That's really going to inconvenience a lot of people who will have to find a new place to shoplift.

@johnathonpedersen9844

Жыл бұрын

Hey love your vids lol

@LPCardinals

Жыл бұрын

Did not expect to see you here 😂

@obaniehia

Жыл бұрын

go get some parts of the building to use in new shells!

@kym1988

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@cathleencaratan3373

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

When Walmart leaves town you know things are turning for the worst.

@uniquehorn1480

Жыл бұрын

The thieves will get better merch at Target now.

@titanproductions3628

Жыл бұрын

@@uniquehorn1480 and get tackled for it.

@mikec360

Жыл бұрын

Yup

@walden6272

Жыл бұрын

Walmart leaving town is a good thing, no? Now small business and mom and pop shops get to make a comeback.

@gabrielserrano5054

Жыл бұрын

People need walmart to leave and open smaller bussiness near by. It's a shame Chinese imports are limited now they are closing.

It's sad for the honest people who pay for their stuff, and it's the shoplifters that destroy the community.

@stavroslask1292

Жыл бұрын

It’s not sad, it’s their FAULT for NOT revolting against BLM Antufa and LGBTQ trans “things” because those are the people that destroyed the west coast

@SidewaysBurnouts

11 ай бұрын

nothing destroys communities like foriegn slave labor and lobbyists for bellow the poverty line wages.

@jesse_-

10 ай бұрын

The people that pay also vote, and they got precisely what they voted for.

@NR-cq6uu

10 ай бұрын

What's also sad is the fact Walmart actually donates back to the community. Well that's gone.

@SidewaysBurnouts

10 ай бұрын

a govt that kills journalists, hates the constitutuion and burns children for oil? i dont think either party strays from the policy of zionist police state, staged terror and mind control. @@jesse_-

That mayor is doing a helluva job out there!

@lucky1u

5 ай бұрын

He was hanging out in the mob attacking city hall downtown. He should have stood with the police offers guarding it.

Hope that poor lady gets her voice back

@vennilamahavlogs1924

Жыл бұрын

Good

@amberdelivered6054

Жыл бұрын

I read this as I heard her voice

@muneermirza4301

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@boeing747400ifly

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking at least the place where she buys her cigarettes is still open.

@amnafebil9143

Жыл бұрын

👍

When Walmart closes because their clientele is too scummy you know your area REALLY has a problem!

@jackhowland3737

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@silentsmilez503

Жыл бұрын

They're moving here from the states south and east of us.

@justussmith2840

Жыл бұрын

i think that's more of the location's problem, not the ave shopper.

@kenshinhimura9387

Жыл бұрын

​@@silentsmilez503 lol nope. It's the opposite

@RiverRatWA57

Жыл бұрын

Portland is another area as I former OTR truck driver that I'm Glad that I NEVER have to return to!!

As a business owner: i would take exactly the same decision. Sorry for the affected people. Giving away merchandise to thieves simply is not realistic !

@DAVIDJOHNSON-pp3ke

Жыл бұрын

you really think that is true,explain why Walmart is closeting stores in Hawaii .

Who knew the best way to fight corporatism was decriminalizing criminal acts. Keep up the good work Portland representatives!🤡

@KennethLWagner-yw9ko

Жыл бұрын

is some truth to that

@chizqo8946

11 ай бұрын

decriminlazing theft is addressign the symptom jus tlike a grocery store addresses another sysmptom. You don't need a big box supersotre in every town, its a new phenemenom cnetered around greed and profit, not sustainability, health, or happiness, or prpsoperity for the local area. Educate yourselves. Your money is worthless if you have nothing to spend it on and walmart takes more than it pays from the community. (it is a for profit company)

BRUH....IF WALMART PULLS OUT OF YOUR CITY..YOU ARE DEFINETLY IN BAD SHAPE 😟😷

@enlightenedhummingbird4764

Жыл бұрын

Or the people are being used as pawns in the chess game playing out on planet earth.

