“We were just getting fed up. Our security bill was $150,000 last year. We never had that. The police aren’t going to come. So I blast someone on my Instagram, and they freak out. Very wealthy people start shoplifting. They realize, ‘Well, if everyone else can do it, and I’m paying taxes and they’re not getting arrested, so I’ll do it, there’s no consequences. Just shove it in your bag.' It’s horrible that we have to do this, but it has curtailed the shoplifting tremendously.”
Siyamak sits down with Fraser Ross, owner of Kitson, a specialty retail store in Los Angeles. Shoplifting is on the rise in LA. Mr. Ross shares how he holds thieves accountable by socially shaming them. We also talked to Ashley Massimino, a clinical and forensic psychologist, to understand the reasons behind the rise in shoplifting.
“The backdrop of LA is going down fast. The uniqueness is going down fast. Every day, I hear stores closing. If this doesn’t stop, there won’t be small specialty stores, which is the backbone of the American economy, 85 percent are small businesses. There’s just no reason to open the store in California.”
*Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of California Insider.
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