Shoplifting In San Francisco Drives More Stores From The Area, Target & Other Major Brands To Limit Hours
- Silver Report Uncut
Target announced it will need to close stores in San Francisco early due to organized shoplifting rings that have really intensified the past year. Normal store hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. They’re cutting back to 6 p.m. because, the company claims, “for more than a month, we’ve been experiencing a significant and alarming rise in theft and security incidents at our San Francisco stores.”. Walgreens has closed 17 stores in San Francisco since 2016 because it didn’t pay to keep them open with so many locals taking the five-finger discount. Target’s new policy raises the ominous possibility that the problem is getting worse, which would make sense. A state law that passed several years ago made it a misdemeanor to steal less than $950 worth of goods, a wrist-slap that’s encouraged repeat offenders. Go figure that three California cities (San Fran, L.A., and Sacramento) are among the top 10 in the United States for organized retail crime. Not all of the theft is organized. When major retailers are limited to daylight hours only in major American metros we’re in a whole new ball game.
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