@rezakhan4150

Жыл бұрын

Stay of PDX problems. How are with snow/ice mooncriket?

@rezakhan4150

Жыл бұрын

Duck all of you, for ty purposes

@TheGreen8astard

Жыл бұрын

There’s only 2 in Portland…. There’s some people that would judge a city by how many Walmart’s they have….

@rezakhan4150

Жыл бұрын

@Alex Welch go to whole foods and pay 19 dollars a pound for food... .........n

Happy to see everything working out for the voters of Portland

@sendthis9480

Жыл бұрын

Yeah kiddo…that’s it. Last election was SUPER close…and it all came down to the legislation that decided if Walmart will close or not. 🙄 Grow up. Your rhetoric is obnoxious and needy.

@stevesmith662

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that's the case, I live in LA where we have nutcase leftist government, nobody voted for those azzhouls they've been fixing the vote for decades

@ProbInsane

Жыл бұрын

@@stevehaller6332 They get what they voted for

@albundy5492

Жыл бұрын

​@@stevehaller6332 socialism it's what they want this is what the begining stages look like buckle up only gonna to move quicker toward chaos

@TacticalBuffoonary

Жыл бұрын

They get what they deserve 😂😂

I think we can all see this coming. With unbridled lawlessness, businesses will leave and the city will spiral into an even deeper economic hellhole. Ten years ago, these didn't happen. While there is the occasional shoplifting, it's nothing compared to the "raids" we see these days. Add to this police inaction and/or ineffective legal action, businesses no longer have confidence to invest and do business in that city. With them closing, thousands of jobs will go. And with this, more bankruptcies, social problems and homelessness.

@rancors1

Жыл бұрын

Why should the cops show up when all that shoplifters get after arrest is a free lunch? Keep them in jail long enough to get them booted out of their apartments for not paying rent!

Let me tell you a story, asa police officer, I was hired with extra duty by stationed in a certain store in a shopping center. As it went, the store was happy for no shoplifting took place. But I was let go, because the other stores complained that their shoplifting increased by me staying in one store. The other stores forced my store to let me go because of their greatly increased shoplifting, thus things went back to normal and my store started getting shoplifting back, good luck.

@trentbateman

Жыл бұрын

That’s wild…what city

@KennethLWagner-yw9ko

Жыл бұрын

judge and prosecutor wouldlet them go anyway, the govenors know that if a civil matter escalates they can make money but shoplifting? cant take money from a turnip

@opinioncounts5490

Жыл бұрын

@@trentbateman Medina county, Ohio

@brianjohnson4929

11 ай бұрын

....serious?????

@TheeSlickShady

10 ай бұрын

Ohio. Ya.

Who would have thought, unrestricted shoplifting would be an issue for all of us.

@VesperAegis

Жыл бұрын

These are the consequences of Republicans failing to pass federal-level equity legislation. Portland does not live in an economic vacuum - The economy is holistic in nature, as is the job market, and whenever you fail to address the rising disparity in income and basic affordability and sustenance, you also encourage high GINI coefficients and crime.

@Memed_Central

Жыл бұрын

But…but they have insurance bro! Stealing isn’t wrong! Gender is fluid!!😂😂😂😂(sarcasm npc idiots)

@samgriess438

Жыл бұрын

they are having troubles finding a new place to steal from and list their stolen products online as their "business"

@tytemind7850

Жыл бұрын

Dah!

@balls433

Жыл бұрын

@@VesperAegisare you slow ? OR is a liberal state and during these riots and shoplifting, a liberal governor and mayor ran this city. 👏s👏t👏f👏u

There's never been a shortage of shoppers at any Walmart location in the history of all Walmarts. "Not meeting financial expectations" is definitely code for too many shoplifters.

@toddyork5698

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say almost exactly this! It isn't code, they just didn't use the word to trigger the PC crowd, 'shrinkage'

@normanrosenkether8639

Жыл бұрын

Self check out isn't helping that problem.

