Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThieves dressed as Santa and his elves bust into grocery store and steal $3,000 worth of foodwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThieves dressed as Santa and his elves bust into grocery store and steal $3,000 worth of foodwww.independent.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago Retail crime resulted in losses of $9.2 billion in Canada in 2024. I don’t think I really care how much money billionaires lose.
minus-squareSusaga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat’s the thing. They lost $9.2 billion, but they still turned a profit.
minus-squareN.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoThey factor the cost of theft into their item pricing.
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoMajor retail theft is almost always done by employees, anyway. Very intellectually lazy reporting to just drop that factoid (produced by retail stores, not independent studies) without that context.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoLike theft from employees “doesn’t count” or something?
I don’t think I really care how much money billionaires lose.
That’s the thing. They lost $9.2 billion, but they still turned a profit.
They factor the cost of theft into their item pricing.
Major retail theft is almost always done by employees, anyway. Very intellectually lazy reporting to just drop that factoid (produced by retail stores, not independent studies) without that context.
Like theft from employees “doesn’t count” or something?