See 16: "Illegal aliens and ghetto cannibals, i.e. democrats!"
Didn't Houston bus in a bunch of "migrants", after a big hurricane that cleaned out New Orleans? 
Posted on 10/26/2023 7:20:51 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
(KTXL) — Retail crime has been on the rise in the U.S., forcing some major retailers to even close locations in response.
A new report shows some U.S. cities have been especially hard-hit by organized retail crime.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) — the world’s largest retail trade association, according to its website — recently released its 2023 Retail Security Survey. The report contains insights from 177 retail brands, which accounted for $1.6 trillion of annual retail sales in 2022 and represent more than 97,000 retail locations across the U.S.
Overall, retailers that participated in the survey reported that inventory loss — called shrink — clocked in at an average rate of 1.6 percent last year, representing $112.1 billion in losses. That’s up from 1.4 percent the previous year. The greatest portion of shrink — 65 percent — came from external theft, including products taken during organized shoplifting incidents.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
You left the important part out :-(
Based on the reported inventory losses, the NRF found that the cities most impacted by retail theft last year were:
Los Angeles, California
Oakland/San Francisco, California
Houston, Texas
New York City, New York
Seattle, Washington
Atlanta, Georgia
Sacramento, California and Chicago, Illinois (tied)
Denver, Colorado; Miami, Florida; and Albuquerque, New Mexico
This is the fifth consecutive year that Los Angeles has topped out the list after overtaking New York City in 2018.
There been a centuries long argument about “root causes” of crime among Academics. After 3.5 years of the largest real world social science experiment in world history the answer is conclusive
People steal because they can with very little fear of punishment
I actually saw this referred to as “material liberation” in another forum.
I am actually surprised that Houston is on the list.
That would explain why most of these cities are democrat hellhole cities.
These corporations need to stop behaving so niggardly with respect to profits.
BTTT
It's almost as if human nature were broken and corrupted by Original Sin or something ...
I am actually surprised that Houston is on the list.
Never fear!! Snake haired Rep Shelia Jackson Lee is running for Mayor, of Houston....and, will *fix* these problems, that Mayor Sylvester Turner could not.
🙃
Don’t spend much time in Houston I see.
ALL run by rats. democRats, I mean.
What do ALL (but, one) of these cities have in common, boys and girls?
Los Angeles, California LIB ran
Oakland/San Francisco, California LIB ran
Houston, Texas LIB ran
New York City, New York LIB ran
Seattle, Washington LIB ran
Atlanta, Georgia LIB ran
Sacramento, California and Chicago, Illinois (tied) LIB ran
Denver, Colorado; Miami, Florida*; and Albuquerque, New Mexico LIB ran
* Repub
See 13
much more than that....
Wealth redistribution without all the messy paperwork.
Illegal aliens and ghetto cannibals, i.e. democrats!
The stores can fight back EFFECTIVELY, but they choose not to. For example, Walmarts that surround Harris County (where Houston is located) could post signs that remind people that shoplifting is STILL punished in their red counties and that their somewhat lower prices reflects their ‘lower cost of doing business’ (being intentionally vague on purpose) in their red counties.
Taking steps like that would get them in the news, but would also remind voters that voting for Leftists has DIRECT negative consequences, whereas voting for Trump in spite of not wanting their daughters to date him has DIRECT positive benefits (and it’s quite unlikely that Trump would be interested in their daughters anyway).
See 16: "Illegal aliens and ghetto cannibals, i.e. democrats!"
Didn't Houston bus in a bunch of "migrants", after a big hurricane that cleaned out New Orleans?
“Didn’t Houston bus in a bunch of “migrants”, after a big hurricane that cleaned out New Orleans”
Oh yeah, you can tell who they are because they still wear Saints Jerseys
But there are nearly as many of them as there are “migrants” from farther South.
I live in the Los Angeles area where this is raging out of control.
Many of my neighbors, especially elderly, swear they’ll never go to a mall again - and are even hesitant to go to the grocery store citing safety issues - they’ll order everything online instead.
Already, many of the restaurants around here are going to a pay at the counter first (via a kiosk) before you get your food, which they’ll either bring to the table or you pick up at the counter - I’m sure this is to stop rampant dash n dine. I’m seeing this more and more and more..
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