> Your options are either more monitoring to stop/slow down theft, or having the stores close entirely in what I would imagine are lower income areas that don't have a lot of options in the first place.

I gotta say, I'm getting pretty annoyed how there are people that shoplift and encourage others to shoplift, and then get a Surprised Pikachu face when the stores either close or put in more draconian measures to prevent shoplifting. People brag about using self-checkout to steal or get something at a significantly reduced price (like ringing up your steak as bananas), and then get pissed when stores demand to check receipts or shut down their self-checkouts entirely.

It's not corporate simping to point out that businesses exist to make money, and if theft is so rampant that they're not making money, they're going to close those locations.