@priscillawagner4939

Жыл бұрын

Get rid of self checkout

@weebeevillaging587

Жыл бұрын

In 2005 the unincorporated area of Cedar Mill in Oregon was successful in keeping Walmart out of our neighborhood. We lobbied we fought and ultimately won against the giant. Walmart stores are against our beliefs in what a good steward of a community should be. Their wages and benefits are below the industry standards. The goods they sell are mostly of inferior quality. The customers they attract to their stores tend to face challenges in life that can affect the surrounding communities negatively. Walmart has a place in small towns with limited resources not in the higher end neighborhoods that don’t shop there. Why would anyone from Oregon shop at a Walmart when we have Fred Meyer. They have quality goods at fair prices and have been a steward in our community for over 100 years. Walmart doesn’t belong in every state and they are slowly learning this. Businesses need to realize their business practices don’t work in every community.

@cappystrano1

Жыл бұрын

@@weebeevillaging587 well the thieves will eventually come after your “ high end community” sooner or later if nothing is done about it.

I was at a Walmart by my house recently & saw two people walk out with items they didn't pay for & I told an employee & he shrugs & says "Yeah, well what are you gonna do?" I'm sure the employees don't care & don't get paid enough to deal with shoplifters

@kevinmoore7975

Жыл бұрын

They surely don’t get paid enough to risk their lives by confronting shoplifters.

No flatscreen, no peace! No flatscreen, no peace!

The CEO of Walmart announced last year that they would be closing hundreds of stores all across America in these crime ridden areas, because of the shoplifting. Walgreens are moving out of these areas also.

@tabletalk33

Жыл бұрын

As the shoplifters fan out in search of goods to steal, other retailers will have to tighten security and changer their business models, too. There is going to be a lot of friction over those changes.

@robg.204

Жыл бұрын

That's the other thing too. These businesses are told by politicians to open up in low-income areas and this is what happens when they do. Politicians need to make laws to keep shoplifters out and help these businesses stay in the hood. You can't put a huge business like Walmart, or Whole Foods in the hood. I'm from the hood and all the stores I grew up with had owners with guns. Nobody stole from them. LOL

@lucky1206

Жыл бұрын

Maybe when they close down then the decent people will move out as well

@terrylee8333

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletalk33 lol everyone will only be able to order on line and pick up lol .

@raimeyewens7518

Жыл бұрын

The problem with that is they will come out to the nicer areas and do it. Where I live they closed down all of the large downtown malls because of crime. The people who actually bought things were too scared to shop there. So they closed. Next thing you know we have those people at our nice mall. Then the shootings and shoplifting started. People quit going and now most of the stores have left. Because again, the people who actually shop are too scared to go.

The reaping of what has been sown continues...

@killingerk

Жыл бұрын

lol

@Lens10x

Жыл бұрын

it's almost like its a Republican state lol

@Freddy_Confetti

Жыл бұрын

@@Lens10x 🤡

@bolt5916

Жыл бұрын

Good! shyt deserves shyt...... Drug infested place.... Honestly who's surprised addicts need rob shyt 😂

@Pleasiotic1

Жыл бұрын

@@Lens10x If we are playing opposites.

Can't blame the stores. Blame the communities doing the thieving.

glad i'm in missouri.the online ordering and pick up is so helpful to me because i cant walk very far from gout and rhuematoid.really saves me lot of pain

@hadassahpeace4733

Жыл бұрын

Sorry about your pain I hope none of our Missouri Walmarts close. Of course there is a dollar general in every little town, but it isnt walmart

They act like Walmart should just keep operating as a public service. In the real world, there is a cost to letting crime go unchecked. You dont want shoplifters punished? Heres the result.

@dbergerac9632

Жыл бұрын

Next time they should vote like it matters.

@luciddreams6210

Жыл бұрын

Who thinks Walmart should operate as a public service?

