I haven't been to the US, but it seems majority of the stores there don't have security guards. In others, the only person inside is the cashier. Perhaps it's about time for businesses to assume that things are different now. Here in my country, what usually happens are theft, not robbery. It probably helps that most stores have security guards, armed guards mostly, and there's also a handful of staff.
I don't think this has a serious economic threat especially in the national level. Before it reaches that stage, I assume the local police has already stepped up in their visibility and whatnot.
I don't think this has a serious economic threat especially in the national level. Before it reaches that stage, I assume the local police has already stepped up in their visibility and whatnot.
You should be surprised on the impact the closure of those brick and mortar store have on certain communities. Recently, I saw a documentary film about Target stores closing down for good in New York m beigborhood, becaus of the increasing amount of theft and shoplifting going on. The impact of that community is high, because for them in order to reach the next store, they would be required to drive relatively far away from their homes, costing fuel.
It also negatively impacts other stores around se same neighborhood. It must be quite frustrating for the honest people of a whole district to have to drive across the city just because some idiota scared business away.
