B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
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Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#2Good for him, standing up for his employees who clearly must be very alarmed.
B8ta has stores around the globe, and Norby told SFGATE last month that the crime in San Francisco is unlike anything the company experiences elsewhere. “This actually doesn’t happen anywhere else in the country,” he said. “We have 17 other stores, including three internationally. This just doesn’t happen anywhere else. It’s only here.”
Why do the stores in SF attract violent crime compared to, say, a store in another West Coast city? Is there a gang that specializes in this sort of crime in the Bay Area, or is the level of all kinds of violent street crime off the charts? Or something else?
Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#3Good for him, standing up for his employees who clearly must be very alarmed. B8ta has stores around the globe, and Norby told SFGATE last month that the crime in San Francisco is unlike anything the company experiences elsewhere. “This actually doesn’t happen anywhere else in the country,” he said. “We have 17 other stores, including three internationally. This just doesn’t happen anywhere else. It’s only here.” Why…
lack of response by police and indifference of city residents towards store owners
Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#4Good for him, standing up for his employees who clearly must be very alarmed. B8ta has stores around the globe, and Norby told SFGATE last month that the crime in San Francisco is unlike anything the company experiences elsewhere. “This actually doesn’t happen anywhere else in the country,” he said. “We have 17 other stores, including three internationally. This just doesn’t happen anywhere else. It’s only here.” Why…
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Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#5I wonder if the Union square Apple store has this issue, or if PR keeps it hush.
I'd imagine it would be really bad for business if customers found out, and they print money at that location
Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#6I'm not sure how you solve this. They stock products that are smallish, and easily convertible to cash, so robberies are going to happen.
The Devialet speaker in the article is a good example. Retails for over $3k, and weighs 12kg.
Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#7I wonder if the Union square Apple store has this issue, or if PR keeps it hush. I'd imagine it would be really bad for business if customers found out, and they print money at that location
I think apple products can be locked remotely if they are known to be stolen.
Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#8Good for him, standing up for his employees who clearly must be very alarmed. B8ta has stores around the globe, and Norby told SFGATE last month that the crime in San Francisco is unlike anything the company experiences elsewhere. “This actually doesn’t happen anywhere else in the country,” he said. “We have 17 other stores, including three internationally. This just doesn’t happen anywhere else. It’s only here.” Why…
SF leads in all areas of innovation, including crime. In the Covid era, tourists are not present in the quantities required to sustain various career populations, including criminals.
Guns aren’t really necessary in SF, so there may be some gang initiation threshold.
Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#9Good for him, standing up for his employees who clearly must be very alarmed. B8ta has stores around the globe, and Norby told SFGATE last month that the crime in San Francisco is unlike anything the company experiences elsewhere. “This actually doesn’t happen anywhere else in the country,” he said. “We have 17 other stores, including three internationally. This just doesn’t happen anywhere else. It’s only here.” Why…
Proposition 47[0] in 2014 substantially reduced the penalties for shoplifting, grand theft, forgery, fraud, and other crimes.
Stealing It would be surprising if this didn't lead to a substantial increase in the crime rate.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_California_Proposition_47
Re: B8ta closing another San Francisco store after armed robbery
#10Good for him, standing up for his employees who clearly must be very alarmed. B8ta has stores around the globe, and Norby told SFGATE last month that the crime in San Francisco is unlike anything the company experiences elsewhere. “This actually doesn’t happen anywhere else in the country,” he said. “We have 17 other stores, including three internationally. This just doesn’t happen anywhere else. It’s only here.” Why…
> Why do the stores in SF attract violent crime compared to, say, a store in another West Coast city?
Population density and economic inequality are probably the big factors.