U.S. retailers admit they lied about shoplifting, retail crime again

You mean that Target wasn't closing stores because of theft after all?! I'm shocked.

Let me guess. The stores they closed tried to unionize, so they made up some shit about shoplifting.

The only meaningful theft, by the numbers, is wage theft.

ITT: People who haven't been on the internet long enough to know what BoingBoing is.

I'm old.

This turning out to be true is unsurprising, but if it were, follow it to its logical conclusion and you would see large retailers lobbying the government to increase wages. Like, we live in a fucking police state, the problem is not that we're suddenly an outlaw country, the problem is that people don't make enough money or have enough safety nets to live. It's the same with all of the "Americans feel bad about the economy even though the dow is up, why?" Well, because we can't afford housing and groceries. Simple fucking problem.

They’re all insured for these kinds of losses anyway (I used to work in big box retail operations).

Don't worry, people will completely ignore the retraction and continue to blame their fellow poor people (just not themselves) for the outrageous behavior of our corporations.

Kind of like how any game developer who says that piracy is the reason that they failed financially, even though some of the greatest games of all time are the ones that get pirated the most.

Does this qualify as a news article?

"boingboing.net" people. Looks like satire.

They are talking about organized retail theft. Individuals stealing still could make up a large amount of loss. Article doesn't seem clear to me on that point.