r one reason for small, new business's to close is shoplifting. Approximately 10% of consumers enter a store and shoplift. It is very hard to run a store when 10% of your store is stolen from you. The other factor is security equipment. It is expensive to run security precautions in your store, which is why so many small stores have none. When a store becomes big enough to afford good security equipment such as cameras and a security/ surveillance team then it is worth it. Security usually pays it self off from the money they get from shoplifters. When a person is caught for shoplifting they expect forgiveness because to them it does not seem that big of a deal. The only problem is that that person is not the only one. It probably happens pretty regularly. Future store owners are affected by shoplifting. If you live in a bad area or maybe even any area for that matter, you are open to shoplifting. Since most future storeowners are aware of the damages of shoplifting they are discouraged from opening their own store. Shoplifting affects our economy. The big problem is that it inflates prices. The only way that a store can maintain when almost 10% of their store is being robbed is to raise prices. It is not fair that some people can steal and others work hard and pay which is the honest way. If a store has to close down then that cuts jobs. One store may not seem like a big difference, but when stores are closing every day because they can't maintain a stable business because of shoplifters: it has a big influence. The loss of jobs then accounts for more unemployed, which equals a worse economy. If a future storeowner decides it is not a good idea then this also cuts down jobs. It is estimated that the United States economy loses ten billion dollars due to shoplifting a year. That is around twenty-five million dollars a day. That is ten billion dollars businesses need to compensate for. Another point for why shoplifting is hurting our eco...
