Stores continue to close in Democrat led cities due to crime

[Dill]

(10-05-2023, 03:34 PM)basballguy Wrote: I don't think you're spinning anything but I also don't think this tells the full story.

As we talked about earlier in the thread back in May, there are other factors involved than "reported shopliftings".  

Target invested in increased security....locking a lot more items behind cases...more security guards....these things have a cost...reduced hours of operation....All because of crime/theft.  You aren't going to see that in "reported shopliftings".  

 I wonder if these items caused the operation of these stores to become cost prohibitive (hint: it did)....I wonder if they were also a deterrent to shoppers (hint: it is).  I personally would be annoyed af if i had to call a dude every time I needed to add something to my shopping cart.  

Target isn't lying to us.  People are just trying to find ways to not believe it's true.  

Can the cost of increased security explain why stores with fewer shoplifting incidents are closed 

while stores around them with many more such incidents are left open? 

How would you account for the disjunct?  

Is it entirely denial to wonder if some other factor may have played into the decision to close?