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Retailer Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story. ( web.archive.org )

Popular Information analyzed publicly available crime data for the stores Target is closing in New York and San Francisco. This data reveals that stores that are being closed have lower levels of theft than nearby stores that have remained open. An analysis of the stores Target is shuttering in the Seattle area follows a similar...

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The number of reported shoplifting occurrences is meaningless if you aren’t weighing it by the volume of sales coming from each store as well.

A store that has twice as much shoplifting but also 3 times the sales, is still going to be a better deal to keep open.

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  • serial_crusher ,
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    Say what you will about Truth Social, but it has more content than lemmy, if you’re just going for quantity over quality.

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  • serial_crusher ,
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    I’m sure that would have de-escalated the situation

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