Retailers try to curb theft while not angering shoppers
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writer
Updated
Retail thefts are on the rise. Some do it discreetly and others are downright brazen, like a couple walking out of Target with shopping carts full of stolen merchandise. And it's hurting retailers bottom line.
NEW YORK (AP) — When the pandemic threat eased, Maureen Holohan was eager to scale back her online shopping and return to physical stores so she could more easily compare prices and scour ingredients on beauty and health care products for herself and her three children.
A cashier at a Gristedes supermarket works in view of a freezer holding Haagen-Dazs ice cream, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023, in New York. "This is a high priority store for theft," said Matthew Calabrese, head of security at the store, who had the ice cream re-positioned within eyesight of cashiers to curtail its theft.Â
Leo Pichardo, left, a store associate at Gristedes supermarket, retrieves a container of Tide laundry soap from a locked cabinet, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023, at the store in New York.Â
Leo Pichardo, left, a store associate at Gristedes supermarket, retrieves a container of Tide laundry soap from a locked cabinet, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023, at the store in New York.Â
A cashier at a Gristedes supermarket works in view of a freezer holding Haagen-Dazs ice cream, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023, in New York. "This is a high priority store for theft," said Matthew Calabrese, head of security at the store, who had the ice cream re-positioned within eyesight of cashiers to curtail its theft.Â
