Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan
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Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan
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What part of The Economist is "left"?
What part of "organized retail crime" is not a "complicated conspiracy theory"? What makes "organized retail crime" a "transparently obvious" explanation?
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#4Same in SF, I assumed it was because of the homelessness problem. Seems more likely than shoplifting gangs..
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#5Paywall, can't read anything past the summary of the problem
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#6Same in SF, I assumed it was because of the homelessness problem. Seems more likely than shoplifting gangs..
The homeless population (including those in shelters and cars) is < 1% of SF's population. Even if they used products at the same rate as the rest of the population and stole 100% of what they used, they would be responsible for less than half of retail shrinkage.
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#8I'd wondered if someone figured out how to turn deodorant into meth, since they started protecting it like Sudafed even after Sudafed was removed from the Sudafed boxes sold as Sudafed (phenylphrine is not pseudoephedrine and is not effective).
Sudafed, baby formula, deodorant, and razor blades, together could sound like a Jesse Pinkman shopping list before he found a high school chemistry teacher to help him.
At the same time, since nobody is making retail chains put lock boxes on the deodorant aisle, shrinkage best meets Occam's razor. Or would if it hadn't been shoplifted.
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#9Paywall, can't read anything past the summary of the problem
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#10I'd wondered if someone figured out how to turn deodorant into meth, since they started protecting it like Sudafed even after Sudafed was removed from the Sudafed boxes sold as Sudafed (phenylphrine is not pseudoephedrine and is not effective). Sudafed, baby formula, deodorant, and razor blades, together could sound like a Jesse Pinkman shopping list before he found a high school chemistry teacher to help him. At the…
“Sudafed” labeled pseudoephedrine is still available for sale, I have some in my cabinet, bought this spring.