Target’s iconic downtown San Francisco
store closing amid shoplifting frenzy
Washington Times,
by
Jeff Mordock
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
10/22/2021 11:24:30 AM
Target is closing its iconic downtown San Francisco store amid a flurry of shoplifting thefts that are estimated to cost the retailer $25,000 a day, according to reports. It’s not clear if the shoplifting sprees are the chief reason Target is shuttering its store on Mission Street between Third and Fourth streets. But a San Francisco Police Department source told the California Globe that the store loses $25,000 a day because of shoplifting.(Snip)In July, the retailer cited an “alarming rise” in thefts at its San Francisco stores and reduced hours at the locations. The Mission St. store had been open from 8 am to 10 pm, but
Target is so ridiculously woke that I am surprised they don't just write this off as the price of social justice.
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I’m really surprised they don’t leave this store open, call it reparations and let all the other stores absorb the cost! It’s what a really ‘woke’ business would do…
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Safari Man 10/22/2021 11:51:07 AM (No. 954062)
Don't worry, Cynthia Nixon will open a store in its place, and she will stock the shelves so the shoplifters will not be deprived. Just show your proof-of-poorness at the door and you can steal all you like.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
john56 10/22/2021 12:10:16 PM (No. 954079)
Well, I guess you could call that a going out of business sale at warp speed.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 10/22/2021 12:23:42 PM (No. 954099)
They waited too long.
What ever happened to shareholder value, or is it only shoplifter value that counts?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
edgar 10/22/2021 12:27:30 PM (No. 954109)
C'mon man. We all know that they have store saturation in SF and it is their own greedy fault they will close this store.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
davew 10/22/2021 12:29:26 PM (No. 954115)
Another example of the soft racism of the left. The real victims of this collapse in the rule of law are the residents of the areas where these stores are shuttered. They now have to travel further to get groceries and other supplies which disproportionately impacts poor and handicapped people. The left thinks they are being compassionate when in fact they are hurting the most vulnerable in society with their virtue signaling.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 10/22/2021 12:35:22 PM (No. 954120)
Target cancels themselves the old "you build it they will come" in this case come shoplift. No even feeling sympathetic for them they brought it on themselves when they became 'woke'.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
red1066 10/22/2021 12:37:09 PM (No. 954124)
They don't know if losing $25 grand a day to shoplifting is the reason they're closing the store? No business, even a woke business like Target won't be in business for long losing 25 grand a day because people are stealing.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99 10/22/2021 12:46:58 PM (No. 954138)
Mooch coming out to complain about food deserts in 3…2….
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 10/22/2021 12:55:22 PM (No. 954148)
Reaping what they sowed.
Perfectly predictable.
Zero sympathy.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/22/2021 1:04:48 PM (No. 954159)
In liberal cities what's bad gets worse. 25,000 a day will become 50,000 a day. SHUT THE DOORS AND RUN.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 10/22/2021 2:01:44 PM (No. 954222)
FTA:The store has also placed high-value items such as razors, Tylenol, vitamins and laundry detergent behind lock and key.
Even laundry detergent is being locked up. Maybe they could put it on a high shelf and have Me-Chelle on hand to reach up there and grab it for the customers.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Ribicon 10/22/2021 2:23:47 PM (No. 954249)
Big jugs of Tide are a longtime ghetto currency, either purchased using EBT or liberated by running out the door with it, then sold on the street for a fraction of the retail price. Jugs of detergent are probably a much better store of value than the US dollar, which Jerome and Janet and friends are actively debasing and devaluing on behalf of their Marxist banker friends while we watch TV.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MommaTeePee63 10/22/2021 2:27:01 PM (No. 954253)
Cause and effect.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Penney 10/22/2021 2:27:45 PM (No. 954254)
The dem pols seem to be driving the entire country to just close down and give America to the law breakers. 'California Or Bust,' is now leading the way & preparing the path as usual, but this time it is to destruction, not gold.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Omen55 10/22/2021 3:33:40 PM (No. 954321)
I guess Target doesn't really believe in Get Woke Go Broke to the max😃
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/22/2021 4:13:30 PM (No. 954350)
14 ... i learned long ago that when travelling to a 3rd world country to clear customs you don't try to bribe the officer with cash. After packing your bags you put a dozen bars of soap on the top of your clothing. You get checked through real quick and you use the 2 bars of soap under the clothing. Top ones vanish.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
padiva 10/22/2021 9:00:29 PM (No. 954547)
That's about 9 million dollars a year. They could capture their losses by selling Hunter's artwork.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
JimBob 10/22/2021 11:58:08 PM (No. 954627)
Sounds like a going-out-of-business sale, offering a 'five finger discount' to all who wish to take advantage of it. (Typically members of the Urban Thug Culture.)
Seriously, if they wanted to stay in business, close access to the store, have legitimate customers pre-order by cell-phone and arrange curbside pickup.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
mifla 10/23/2021 4:38:08 AM (No. 954729)
Hey Nancy, your city is falling apart! Put aside you TDS for a moment and do something.
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Mayor London Bridge would say it's because Target is raciss, and does not embrace Equity and renounce White supremacy. Never mind that Target helped get this entire movement rolling by boldly allowing men in dresses to frequent the ladies room. After that, why follow any rules at all?