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People tend to hate going to a store and finding deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, cosmetics and other everyday products locked up on shelves behind display cases. Now, some stores are testing a new way to let customers open the locked displays.
(Bloomberg) -- Like many shoppers, New Yorker Sarah Henry is accustomed to retailers locking up products to thwart thieves. But when she saw a Manhattan CVS had put Oreos behind glass, she took a photo to document the insanity. Most Read from BloombergThe Doomed Mission Behind Sam Altman’s Shock Ouster From OpenAINearly All of OpenAI Staff Threaten to Go to Microsoft If Board Doesn’t QuitCitigroup Cuts Over 300 Senior Manager Roles in Latest RestructuringMicrosoft Ends Weekend of OpenAI Drama Wi
Across the retail landscape, businesses have been putting items under lock and key as a quick way to stop thieves. Some are considering extreme measures, including Rite Aid Corp., whose
NEW YORK -- When the pandemic threat eased, Maureen Holohan was eager to scale back her online shopping and return to physical stores so she could more easily compare prices and scour ingredients on beauty and health care products for herself and her three children.
The National Retail Federation reported $94.5 billion in inventory losses last year, and now some retailers are using more locked display cases to prevent shoplifting. But the practice can feel discriminatory, especially for people of color, critics say.