@luciddreams6210

Жыл бұрын

@@dbergerac9632 don’t worry you will get the totalitarian rule that you crave so much. Once we get another republican in office and they pick up where trump left off china is going to hit us with the business and it’s bye bye United States of America and hello peoples republic of the untied states. Hope you’ll be happy.

@swedacashregisters

Жыл бұрын

@@luciddreams6210 quess

@carpenoctem3257

Жыл бұрын

@@luciddreams6210 the nit wits who shop there

Those people know exactly why Walmart is closing those stores. We all do.

@ge2623

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. That damn Warren G. Harding and his Teapot Dome Scandal.

@itsawackyworld8717

Жыл бұрын

Because Democrats control the city, Democrats that support criminals over everything else.

@Sheri77

Жыл бұрын

The degenerate Democrats and their lawlessness.

@kadafi4lyf

Жыл бұрын

@@noobsaibot8844 try again

@raymondlin8728

Жыл бұрын

​​@@noobsaibot8844 N I _ _ _ _ S Hows that. I correct for you

Wal-Mart operates on razor thin margins to keep prices low. Theft eats into that very quickly.

People don't realize this (or don't want to) but you can't let ANY TYPE OF STEALING to go un-punished if we ever want to return to having a functioning society again! Keep going like this and pretty soon the only thing illegal will be owning a gun for protection.

@hrandolph1

11 ай бұрын

It's precisely because all shoplifters now have guns, that no one stands in their way. Way to go Republicans.

@jaimeosbourn3616

9 ай бұрын

@@hrandolph1 Leave it to a leftie to manufacture a way to blame conservatives for problems the democrats created.

@TJ-bu9zk

8 ай бұрын

@@hrandolph1 No, the vast majority of shoplifting is done without a firearm being present. Theft under 5,000 is a slap on the wrist, thift with a firearm could get you several years/life in prison. So you have no idea what you are talking about and just want an opportunity to slam a political party/firearms in general without being informed.

If Walmart leaves your town, I can’t imagine the hellhole it must be

@borandell9915

Жыл бұрын

True. I live in a city that Walmart is closing a store too. Albuquerque. It has become a liberal shithole too.

@johndavis8669

Жыл бұрын

We never had a Walmart in the small city somewhere in Maryland that I used to live in.

@tyharris9994

Жыл бұрын

If 7-11 goes they will be reduced to hunter-gatherer cannibals.

@ArnobMD

Жыл бұрын

​@@tyharris9994 lol

@vsedai

Жыл бұрын

We don't have walmart in Seattle by choice

How can any store keep its doors open if city leaders don't take shoplifting seriously? Large and small stores have complained about shoplifters for 2 years to deaf ears, and now they taking action.

@itsyooboii1464

Жыл бұрын

Biden's America

@oldscoolcooldiecast1879

Жыл бұрын

Gotta blame Walmart a little. For starters take out self checkout and put cashiers back ringing people up but wait Walmart wants robots for employees and what about how they treat there employees the info is out there do a little research and you may start to understand they destroy neighborhoods and get all they can and then move on leaving nothing but shut down stores and the poor without. Sam Walton would be ashamed

@Mrerickson1112

Жыл бұрын

@@itsyooboii1464 Don't be an idiot

@michaelbest7872

Жыл бұрын

George H Hi. PARENTS should be teaching their children right from wrong. Unfortunately, it's the parents that do most of the stealing in today's society.

@jakeg3126

Жыл бұрын

@@itsyooboii1464 yea most wanted to defund the police. All the voters that voted to defund the police apparently wanted police.

30 years ago people warned about this. Let Walmart take over and now you have nothing. People need to wake up.

in the summer of 77 we had a blackout in nyc alot of stores clothes stores,appliance stores, jewlery stores and such were gutted..i worked at flushing ave and broadway in brooklyn it was a supermarket yet it wasn't touched at all. when i asked my boss why he told me if the store was broken into the thieves wouldn't have a place where they could steal fresh food daily

You know the situation is dire when WALMART is leaving a city.

