Target won't explain why nearly all its San Francisco stores have reduced hours

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15. Because I've read articles about the data.

You can read one here:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Is-shoplifting-rising-in-San-Francisco-Here-s-16272907.php

But has there actually been a surge in shoplifting in San Francisco? Data from the San Francisco Police Department suggests these reports may be overblown. According to the data, overall shoplifting incidents reported to the police are below their levels before the start of the pandemic. And before that, shoplifting rates had been decreasing more or less steadily since the 1980s.

The data shows that shoplifting rates dipped at the start of the pandemic, when many stores shut down, and have since recovered to just below pre-pandemic levels. The city saw 710 reported shoplifting incidents in the first four months of 2021, down from 933 during the same period in 2019.

Walgreens *said* it closed 17 stores due to shoplifting. It announced in 2019 that it would close 200 stores. In your Forbes article, everyone quoted has a job that depends on people being afraid about shoplifting (cops and owners of security companies) except for one (the manager of a store).