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A CVS spokesperson, per The Journal, noted that a minor fraction of its almost 10,000 stores in the United States are shutting down for one or two days of the weekend “to help address acute staffing issues amidst both the Omicron surge and the workforce shortage affecting nearly every industry and company.”. A Walgreens spokeswoman. All those locations have since closed their doors permanently — leaving ominous, empty voids inside buildings that have yet to be leased or bought out. And by the end of that month, after the.

Drugstore chain Walgreens said it would be closing an additional five stores in the city, bringing the number of shuttered locations to 22 in the past five years, according to San Francisco. WBA. Walgreens Boots Alliance recently announced it will close five stores in San Francisco due to what the company says is ‘organized.

Brendan Dugan, director, Organized Retail Crime & Corporate Investigations at CVS Health, told the Times that San Francisco is one of the most troublesome markets in the country for the retailer when it comes to thefts at stores. The threat of violence has led CVS to instruct its store security personnel to refrain from pursuing suspected thieves.

Unable to justify profit crushing theft, stores are closing. "Seventeen Walgreens over the last five years, almost every Gap retail outlet is gone, CVS is under assault," said San Francisco.

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Just this week, the pharmacy chain Walgreens announced that it will close five of its stores in San Francisco, citing theft and retail crime as the main motivator behind its decision. “Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,” Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso said.

In May, the Independent reported that Walgreens has closed 17 of its stores due to rampant stealing, and CVS has called the city “one of the epicenters of organized retail crime.” Speaking to the New York Times, Brendan Dugan, the director of the retail crime division at CVS Health, called San Francisco “one of the epicenters of organized retail crime” and said.

In mid-October Walgreens announced the impending closure of five of its San Francisco stores. "Retail theft" had risen to unsustainable levels despite increased investment in security, the chain said. It was time to give up. In the months before the announcement, viral videos of brazen.

Stores such as Walgreens, CVS, and other convenience store chains are closing their doors in several locations in the city because their product loss rate has climbed more than 100 percent. CVS revealed just how lopsided the theft is in the city. Brendan Dugan, director of organized retail crime and company investigations with CVS said:.

WBA. Walgreens Boots Alliance recently announced it will close five stores in San Francisco due to what the company says is ‘organized.