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More than plexiglass: Experts weigh in on rising retail crime rate in US

Inside Retail

He went on to say that retailers are dealing with epidemic levels of shoplifting, with large quantities of merchandise being stolen, often by repeat offenders. billion due to theft in 2023 alone. He said this is tied to large transnational organised groups, using theft for financial gain.

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The Electric Hummer Is a Mix Between an Ambulance and a Race Car

Robinson Meyer

Mikhael Farah, a spokesperson for General Motors, told me in a statement that the Hummer in the video was able to accelerate so rapidly because the driver was using a feature called “Watts to Freedom,” a “launch-control mode” designed to propel the car forward from a stop. It’s absolutely a design choice and a marketing choice,” Schiavo said.

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