@dougfredricks2017

Жыл бұрын

Retarded Arrogant People

@LavonJackson-rb5zq

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@StanH1966

Жыл бұрын

They're closing 23 locations. Alabama, Texas and Florida included. Clutch those conservative pearls. They're hitting red states too 🤣🤣🤣

@sirfartyfartsalot9896

Жыл бұрын

Honestly.... less chains, the better.

@NatorDM

Жыл бұрын

@@sirfartyfartsalot9896 Normally I'd agree but taking Walmart away really screws people who really can't move away over. When your only other store is a Safeway where an item is literally six times the price the same item at Walmart that's a problem.

Way to go Portland....You make Detroit look like a tropical paradise

@WanderingExistence

Жыл бұрын

I'm not saying it's right, but I hope you get just as mad at Wall Street for Walmart's wage theft and putting dividend raises and share buybacks before raising wages. E: Think about all the money that has been drained out of communities because wages have been decreased and profits get siphoned to Bentonville, Arkansas the headquarters of Walmart. But when it's executives and lawyers in suits literally stealing over $320 Million in wages, this is seen as a normal way to break down communities... When it's Bob and Susan stealing $320 it's seen as so much worse, even though it's literally a million times less value. Think about that.

@edwinajackson278

Жыл бұрын

@@WanderingExistence Spoken like a true Portland commie!

@brickcity1711

Жыл бұрын

@@WanderingExistence I agree 100% with you.

@floydsemlow8253

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@windywednesday4166

Жыл бұрын

Right? How bad do you have to be before you're not good enough for a Walmart. SMH.

Got to love these reporters. Completely ignoring the obvious reasons why this is happening. So shocking i tell you

More power to Walmart. Less power to Portland. Serves everybody right.

I love how these reporters are acting like they're surprised this is happening. Wondering if it's shoplifters? Boneheads.

@williamryan9195

Жыл бұрын

Walmarts hire security when loss becomes a problem. The reason they close is because their customers are getting pushed out by high cost of housing.

@georgiathai4961

Жыл бұрын

@@williamryan9195 Yah, right, that must be it.

@Goodkidjr43

Жыл бұрын

@@williamryan9195 False. I worked at Wal Mart years ago and they told us NOT to stop shoplifters.....Next

@rooster1012

Жыл бұрын

Walmarts are closing all over the country this is nothing new, you can tell that these stores are small and the lots are not full so there is no reason for a large corporation to keep them open they closed 2 near me and it had nothing to do with shoplifting.

@williamryan9195

Жыл бұрын

@@Goodkidjr43 Walmart did so to protect you and themselves. No large retailer is going to ask it's employees to take on the role of security. And if you are that dumb to think it's smart to try and stop some drug addict shoplifter on your pay rate then that is your problem. Trust me. In some areas Wally has armed security.

You know it's bad when even Walmart doesn't want to deal with it.

@kevinchoi6792

Жыл бұрын

😂

@alexcarson2117

Жыл бұрын

I've seen White Castle close in Gary, you know it's a bad area

@cherylp9963

Жыл бұрын

Lmao....

@LordCommandor

Жыл бұрын

Shoplifting has nothing to do with a Walmart closing. They just aren't seeing enough revenue in their big ticket items, primarily in electronics and clothing.

@davidjaylaw1920

Жыл бұрын

​@@LordCommandor your an idiot.. my buddy works there.. its 100% shoplifting

And they still don't get it ! They all stand by and watch it happen...

These kind of closures say more about the community, than Walmart.

@jrey6186

7 ай бұрын

WM smart business move and solid common sense strategy - nice to know shareholders also matter

"Not meeting financial expectations." Translation: shop lifting is causing the store bottom line to go red and Walmart is not interested in paying for stolen items (nor do I blame Walmart).

