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curves2000 · 12-24-2023, 05:23 PM

Might as well close or change the name of the the thread then if "Growing retail theft" isn't actually happening. We don't want to mislead the CP fanbase with the ever decreasing retail theft that is taking place.

I guess the fact that in San Francisco, nearly 50% of stores in the downtown core have closed in the last few years. Some of it partly Covid of course but theft being a significant factor.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/san-franci...y?id=101100884

Corporate executives are sounding the alarm on investor conference calls about a problem that doesn't exist or isn't a concern, according to some. Meanwhile industry figures are showing an increase of 19% year over year. https://www.investors.com/news/retai...ganized-crime/

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/targ...e-shot-up.html

Meanwhile in Calgary, CPS has received so many requests from retailers and mall's for security, they are officially saying no to the issue as they are not in the business of providing individual security to stores.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...sing-1.7054850

Perhaps my methods are offensive to some and I understand that. My point still stands, this level of theft and an in your face level of lawlessness does not happen in a lot of countries like it does here. There are no reports of significant retailers, businesses and shopping districts being overrun and closing down with theft from flash mobs in China, Japan, Singapore and other countries where incidences of theft are extremely low.

We have normalized this behavior.

12-24-2023, 05:23 PM	#411
curves2000 First Line Centre Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Calgary, Canada Exp:	Might as well close or change the name of the the thread then if "Growing retail theft" isn't actually happening. We don't want to mislead the CP fanbase with the ever decreasing retail theft that is taking place. I guess the fact that in San Francisco, nearly 50% of stores in the downtown core have closed in the last few years. Some of it partly Covid of course but theft being a significant factor. https://abcnews.go.com/US/san-franci...y?id=101100884 Corporate executives are sounding the alarm on investor conference calls about a problem that doesn't exist or isn't a concern, according to some. Meanwhile industry figures are showing an increase of 19% year over year. https://www.investors.com/news/retai...ganized-crime/ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/targ...e-shot-up.html Meanwhile in Calgary, CPS has received so many requests from retailers and mall's for security, they are officially saying no to the issue as they are not in the business of providing individual security to stores. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...sing-1.7054850 Perhaps my methods are offensive to some and I understand that. My point still stands, this level of theft and an in your face level of lawlessness does not happen in a lot of countries like it does here. There are no reports of significant retailers, businesses and shopping districts being overrun and closing down with theft from flash mobs in China, Japan, Singapore and other countries where incidences of theft are extremely low. We have normalized this behavior.