The thieves aren’t taking all their warehouse stock and leaving the sales people on their knees tearing their shirts and cursing the sky.

We’re talking 1-2% maximum shrinkage from theft. In the 90s where theft was rampant, such losses were part of doing business, they just soaked it up.

I can believe them upping their security somewhat might incur some cost, but not to the degree of price inflation that we’re seeing