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One hell of a condensing (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem with that argument is that shoplifting also negatively impacts revenue and reduces their profit margins.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that is priced in already.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. So rising shoplifting trends would increase it more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What you're missing is that there is no trend. The "shoplifting wave" was capitalist propaganda

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And they can't necessarily compensate by rising prices. So I don't see what your point is.