[complaintdept]

Econ or Bloomberg had an article about a month or two ago about stores locking up their merch and the motivations for it, and why it's such a stupid idea (sales plummet when you need an employee to unlock deoderant). One of the reasons for locking everything up is that they don't have good inventory management systems and when a manager or higher level person sees empty shelves they assume theft...but often times it either hasn't been ordered or simply hasn't been put on the shelves. Most real theft happens from the trucks delivering the goods.

edit: found it

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-01/why-cvs-a...

[jdeibele]

I've read a lot of articles saying that the real problem with theft is from employees.

That might be true but it certainly hasn't made me feel good about watching people walk out with a big jug of wine, electronics, a case of toilet paper, etc. That last one provoked some curiosity - are their circumstances so bad that it's worth risking jail time or are there so little consequences that it's the equivalent of self check-out?

[yimmothathird]

That was just a propaganda piece from big theft.

[Arrath]

Having seen it in action, the concept that Management Sucks At Logistics certainly has a kernel of truth to it, though.

[marcosdumay]

Well... I mean... It's Bloomberg!