A CVS store in Northwest D.C. that’s often left with empty shelves because of shoplifting is closing at the end of February, a spokeswoman said.
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CVS Corporate makes the decision to close a store due to theft. So now CVS takes heat for abandoning a community.
My solution would be for retailers not to abandon the community but to remodel the store so that it more or less becomes a distribution center in areas where looting, flash mobs, and high volume shoplifting are a threat.
In these areas, have the customers place the order online in advance and then pickup and or have kiosks and people to assist with kiosks and then have on site personnel gather up the order with all of the items.