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[-] AnomalousBit@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

Now where the hell else am I going to pay $19 for a $2 toothbrush if they close them all

[-] Kaboom@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

They literally lose less money running out a lease with an closed store than they would paying to keep them open and selling stuff.

Man that's some bonkers shit.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Because people living there want to be paid a living wage and not slave labor.

Theft is just a red herring.

[-] Kaboom@reddthat.com -2 points 2 months ago

Didn't mention theft. Just that economics of it all in general is out of whack

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wage theft? It did. Retail theft? A problem, but not THE problem.

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