You obviously don't know anything about the current state of Portland. That once beautiful city is largely a hell hole of rampant public drug use, homelessness and yes the damage and loss of business from the BLM/Antifa fueled riots in that city. You can mock and name call all you want, that is the reality in Portland.
Wal-Mart To Go? Can I ask what kind of place that is? Is it like a fast-food drive-thru place?
Which requires driving and the expense of gasoline.
I am beginning to wonder if the bad dudes from the Free State of Florida have picked up and moved to criminal sanctuaries like Portland. If so good. I live in Florida.
Theft.
Well there you go it speaks for itselfSo far in 2022, prosecutors in Multnomah County are prosecuting 46% of theft cases involving less than $1,000 in goods. That’s compared to an 84% prosecution rate in Clackamas County, and a 93% prosecution rate in Washington County for the same crimes, according to data provided by all three offices.
Multnomah County DA prosecutes fewer than half of misdemeanor theft cases, including shoplifting
The Multnomah County DA prosecutes 46% of misdemeanor theft cases, compared to 93% in Washington County and 84% in Clackamas County.www.kgw.com
I am not buying the Portland is soft on crime, especially since their police department is operating under a Department of Justice order. But more importantly, I don' think it is Portland's purview as to rather or not Walmart prosecutes a shoplifter. If you can provide an example of the AG refusing to prosecute a shoplifter that Walmart wants prosecuted then I will agree, I would close the store as well. I just don't think that is happening. Nor, from my own experience, would it happen.
Shrink is not limited to store losses related to theft and fraud. Inaccurate accounting typically accounts for ten percent of shrink, higher if the staff is incompetent, and here it lies Walmart's problem. Take price changes and lets us an example. Canned peas goes from 79 cents to 99 cents, that is twenty cents a can. The overworked grocery department manager just checks it off the list and says it is done, mostly because his manager tells him to just check the damn box so the manager stays out of hot water. But it is not done, and every can that goes out the door is twenty cents in shrink.
Well that particular store has two exits, and one of them closes at nine pm. Doesn't cost that much to hire outside security, especially in light of the fact that every employee is paid a differential just to work in that store because of its location in a "bad neighborhood".
I can hear the left now attacking Walmart for this decision. Must be Walmart's fault. Who else's fault could it possibly be? Meanwhile, several Oregon counties want to be annexed by Idaho.Rest assured, this is the result of the BLM / ANTIFA riots that have resulted in weak on crime policies which have turned Portland into a lawless hellscape.
All Portland Walmart stores to permanently close in late March
The last two Walmart stores within Portland’s city limits will close in late March.www.kptv.com
Man are you dense. There can be no prosecution unless there is first an arrest. That's the problem The arrests have stopped. With that stoppage comes an onslaught of embolden shoplifters who will absolutely empty the place out with impunity. How to stop them? Close the doors and move.
