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Anti-Theft Cages Scare Off Customers

August 9, 2024
Amazon says that drugstores’ anti-theft cages are making customers turn to online shopping— and they’re not wrong.
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On Thursday, Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy said on an earnings call that retail stores’ theft-prevention measures may be indirectly boosting Amazon’s sales.

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Drug stores all over America are struggling and it's working in Amazon's
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favor. So, Ceo Andy Josi on Thursday said that anti-theft
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measures in stores are helping to drive more customers to shop online
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and use Amazon's pharmacy business.
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Walgreens CV. Sr A are some of the big chains that
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have been trying to keep up with the changing economics of their
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industry and the shift in consumer behavior.
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Well, I mean,
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have you seen those videos brother the grabbing and taking off?
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That's why they're doing it,
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you know, but yeah,
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they're like, oh no,
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we don't want you to get to it.
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But I mean, instead of being able to grab what you
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need quickly, you know,
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you're met with a glass cage of frustration,
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brother, you know,
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like you have to put down an employee to get it.
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Yeah. And we,
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we potentially talking about like a 30 minute ordeal and I don't
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know if you've experienced this,
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but when you press the button,
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it says what freaking section you're in and it like,
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it literally like tells the whole store like what you need and
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I was buying freaking tampons and,
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and it's like, oh you know,
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feminine hygiene, like,
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whatever, like, and it's like,
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bro, like, I don't want my business on blast.
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Yeah. Like, what if I was buying,
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like, freaking Monistat for yeast infections or something?
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What's, oh, I never heard of.
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Oh, no, I mean,
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it's just, it announces everything like,
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what you want, you know,
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consider yourself lucky sister because I go and I'm like,
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Duke and it doesn't do anything,
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like, I don't know,
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the battery is dead or what.
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And I would come up a nickel to like electronics and it's
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like, when you do some diapers and they're like,
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oh, that's not my department.
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You know, then who can help me?
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You know, what?
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Screw this, I'm gonna imagine into my own hand and be
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like, hey Bing Bong.
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No. Ok.