‘Unprecedented’ theft contributed to $112 billion in retail losses last year
‘Unprecedented’ theft contributed to $112 billion in retail losses last year
Retailers say they’re seeing theft and crime soar in their stores, prompting them to rethink how they operate, according to a new survey.
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It’s worth noting that when retail sales go up, as they did in 2022, shrink also tends to rise. The average shrink rate in the 2022 fiscal year was 1.6%, up from 1.4% the year before. The latest figure is in line with shrink rates from 2019 and 2020.
wages don't keep pace with inflation, so the difference won't be as dramatic.
Just a correction: wage theft accounted for up to $50 billion in 2014 according to the EPI, not 2017. That would be roughly $65 billion today. Like you, I would also like to see more recent numbers.
Idk where or how yr getting 65B
For simplicity; 40B in 2014 is 120B today. That's x3. That would out wage theft at 150B.
Which is far more believable. These mfers are in court in a dozen states over child labor violations, I don't think they suddenly found a conscious
Inflation has not been 200% over the past 9 years.
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=50&year1=201401&year2=202308
$50 billion in 2014 equates to roughly $65 billion today.