@JohnDeWeese-lq4pf

Жыл бұрын

"Not meeting financial expectations." Shame we don't hold the Biden Administration to the same standard of giving Ukraine $26,994,820.00 as of 3-2-2023 TAX PAYER'S money. "Some people are truly great manipulators. They can lie, cheat, steal, and treat you like crap and somehow manage to make it all seem like it’s all your fault! AND you keep on voting for these bastards!" ~An Original Musk-eteer

@kennymacc75

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh so its shoplifters huh? To a company that throws multiple thousands of dollars of food away per day! The same company that'll fire human cashiers to insert self checkout machine that don't require higher living wages...oh you mean the Corporate giant that'll cut your hours just below the federal threshold to pay some employees full time benefits? Yeah shoplifters is the real problem!

@Mikesorrento3344

Жыл бұрын

Keep on voting for those swell liberals and keep in getting this. Liberalism is ruining our country.

@RetroGamerBB

Жыл бұрын

They weren't interested in paying people to work there anyway.

@darkheartt302

Жыл бұрын

Got to love those California transplants. Thanks Newsom for being so soft on crime that it’s spreading to other states.

When you live in a city where the administration does nothing for the citizens who obey the law and fail to prosecute shop lifter etc., you can not expect a business to keep taking a hit!

@greenwave819

Жыл бұрын

the biz can expect to take a hit yes. in the name of freedom!

@jayp2623

Жыл бұрын

Walmart fine you cousin lover. There's no employees at Walmart I'd steal too 😂

@Hath.0

Жыл бұрын

They do nothing becuase this is the result they want. More people dependant on the State,more control

@ommnibox1917

Жыл бұрын

I mean true, but also walmart made an increase in profits of over 2.5 percent in 2022. So this isnt putting them in the red. Maybe if they stopped racially profiling their customers and then being forced to pay settlements in the millions. That would help their bottom line more.

@briandaniel931

Жыл бұрын

So you saying to Portland Walmart or closing because of shoplifting

The irony is making me giddy! Defund law enforcement, terrorize retailers and end up without anywhere to shop. You don't $HIT where you eat! So glad the retailers are leaving.

Isn’t not prosecuting people who steal and vandalize great? Businesses are out to make money and not let people shoplift.

This broke my brain. I can't even fathom how horrible a place must be that they lose ALL of their Walmarts.

@jasonmartinez9545

Жыл бұрын

at least its improved now that the walmarts are gone.

@everready19373

Жыл бұрын

"Liberalism, find a cure." Mark Dice.

@everready19373

Жыл бұрын

"Liberalism, find a cure." Mark Dice.

@MyerShift7

Жыл бұрын

This is the Democrat future. This is exactly what they want and this is what these people voted for. They have no brains and are now getting exactly what they deserve. These kinds of people should be institutionalized. Not allowed to vote or make important decisions.

@Rob-rl2sx

Жыл бұрын

Badddddddf

Who would have thought that when you make theft legal, businesses leave. 🤔

@creepycrespi8180

Жыл бұрын

No liberals would have.

@jamesmitch9792

Жыл бұрын

it's walmart nothing of value was lost there.

@farticlesofconflatulation

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesmitch9792 tell that to low income residents.

@HolyEnchanta

Жыл бұрын

@@creepycrespi8180 The liberals do know, but unfortunately, they need the felons' votes

@stephaniemanchester-chermo3840

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesmitch9792 . Says the idiot that doesn’t understand cause and effect. You should tell the poor folks that rely on that store that it’s just worthless stuff. Moron.

When you have employees and customers stealing more than the store handle on the bottom line, what do you expect.

no target, no walmart.....gee Portlandia, you're doing so well.....

When you don't prosecute criminal shoplifters, stores close down and leave. Seems like that would be a no brainer.

@KrisLapler

Жыл бұрын

It gives legal shoplifters a real bad rap.

@libertyvilleguy2903

Жыл бұрын

Amen sister. Pretty simple.

