{"id":2262126,"date":"2024-06-07T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-retailer-reverses-policy-on-self-checkouts-in-12000-stores-report\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:44:26","slug":"major-retailer-reverses-policy-on-self-checkouts-in-12000-stores-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-retailer-reverses-policy-on-self-checkouts-in-12000-stores-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Store Chain Changes Self-Checkout Policy in Thousands of Locations &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-retailer-reverses-policy-on-self-checkouts-in-12000-stores-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Battered\u200d retailers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-can-do-to-stop-the-steal\/\" title=\"What You Can Do to Stop the Steal\">fighting back<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-taiwan-visit-made-it-harder-for-biden-to-end-trumps-china-tariffs-commerce-secretary\/\" title=\"Pelosi\u2019s Taiwan Visit Made It Harder for Biden to End Trump\u2019s China Tariffs: Commerce Secretary\">rampant theft<\/a> under Joe Biden&#8217;s administration. The National Retail Federation reports $112 billion in merchandise theft. Dollar General eliminates self-checkout lanes in response, with other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-macys-workers-go-on-strike-after-store-fails-to-address-safety-concerns\/\" title=\"Macy's workers strike due to unaddressed safety concerns\">retailers adopting<\/a> various strategies to combat organized theft incidents. Retailers face challenges in preventing theft as they seek legislative support for stricter penalties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 7, 2024 at 7:21am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Battered retailers are trying to stay one step ahead of the thieves who have made retail theft a hallmark of Joe Biden\u2019s America.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/research\/national-retail-security-survey-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Retail Federation<\/a> has estimated that shrink \u2014 the trade buzzword for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-store-adds-barriers-to-combat-recent-wave-of-smash-and-grab-thefts\/\" title=\"California Store Adds Barriers to Combat Recent Wave of Smash-and-Grab Thefts\">merchandise stolen<\/a> somewhere along the line \u2014 was $112 billion in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>To fight back, Dollar General is doing away with self-checkout lanes in more and more locations. The company has ended self-checkout at about 12,000 stores, with 3,000 alone in May, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/dollar-general-fights-back-against-thieves-plan-remove-theft-prone-merchandise-self-checkout-lanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company will keep eliminating self-checkout while no longer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/almost-two-dozen-major-retailers-fled-downtown-san-francisco-amid-skyrocketing-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stocking items<\/a> that often are stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Theft \u201ccontinues to be the most significant headwind,\u201d CEO Todd Vasos told analysts in a recent earnings call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deploying an end-to-end approach to shrink reduction across the organization, including efforts in our supply chain, merchandising, and within our stores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this represents a significant change in our stores, we believe this is the right course of action to drive increased customer engagement while also better positioning us to begin reducing shrink in the back half of \u201924, with a more material positive impact expected in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-retailer-removing-majority-self-checkouts-store-will-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three months<\/a> of 2024, gross profit as a percentage of sales dropped 30.2 percent at Dollar General due to shrink, Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>Vasos said consumers are fine with the elimination of self-checkout.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you prefer companies that have self-checkout lanes?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe vast majority of it from our consumers [is] because they like the interaction at the front of the store,\u201d he said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/money\/11540607\/dollar-general-removing-products-theft-self-checkout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cAnd with that interaction then also comes having somebody at the front of the store very visible at all times, which as you recall was not always the case in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other retailers are employing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cvs-stores-dc-resort-framed-portraits-toilet-paper-products-counter-rampant-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different tactics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TJX, the company that owns T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods and Marshalls, will give its loss-prevention employees and some others body cameras in an effort to deter thieves, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/retail\/2024\/06\/06\/tj-maxx-body-cameras-shoplifting\/73998416007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The stores have been testing the approach in the past year at select stores.<\/p>\n<p>Target has added something it calls \u2018True Scan\u201d in hopes of finding bar codes that aren\u2019t scanned while a shopper is in a self-checkout lane.<\/p>\n<p>Theft often is organized, as in the Lego heists in California noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/police-seize-more-2800-boxes-lego-toys-massive\/14919871\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KABC-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blanca Gudino, 39, of Lawndale, and Richard Siegel, 71, of Long Beach, were arrested this week after police said they found more than 2,800 boxes of Legos at Siegel\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividual items seized varied in retail value from $20.00 to well over $1,000,\u201d a police statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Overfelt, president of the Missouri Retailers Association, said despite all of the strategies to stop theft, it will take laws with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-announces-closure-9-stores-democrat-strongholds-due-theft-organized-retail-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real teeth<\/a> to make a change, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missourinet.com\/2024\/06\/06\/will-self-checkout-limit-curb-theft-missouri-retail-head-doesnt-think-so\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MissouriNet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe self-checkout is a problem, just like everything else. But frankly, a lot of the thieves today are coming in and just sweeping shelves, even behind counters, or just wheeling out their whole cart, daring the employees to do something,\u201d Overfelt said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he wants harsher penalties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA pawn-shop owner in Kansas City that sold over 14,000 items stolen from the local retailer valuing around $750,000 or more, probably retail twice that,\u201d he said. \u201cThey got 20 months! How much time will they even serve?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to escalating retail theft, struggling retailers are proactively combating losses. 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