Visited the local Home Depot the other day. Now even the 'clearance items' end-caps are behind a locked cage.
Based on rumors from friends who work there, Lowe's increased efforts at loss prevention are aimed as much at employees as shoppers.
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I didn't even thnk of the employees, but yeah makes sense, if you can rug some stock and flip it on the side to suppliment your flat wages, why wouldn't you? The incentive only becomes stronger each year