Kevin cares more than the store does.
The store just raises prices. Kevin has to pay them.
The store is too afraid of a dozen thieves tearing up the whole store.
Replace that idiot Newsome out and name Kevin the new governor. Newsome is letting thieves steal $949 without so much as a stern talking to. LE refuses to write up store shoplifting complaints. Kevin is right, the rest of us have to pay higher prices.
If the store pushes chages it is almost a cerainty that the store will get sued by the perp and even if they win the suit it will cost them more than the stolen merchandise. Store managers look no farther than the immediate impact and do not see anything past that like overall reduced theft if thieves continually get busted.