How Best Buy is winning the war against retail theft

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A Best Buy manager checks a customer's receipt. Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said theft rates have remained relatively stable over the last few years.

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Theft has become such a nightmare for Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores that they're going to lock up some items and simply stop selling others

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Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store on March 04, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.
Retailers have warned of a jump in organized retail crime.

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A TikTok appears to show a Dollar Tree customer working the register herself when she can't find an employee

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Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
A recent TikTok video appears to show a customer working the checkout stand at a store in Tennesse.

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Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores will be given 48 hours to fix issues like blocked fire exits and towering stacks of boxes – or they'll be fined $100,000 a day

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Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
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