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No, profit by definition is what's left after all the expenses, including wages. Your wages are completely independent of profit and only dependent on the market value of your laborforce. The store could be raking in huge amounts of profits, if the competition among the laborers is fierce, wages will be minimal. Or the other way around, profit margins could already be razor thin, but if the competiton among the laborers is minimal then wages have to be high if they want to attract laborers.
Please read "wage labor & capital" where it's all spelled out if you want to learn more. (It's a short read)
Shoplifting only hurts corporate since it eats into the profits which are independent of the wage.