BREAKING NEWS – Minneapolis, Minnesota – One of the strategies Target has utilized amid its efforts to curb more shoplifting are locked-up cases.
The company has resorted to keeping all items in the personal care aisle at a location on San Francisco’s Folsom Street in locked shelves, footage of which recently received significant engagement on social media.
Another Target outside of Manhattan in Riverdale, New York, has also made it so rows in its personal care section are locked up and require a staffer to open.
“This is outrageous!” stated Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I am going to demand a congressional hearing about this! Target is knowingly and with malice locking up items, denying needy customers the opportunity to steal their basic necessities!”