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'It's just a free-for-all': Brazen thieves stroll out of Home Depot with packed carts as Ross Dress for Less manager says her store is being hit four times a DAY - experts warn shoplifting is costing retailers $100BILLION per year

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  • Surveillance footage captured at stores Ross Dress for Less and The Home Depot show large quantities of goods being casually stolen from the stores 
  • In a recent survey the ongoing problem is said to be causing the industry $100BN
  • 'We're not allowed to touch them, follow them or we are putting our job in jeopardy,' said one manager 

Shocking videos have laid bare America's $100billion-per-year shoplifting crisis, with brazen thieves strolling out of stores including Home Depot and Ross Dress for Less with their arms full of stolen goods.

Surveillance footage shows a gang of crooks wearing masks wheeling shopping carts loaded with valuable product out of a Home Depot store in New York.

Another clip showed shoplifters loading up duffel bags and backpacks with perfumes and colognes from a Ross store in Colorado.

 

The National Retail Federation said that the scourge - which grew worse during the pandemic - cost the industry almost $100billion in 2022.  

One Ross Dress for Less manager has said that thieves are targeting her Colorado store up to four times a day.

One thief can be seen loading goods into a sports bag as shoppers and staff look on
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One thief can be seen loading goods into a sports bag as shoppers and staff look on 

Footage captured at the location shows a number of thieves storming through the store filling bags with items before casually leaving. 

The store manager Ashley Finley, told CBS News: 'It happens a lot. I would say that kind of incident happens four times a day.

Finley continued: 'It's company policy; we're not allowed to touch them, follow them or we are putting our job in jeopardy.

'We don't even intimidate them at this point -- they just come in here, get what they want, then they leave. 

'We can't touch them, can't grab anything from their hands, can't put ourselves in jeopardy.'

Chris Howes, president of the Colorado Retail Council, said that organized retail crime is happening more and more often and is now estimated to cost Colorado retailers $1 billion a year in losses.

He told CBS: ' To have this breakdown, culturally, where people can just storm into a store and take what they want is a breakdown in civil society we need to focus on.'

Howes said much of the stolen merchandise is ending up for sale on online marketplaces. 

Meanwhile, The Home Depot has also been reporting a 'dramatic' rise in the number of thefts from its stores and is also finding its goods on online marketplaces.

Surveillance footage shows a group of men wheeling carts out of an unnamed New York store loaded with goods. 

Ross store manager Ashley Finley, pictured here, said that the company policy is to not put themselves in danger and let the thieves go
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Ross store manager Ashley Finley, pictured here, said that the company policy is to not put themselves in danger and let the thieves go 

According to Finley, thieves are openly stealing goods from the store in Colorado, stuffing what they can grab into bags
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According to Finley, thieves are openly stealing goods from the store in Colorado, stuffing what they can grab into bags

Chris Howes, president of the Colorado Retail Council (pictured), said that organized retail crime is estimated to cost Colorado retailers $1 billion a year in losses
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Chris Howes, president of the Colorado Retail Council (pictured), said that organized retail crime is estimated to cost Colorado retailers $1 billion a year in losses

At another Home Depot in Pleasanton, California, employee Blake Mohs was fatally shot after trying to stop a thief, with two people now arrested on murder charges.

Late last year, 82-year-old Gary Rasor, a retiree working at The Home Depot in Hillsborough, North Carolina, died after being shoved by an alleged thief, who was then arrested on a murder charge.

Scot Glenn, Vice President of Asset Protection at the company, told ABC: 'About 90% of our organized retail crime cases involve some type of online platform. 

'Opioids and fentanyl continue to drive the need for fast cash.'

David Johnston with the National Retail Federation said: 'These acts are occurring more openly and thieves have become more brazen and aggressive in stealing merchandise.

Howes said much of the stolen merchandise is ending up for sale on online marketplaces.

Thieves are seen here leaving  a Home Depot store with a large quantity of stolen goods, that will most likely be sold online
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Thieves are seen here leaving  a Home Depot store with a large quantity of stolen goods, that will most likely be sold online

Scot Glenn, Vice President of Asset Protection at Home Depot, said that the ongoing fentanyl crisis is increasing theft due to the need for fast cash
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Scot Glenn, Vice President of Asset Protection at Home Depot, said that the ongoing fentanyl crisis is increasing theft due to the need for fast cash 

Thieves can be seen in this grab loading goods into a shopping cart inside a Home Depot store
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Thieves can be seen in this grab loading goods into a shopping cart inside a Home Depot store

David Johnston with the National Retail Federation said: 'These acts are occurring more openly and thieves have become more brazen and aggressive in stealing merchandise.

Howes said much of the stolen merchandise is ending up for sale on online marketplaces.

It comes as Target said they are projecting to lose $500 million in a year to shoplifting.

The retail giant has had to close stores due to the ongoing problems, particularly in the San Francisco area. 

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companies cant afford lawsuits if employees get hurt during altercation.

so they dont stop them. eventually they file insurance claim.

somewhat baffling news to me is that they dont even call the cops. they feel that if they keep calling for petty cases , when a real emergency incident happens...they might not show up. :o

 

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Just now, pichhipullayya said:

California lo ee daridram anukunna, Colorado kuda na ?

Yes everywhere, coming soon to the store nearest to you

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14 minutes ago, tennisluvrredux said:

Yes everywhere, coming soon to the store nearest to you

ee lk gallu canada lo kuda start chesaru...

monnati varaku indian store lo receipt checking undedi kadu eppudu akkada kuda checking

i think costco is one place which pretty much immune to this i think so 

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20 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

ee lk gallu canada lo kuda start chesaru...

monnati varaku indian store lo receipt checking undedi kadu eppudu akkada kuda checking

i think costco is one place which pretty much immune to this i think so 

because they check ID before entering store anukunta

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