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0 pointshnlmorg2mo ago0 comments

I wasn’t dismissing theft and supermarkets do not have 2% of their stock lost through theft (if 1 in 50 items were already stolen then that supermarket is dysfunctional at preventing theft).

Thus what you’re describing simply has no basis in reality.

Furthermore, you’ve completely misread every single comment in this thread and taken the least charitable conclusion from them.

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etchalon2mo ago

You seem to believe that when the industry says they suffer a 2% loss due to shrinkage, they mean 2% of their inventory. That 2% figure refers to gross sales, not item inventory losses.

hnlmorgOP2mo ago

As I’ve already told you, the industry says they lose 1.6% to shrinkage and theft is just a subset of shrinkage.

So your figures are flat out wrong.

And I get it’s a gross figure, I was just putting it into simple terms for you because you’ve managed to misunderstand every other comment thus far. I was hoping turning the figure into a fraction might help you understand the ridiculousness of your comments. It was meant as an illustration rather than a literal scenario.

Anyway, like the other guy, I’m done chatting to you now. I’ve done business studies and worked in retail before moving to IT. Clearly you haven’t. And if you’re going to keep repeating incorrect figures then you’re beyond reason anyway.

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