@willscheck8072

Жыл бұрын

you could stop this in 6 months lock up drug addicts like we did in the 70's in Michigan sale of herion 20 years sale of weed 3 years. posession of drugs for sale up to 20 years. the unemployed drug users are the ones who steal. i have been there, 6 years off dope this year.

@iansharp7422

Жыл бұрын

Build more jails and mental hospitals.

@gauisoctavian

Жыл бұрын

Not only do they not prosecute they blatantly disregard theft as a thing of no consequence and this is what happens with such.

I have a relative that is a Manager in a North Portland big chain store , he has reported an increase in stealing and the outright boldness of the thieves, filling up baskets and walking out with stolen merchandise . Employees , chase after them and call Police , who have refused to respond . The situation is forcing these stores to close , as they cannot keep up with the security enforcement.

@bassage13

Жыл бұрын

And how did this relative vote?

@muffs55mercury61

Жыл бұрын

Portland is a Defund the Police city. The city doesn't back their police and morale drops very low when that happens.

@elwoodblues9613

Жыл бұрын

The police have more important crimes to look for, like using the wrong pronouns. 🤨

@muffs55mercury61

Жыл бұрын

@@elwoodblues9613 Yes-----you hit that on the nail. Oh in my state possession of pot is still criminalized. Jails are full of those dangerous criminals here.

@invaderzim1265

Жыл бұрын

Tell walmart don't let the door kick you on the way out. AND NEVER, EVER come back.

YOU ALL VOTED FOR THIS. CONGRATULATIONS 🎊 Next time vote with your brain 🧠 not your feelings.

The Walmart on Center Drive in Medford will likely be the last one left in Oregon at this rate.Was there for a good part of last summer.Not much crime on that side of town surprisingly,given that a lot of Portlanders have headed there and to nearby towns such as Phoenix,Talent and Ashland

Of course it's the merchandise walking out the door, and the judicial system in Portland smiling and shrugging at any business that complains. Wouldn't shock me to see a major grocery chain pull out next.

@bholmes5490

Жыл бұрын

I 've been told that in some cities 25 percent of the Police Calls are to Walmarts. And true enough have seen many police at their stores.

@happytimeharry363

Жыл бұрын

ImNotBob,....that is not what they said. The stores did not meet expectations. There are non-Walmart options, or they can travel to a different county that has one.

@Youreallylooked

Жыл бұрын

Not it’s NOT, theft accounts for 0.5% of their revenue…..that’s LESS THAN 1%

@paulwolf7562

Жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder if some of these civic leaders aren't getting anything, for all of this? A cut of the graft,or something else?

@bolt5916

Жыл бұрын

Now instead of a billion $ corporation that can take it/ deal with it... All the small businesses like gas stations bout go next....... An unlike Walmart they physically won't have a opinion but to or declare bankruptcy

These People/Customers have Voted for the Portland they now live in.

@greenwave819

Жыл бұрын

I hope to move there soon as they pay for my gas

@lonlayton4080

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy

@bobdelano6746

Жыл бұрын

F um

@georgecarter838

Жыл бұрын

It's very hard to have much sympathy for them. They had every opportunity in the last elections to vote out and replace those radical/woke people and take back their city from them, but as always, they keep voting them right back in time and time again...

@michele2566

Жыл бұрын

Exactly however I still believe There is election fraud here.

When Portland legalized smash-and-grab looting, did they expect that store would stay?

Momma/Papa grocery stores will soon be back in business with higher prices items. 😂😂😂😂

Went to this Wal-mart on 82nd to buy socks a couple of years ago. The SOCKS were in a locked case. That tells you all you need to know.

@coolramone

Жыл бұрын

I bought a $5 saw blade at WMart that was behind a locked glass door. Employee had to unlock it.

@e.m.5499

Жыл бұрын

Someday everything will be that way. Just photos & have someone go get it for you...but...socks? Yikes!

