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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

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To: Trump_Triumphant

Couldn’t they just put one shoe on display, with the other secured in the back?


41 posted on 09/14/2023 1:19:03 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: grundle
"“stealing armloads of Nike merchandise and walking out
the front door with no fear of being stopped.”"

Reprobates also have no fear of prosecution for theft.

42 posted on 09/14/2023 1:33:13 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Flâneur@Large)
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To: grundle

A Nike store closing? Horrors!
Because of crime? Horrors!
In Portland? Horrors!

Sorry, I can’t muster up any sympathy for them.


43 posted on 09/14/2023 1:40:30 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Leaning Right

Shoplifters need to organize and sue Nike for violating their god-given right to loot and pillage.


44 posted on 09/14/2023 2:17:08 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: rdl6989
Now there is going to be a "Nike desert". How will they survive?
45 posted on 09/14/2023 2:17:23 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: grundle

Nike shoes suck anyway. Back when I ran quite a bit, I bought a pair of Nikes. Once. Damned near crippled me.


46 posted on 09/14/2023 2:58:55 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: NWFree

A former exec at NIKE is my sons friend. When NIKE started to go woke, supporting what was anti American values, My son asked why is the company doing this?

The answer was, “That’s who we are!”

Sad to have to put that on NIKE”S tombstone but they deserve the recognition.

Another etching could be, “GO WOKE, GO BROKE!

And he is out of a job now.


47 posted on 09/14/2023 3:10:51 PM PDT by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: JoSixChip

This is not just a problem in Democrat areas.

I’m in Texas and I witnessed a black guy quickly wheeling a shopping cart loaded with beer cases out of and entry door of a large supermarket. He obviously had not paid for it, and his mannerisms gave him away.


48 posted on 09/15/2023 3:11:57 AM PDT by fwdude (.)
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49 posted on 09/15/2023 5:39:00 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: grundle

Didn’t Nike endorse Kaperneck?


50 posted on 09/15/2023 5:43:03 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: noiseman

Unfortunately, when it comes to vigilantes and citizen law enforcement, the legacy “justice system” will find all sorts of energy and zeal.


51 posted on 09/15/2023 5:48:05 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: grundle

Socialist Democrats OWN this current ‘crime spike.’

And all OTHERS throughout History!


52 posted on 09/15/2023 6:36:11 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I don’t run, I work. Nike unfortunately is the only shoe that fits. Also unfortunate they make noise after a bit of time has passed. Noise so loud that you can hear me coming if things are quiet. Never had that sort of problem with other shoes.


53 posted on 09/15/2023 6:49:31 AM PDT by wita (Under oath since 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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To: wita

Glad they work for you. The toe box never would fit my feet right. I don’t think I even used them enough to notice whether they got noisy.

You’re lucky to be able to wear running shoes at work. Before I retired, it was steel-toed boots every day. Now I tend to wear lightweight hiking boots; they’re sturdy enough for most of what I do around the property and for hiking with a light pack, and I can run in them if I need to.


54 posted on 09/15/2023 7:41:51 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Air Monarch are the only ones I buy. In black they look enough like a dress shoe to work for me. In white they are semi athletic shoes. They have a large toe box compared to actual running shoes.

Work might be a bit of a misnomer as I am well past retirement age. Work as the wife and I call it is two or in some cases three days a week merchandising for three to four hours.


55 posted on 09/15/2023 8:15:18 AM PDT by wita (Under oath since 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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To: wita

I’ve been retired a little over three years now. Thinking about seeing if the local hardware store needs someone a couple of days a week, just to get out of the house a bit. It’s only about two miles away, so I could walk or cycle, now that the weather’s cooling a bit (barely 100 yesterday).


56 posted on 09/15/2023 8:40:19 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: noiseman
The crime spike is being perpetrated primarily by the subculture of young, violent inner city blacks taking advantage of neutered policing to let their inner criminal nature culture run wild...

It's nurture, not nature.

57 posted on 09/18/2023 2:00:36 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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