Walgreens CEO on shoplifting strategy: 'Lock things up ... you don't sell as many'
Retailers have been faced with increases in shoplifting and retail theft. But anti-theft prevention can hurt retail sales, says the CEO of Walgreens.
Walgreens says locking up products to prevent shoplifting hurts sales
Keeping products under lock and key dissuaded customers from purchasing them, Walgreens said in earnings call.
Walgreens CEO says locking up products hurt sales
Walgreens’ plan to combat increasing theft by locking products up at their stores has hurt sales, the company’s CEO said in a recent earnings call.
Walgreens Says Its Strategy to Prevent Shoplifting Has Backfired
Walgreens has come to find out that both shoplifters and customers are turned off when items are locked away. In an earnings call on Tuesday, the drug store’s CEO Tim Wentworth blamed declining sales on locked up items: “When you lock things up
As Walgreens closes more Bay Area stores, CEO says ‘locking things up’ hurts sales
Walgreens is moving forward with plans to close additional Bay Area locations after the company’s CEO expressed concerns over lost sales from locking up items like deodorant and shampoo to combat widespread shoplifting affecting pharmacy chains nationwide.
Anti-shoplifting effort is hurting sales, Walgreens says
One of Walgreen's most visible anti-shoplifting strategies is having unintended consequences. Tim Wentworth, CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of Duane Reade, acknowledged to investors during a Jan.
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