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[–] AnomalousBit 6 points 3 months ago

Now where the hell else am I going to pay $19 for a $2 toothbrush if they close them all

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They literally lose less money running out a lease with an closed store than they would paying to keep them open and selling stuff.

Man that's some bonkers shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because people living there want to be paid a living wage and not slave labor.

Theft is just a red herring.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Didn't mention theft. Just that economics of it all in general is out of whack

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Wage theft? It did. Retail theft? A problem, but not THE problem.