Gene Cowan on Nostr: "... the reason shoplifting stories had to stop is because shareholders need to know ...

"... the reason shoplifting stories had to stop is because shareholders need to know why they're eating shit every quarter, and all those lawyers don't want to hear "oh no no no, that was just what our PR agency brainstormed with cops" as a prelude to the complicated and difficult truth. Retailers have admitted they cooked the numbers."

https://boingboing.net/2024/03/11/retailers-stop-complaining-about-shoplifting-for-reasons.html