Last time we got our flu shots at a Walgreens, it was an hour+ wait even though there was nobody in front of us waiting. Last prescription we filled there took two days to fill for a basic antibiotic. If it’s like that at other stores apart from our little town, we can’t be the only people who no longer shop there.
Why Walgreens Is in Trouble in San Francisco and Is Closing Some Stores
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#12The numbers don't add up here. Walgreens closed 17 stores in SF - much more than anywhere else. ...and other retailers such as CVS have disproportionately closed stores in SF as well. The article also doesn't dispute any of the numbers in regards to the staggering volume of theft, despite higher investments in store security. Combined with dozens of videos of blatant mass theft circulating on Youtube, I wonder if any…
I haven’t seen reports of CVS closing a store in SF from 2020-2021. Where are you seeing a disproportionate share in SF? Walgreens also closed ~70 stores in NYC, a similar % as the SF closures. I don’t think anyone is defending shoplifting, or crime, but I think the story deserves some scrutiny. Shoplifting did spike in 2020, but it also seems possible that Walgreens is covering a strategic shift with the shoplifting…
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#13The numbers don't add up here. Walgreens closed 17 stores in SF - much more than anywhere else. ...and other retailers such as CVS have disproportionately closed stores in SF as well. The article also doesn't dispute any of the numbers in regards to the staggering volume of theft, despite higher investments in store security. Combined with dozens of videos of blatant mass theft circulating on Youtube, I wonder if any…
>The real question to the author is why? Why write a piece like this? Why defend organized crime?
Anything that forwards the narrative, facts and reality be damned. The thought that minorities might be the ones out there commiting crimes, even when the evidence is damming proving that it's actually them, is so heretical that people like the author will self-delude themselves into believing anything other than the truth.
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#15The numbers don't add up here. Walgreens closed 17 stores in SF - much more than anywhere else. ...and other retailers such as CVS have disproportionately closed stores in SF as well. The article also doesn't dispute any of the numbers in regards to the staggering volume of theft, despite higher investments in store security. Combined with dozens of videos of blatant mass theft circulating on Youtube, I wonder if any…
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#17That seems like the polar opposite of New York City where Walgreens has all but a monopoly through Duane Reade.
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#18The numbers don't add up here. Walgreens closed 17 stores in SF - much more than anywhere else. ...and other retailers such as CVS have disproportionately closed stores in SF as well. The article also doesn't dispute any of the numbers in regards to the staggering volume of theft, despite higher investments in store security. Combined with dozens of videos of blatant mass theft circulating on Youtube, I wonder if any…
I haven’t seen reports of CVS closing a store in SF from 2020-2021. Where are you seeing a disproportionate share in SF? Walgreens also closed ~70 stores in NYC, a similar % as the SF closures. I don’t think anyone is defending shoplifting, or crime, but I think the story deserves some scrutiny. Shoplifting did spike in 2020, but it also seems possible that Walgreens is covering a strategic shift with the shoplifting…
https://www.sfgate.com/local-donotuse/article/CVS-closed-san...
All retailers are making exactly the same accusations of sky-rocketing theft. ...and with so many cases literally caught on film - who are the deniers? Why deny proven facts? Is politics that important to you?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I haven’t seen reports of CVS closing a store in SF from 2020-2021. Where are you seeing a disproportionate share in SF? Walgreens also closed ~70 stores in NYC, a similar % as the SF closures. I don’t think anyone is defending shoplifting, or crime, but I think the story deserves some scrutiny. Shoplifting did spike in 2020, but it also seems possible that Walgreens is covering a strategic shift with the shoplifting…
https://www.sfgate.com/local-donotuse/article/CVS-closed-san... All retailers are making exactly the same accusations of sky-rocketing theft. ...and with so many cases literally caught on film - who are the deniers? Why deny proven facts? Is politics that important to you?
The article you sent is from 2019, for 2 CVS stores. This doesn’t match your claim about CVS and other retailers disproportionately closing stores in SF.
A large number of stores were permanently closed in NYC and other urban areas as well, and brick and mortar retail has been struggling for years.
> Is politics that important to you?
This is a weird response I see on HN a lot lately.
The article featured here, and the data, suggest there is more to what’s going on than “shoplifting is killing Walgreens.”
It’s not about politics, it’s about fully understanding the situation, and avoiding sensationalist responses to crime.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.sfgate.com/local-donotuse/article/CVS-closed-san... All retailers are making exactly the same accusations of sky-rocketing theft. ...and with so many cases literally caught on film - who are the deniers? Why deny proven facts? Is politics that important to you?
The article you sent is from 2019, for 2 CVS stores. This doesn’t match your claim about CVS and other retailers disproportionately closing stores in SF. A large number of stores were permanently closed in NYC and other urban areas as well, and brick and mortar retail has been struggling for years. > Is politics that important to you? This is a weird response I see on HN a lot lately. The article featured here, and t…
Why are you narrowly only willing to look at theft related store closures from 2020-2021, and not 2019?
While things in SF have gotten worse, the article makes it clear that theft was a key reason these CVSs closed in SF.
All the retailers have issued statements about rampant theft in SF. You keep comparing it to NYC store closures, but the no one is posting videos of mass brazzen robberies in NYC. No retailer is making press releases about rampant theft in NYC. NYC stores don't have reduced hours, increased goods behind locked panels, nor guards at the door.
The evidence is all there. Denial of what's going on in SF is bizarre.