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‘It’s game over’: Nike permanently shutters beloved Portland store after ‘rapid escalation in retail theft’ — how a national crime spike is costing US retailers $100B
AP Moneywise via Yahoo ^ | September 14, 2023 | Bethan Moorcraft

Posted on 09/14/2023 12:10:22 PM PDT by grundle

Nike is permanently closing its beloved Portland factory store — one year after it shuttered the location because of theft problems.

The retail giant — like so many other major brands — has taken a hit to its bottom line due to a dangerous surge in petty theft shoplifting and organized retail crime.

local news station KGW-TV reported thieves were “stealing armloads of Nike merchandise and walking out the front door with no fear of being stopped.”

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: nike; portland
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1 posted on 09/14/2023 12:10:22 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

Portland voted for this.


2 posted on 09/14/2023 12:12:09 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: grundle

National crime spike? More like democrat control of the cities.


3 posted on 09/14/2023 12:12:59 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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I was trying to open a package for a consumer item that was designed to thwart in-store theft. But why bother protecting the package when thieves can simply walk out of the store with it, take it home, and open it there?

All the theft “loss” expenses are passed on to consumers, which is something we don’t need in this era of high inflation. Just saying.


4 posted on 09/14/2023 12:16:03 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: grundle

Just down the road from Nike world HQ in suburban Beaverton.

Portland is a failed city now.


5 posted on 09/14/2023 12:17:03 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: rdl6989

“Portland voted for this.”

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Oh yes. And they will continue to do so. You can’t fix stupid.


6 posted on 09/14/2023 12:17:49 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: grundle

7 posted on 09/14/2023 12:17:59 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: grundle

They helped create the infestation but are too stupid to know it


8 posted on 09/14/2023 12:18:04 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: grundle

The online model is benefitted by this.

Hysteria over a cold virus.

Dangerous crime rampant.

Close down shops and buy online.

Stay home, interact virtually.

Be trans human.


9 posted on 09/14/2023 12:18:36 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: JoSixChip

...or could it be foreign interests recruiting useful idiots like police cheifs and mayors who think they are justice warriors in order to terrorize everyone out of the cities so they can buy up the property cheep


10 posted on 09/14/2023 12:19:35 PM PDT by KTM rider (politics is a mind control game to get you on "their side" . Both sides are monsters in disguise)
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To: JoSixChip

“National crime spike? More like democrat control of the cities.”

Exactly. The Ass Press lying as usual.


11 posted on 09/14/2023 12:19:39 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: grundle

Why are the libs at Nike doing this? Shouldn’t they be at the door handing out shoes??


12 posted on 09/14/2023 12:19:41 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: grundle

Maybe Nike should waste some more money on Collin crap head and make everything good again?


13 posted on 09/14/2023 12:19:41 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: grundle

How do they know this store was “beloved”?


14 posted on 09/14/2023 12:20:37 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: NWFree

“They helped create the infestation but are too stupid to know it”

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They will simply refuse to acknowledge it. I worked around lots of liberals; they don’t ever take responsibility for their own failures. After all, they view themselves as being morally and intellectually superior to everyone else.


15 posted on 09/14/2023 12:21:45 PM PDT by Starboard
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What a tragedy it is to get what you wanted


16 posted on 09/14/2023 12:21:46 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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#ing Rats


17 posted on 09/14/2023 12:22:00 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: NWFree

“Maybe Nike should waste some more money on Collin crap head and make everything good again?”

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Dylan Mulvaney would be happy to work a PR campaign for them.


18 posted on 09/14/2023 12:23:15 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard
"“Portland voted for this.”

about 10 x per resident , at least

Oregon is a mail in ballot only state, has been for decades , they announce the results of elections before the ballots are even counted (not even joking)

19 posted on 09/14/2023 12:24:13 PM PDT by KTM rider (politics is a mind control game to get you on "their side" . Both sides are monsters in disguise)
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To: grundle

Portland has been losing population the last few years. Don’t know how long it will last but it’s definitely a trend.


20 posted on 09/14/2023 12:24:40 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge scoundrel)
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