• WashedOver@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Reminds me of the false narrative that came out a couple of years ago about Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, etc closing numerous locations due to excessive and unprecedented theft from stores when in many cases it was a way to hide poorly performing stores due to mismanagement or bad locations from shareholders.

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      10 months ago

      These stories always break out during economic downturns.

      Nobody wants to come to terms with the fact that a MegaMart whose customer base is drying up because of unemployment and falling wages might be failing for a reason other than gangsters from a 90s blacksploitation crime thriller doing train robbery heists in the costume jewelry department.