Fallout from MLK, "Is retail theft getting worse?"

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Lately, retailers have been complaining to their investors about 
thieves coming to their stores and stealing stuff and blaming 
them for falling profits. It's the biggest part of a well-known 
industry problem called "shrink," but is this trend as pervasive 
as stores are making it out to be? Today on the show, retail 
theft and what stores are doing about it.

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https://www.npr.org/2023/09/11/1197953024/is-retail-theft-
getting-worse