And you’re not going to get it now if you go to most Walgreens, or CVS across the street. Expect to wait a couple days, even for antibiotics.
In the early 1980s, Kmart did a bit of revitalization due to their seedy image, and they did close a lot of poorly-performing stores.
It worked, for a while.
Big discounts at Nordstrom’s.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/80-thieves-ransack-department-store-san-francisco-81314031
I read about that. The police are saying that they responded quickly and have so far arrested 3 people. As a result they expect more arrests.
Hopefully, the bad publicity will generate enough pressure for people to stop committing these crimes. The article I read mentioned that there have been very similar crimes in many parts of the country.
New store in San Fran builds 7-foot tall spike-topped fence around it.
(ETA: meant to put this in the recent thread on this topic, didn’t notice this was an old one until the “2 years later” part.)
Interesting. There seems to have been a recent attempt at flashmob shoplifting in London, but the inciters didn’t realise that the internet isn’t just read by the people they were aiming at: