company announced in December, the spokesperson said.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 26: A gate is used to lock items at a pharmacy and convenience store on October 26, 2021, in New York City. The spokesperson said the decisions "are never for one reason, but a variety of factors that retail businesses much consider, such as overarching business strategy, lease and rent considerations, store performance, and much more."
Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport has said he was at his neighborhood Rite Aid store in the Upper East Side earlier this month when he watched as a man loaded two bags full of allegedly stolen goods. Rapaport further captured footage that showed the alleged thief passing a store security guard as he waltzed out the front doors holding the bags of loot.
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