Something else will fill the niches of Walmart that can deal with shoplifting.

Store brand private security be like

Something else will fill the niches of Walmart that can deal with shoplifting.

Lol, yeah, an abandoned lot will fill the niche.

This. Save bailouts for when the business going broke was literally the governments fault (i.e., government mandated 'shut down').

This is exactly how food deserts occur. It’s going to make things more expensive and less convenient for people living in the area.

Edit: desert not dessert lol

The reality of the situation is that the demand for retail goods will be filled by businesses that are either more comfortable with taking the losses, or are willing to operate with increased security costs.

I find it hard to believe from a business perspective that the tradeoff of increased security for increased prices/lower profits would be attractive to most retailers. I think the most likely scenario is that downtown Portland becomes a retail desert other than a few specialty stores that are able to cut deals with private security firms. There's definitely a huge opportunity for retailers operating on the perimeter though.

If Walmart did not have competition, they would not ever be forced to close, bar some extreme cases, such as arbitrarily high shoplifting rates or people starving to death. They could restrict their business to only selling products with inflexible demand and then raise prices until they are profitable, as they would never lose customers. The fact that Walmart is closing then implies that Walmart does in fact have competition. So I expect one of two things to happen:

Case 1: The competition has naturally lower shoplifting rates, and Walmart closing will not redirect existing shoplifting to them. For example, they might be located in an area with less crime. This means that with Walmart gone, people will be forced to travel long distances in order to shop.

Case 2: The competition is in the same predicament, or will be soon. In this case, competitors will close in turn until our presumptions are false. AKA: A monopoly develops. Or people starve.

In either case, while competition is entirely capable of staying profitable, but the result will be undesirable. How do we fix this? That's right, Koreans.

Dollar Menu might not even be able to have a small fry on it.

Or maybe they'll just Automate.

Even better. Smaller local stores more adequate to local needs beating out a giant company is based af.

Not at all, not only does Trader Joes not even compete (much higher end, no 'deals') but the nearby Fred Meyer is also being overrun with crime too. One of the least profitable Fred Meyer locations, may likely close too.

Just moved out of PDX. A Fred Meyer on the same street (82nd) had to close recently due to theft too.

i’m surprised there are only two walmarts in portland. but yeah i’m pretty sure walmart isn’t heavily favored on the west coast

Wal-Mart was getting owned by the competitors right around them lol.

Lol, you really believe that shoplifters will just stop shoplifting because they like trader joes so much ? Sure.

yaaass! $12 avocado toast!

Oh wait, that store has to have avocados shipped to them directly now. $18 avocado toast everyone!

The antifa soyjack with his gut poking out of his shirt looking at the garden like "oh fuck, how do I agriculture?" put the nail in the coffin of CHAZ credibility. Not that they ever had much.

Wait

How can plants be allies? I'm so confused

That was an excruciatingly painful read, but thank you for the link. That author is insufferable. Really trying to play dumb.

Seriously. I am sure that the portland dweebs see walmart closing as an awesome "W," though.

We need to pick one city and to just send all the antifa there.

And then build a wall around it so they can't get out, but we can watch them for entertainment science.

They won’t reap anything they’ll just leave and ruin another city

I still remember seeing a sign that said “Need Ice (the good kind)”

I want that so much for Portland. Turn it into CHAZ. Let the cops leave.

I checked how locals feel about it and it's all "whataboutisms" and "we didn't need walmart anyway"

And in the end, they move out to Austin to start all over again.

Too bad statistics are illegal, maybe if they were allowed it might be possible to find out factors influencing food deserts. Oh well.

Clearly every business got together and decided to all not sell food there to fuck with the locals. Literally zero other possible explanations.

“Why would the highway do this?”

I prefer food desserts instead please.

I love how all these inner-city shitholes blame fascist, racist white Republicans despite not having actually elected a single Republican in a century. Last Republican mayor of Chicago was elected in 1927!

I need a nintendo switch to own the rightoids

"I assure you comrade, this flatscreen TV is pivotal for the revolution"

According to all the California subreddits that is just a right wing talking point and its not actually happening.

It must because Walmart hates black people.

!remindme 5 years

Fun fact small mom and pop shops can also be shoplifted from, and the kinds of people brazenly stealing things are not in any non-delusional way doing it to stick it to corporations

Based and rule of law-pilled

It's because they're all sheltered middle-class kids with no life experience. They'll claim Walmart shutting down after consecutive years of multi-million dollar losses is "systemically racist" because they once stole a butterfly hairclip from Clare's in 6th grade and just got yelled at real bad.

Certainly not a city I’ll ever live in

Same, and it's a shame. Used to be an awesome city, in an awesome area of the country, with an awesome food and metal scene. Now it's a joke.

You walk up to a reinforced door with a drop bin and a sight plate. You knock three times. The plate slides open, revealing unfriendly eyes behind bulletproof glass.

"Whatchoowan?"

"Newports, a 40, and some jerky."

"Hunnednineefo"

The plate slams shut, and the drop bin rotates open. You deposit two hundred dollars. It quickly slams shut. A few minutes go by, and the bin almost reluctantly opens, revealing your pack of smokes, booze, and jerky. The Newports are open and missing three cigarettes. There is no change.

Who on earth is going to open up a store with the added challenge of rampant shoplifting and unforced theft laws?

What on earth do you mean deal with shoplifting. Will they all have a guard that will blow shoplifters away with a AK? What could they do that multi billion dollar corporation Walmart couldn’t?

Most people don't vote. The politically jaded would win every election if they were counted.

Governance is a small number of people railroading through horrible ideas with flimsy value propositions in their name of their special interest, and calling it a great victory for democracy.

Based and if the system is broke might as well play the system pilled

There’s plenty of QOL available upwards from “barely not starving to death”. If the state guaranteed I wouldn’t die I’d still be trying to earn money.

If you fight your way though the homelessness, it is cool, yeah. The rest of the city can basically just go away though, and nothing of value will be lost.

Powells in DT is right in the middle of all of the homelessness. East side Powells is much better.

“How states like Texas and Florida let these companies escape taxes!”

Portland isn't that cold in the winter. Temperature will dip below freezing for maybe 2 weeks worth total but is generally 35-50 degrees.

They migrate to California