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Somehow in Europe they have a similar shrinkage rate to the US.

https://www.retailresearch.org/crime-comparisons.html

>2019

And? US policy on handling shoplifters has not undergone any meaningful change in just the last couple years; I assume Europe has also largely maintained the status quo.

We’re discussing a new phenomenon that has only recently showed up in the US.

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