@jakeg3126

Жыл бұрын

@@coolramone saw blade would at least make more sense you could use it as a weapon.

@jakeg3126

Жыл бұрын

@@e.m.5499 I don’t think so

@robertkartechner5850

Жыл бұрын

Socks locked up - wow! Now that is a sad statement on the society. And yeah, lax laws and penalties only allow shoplifting to continue.

“Not meeting financial expectations.” Translation: “crime is out of control.”

@travisf2660

Жыл бұрын

Democrat ran areas are complete shitholes.

@TheNeuroticjetfan

Жыл бұрын

You should see the “shrinkage “ amount at the Happy Valley store.

@beautifulone5509

Жыл бұрын

It's more like when your rent is $1,800 a month for a 1 bedroom people get desperate. Portland is expensive.

@travisf2660

Жыл бұрын

@Beautifulone the city's are what the officials make it. If it's democrat ran, it's higher everything with crime. Ran down and nasty. Portland is only one of the few. When they allow thieves to rob stores with zero actions, the end result is what you see here. But but they have insurance!

@silentsmilez503

Жыл бұрын

​@@travisf2660it's sad because the crooks r in office and see Portland as needing destruction because it was too nice of a city setting examples about green living, very courteous community in the past

You just know Target is now assessing their options in Portland because the Walmart "shoppers?" will be heading to Target.

when Walmart leaves it's a sign of a dying community

Portland could actually make it illegal to shoplift any amount.

@troyb.4101

Жыл бұрын

Throw them in jail for six months each time. is the real answer. Stop these criminals, while you still have stores left.

@BrianPhobos

Жыл бұрын

That would be logical Jim. All these people are broke, drugged, vaxx3d, and mentally unstable

@Ratboy2004

Жыл бұрын

Increase taxes to pay for jails and feeding them.

@AnonDoge

Жыл бұрын

@@troyb.4101 you think they don’t already throw them in jail lol they don’t give a damn

@ComboverChris

Жыл бұрын

​@thechow5793 it's catch and release.

The only way a Walmart store "doesn't meet financial expectations" when there are only two of them in a city of well over 600,000 people is due to rampant and uncontrollable shoplifting. I live in a city of about 100,000 people in Ontario, Canada, and there have been two Walmart Supercenters successfully operating here for a LONG time. We also have a Costco and the usual list of major retail businesses, so it's not like Walmart is the only place to shop.

@_m_K_.

Жыл бұрын

That may or may not be true, it's also about how much employees are paid and even local/state rules, such as if health insurance is required, etc.

@jerrimenard3092

Жыл бұрын

Also, the nearest Walmart to the location on 82nd is on the same street! A few miles down the road is Happy Valley, a suburb. On the way is a WINCO Foods, a Trader Joe's and a Nature Grocer. So, I guess those shoplifters don't go to any of those stores? It's not the shoplifters, it's Walmart offering slave wages and bad products compared to other stores.

@pcs5852

Жыл бұрын

@@_m_K_.: Congratulations on the inanity; everything "may or may not be true", ffs.

@Digger-Nick

Жыл бұрын

@@jerrimenard3092 You realize walmart doesn't just sell groceries right? Contrary to bigoted leftist belief, nobody is shoplifting groceries because nobody is poor enough where they have to shoplift just to stay alive LMAO

@jerrywilcox9890

Жыл бұрын

Has nothing to do with shoplifters lol.

SHOPLIFTING WAS A BIG FACTOR IN THESE STORES CLOSING!

Bad wins over good again. Congratulations to the thieves again, you win and ruined it for everyone. Well done.

Lawlessness destroys communities and makes life hard for all.

@willj1598

Жыл бұрын

So you're saying there are natural consequences of not holding people accountable for their behavior? Imagine that. Hard to believe as humans we have to keep learning such basic lessons over and over. We certainly do have a way of ignoring history then repeating it.

@michaeldonnan6767

Жыл бұрын

@@willj1598 "Over the past few years Walmart has announced that they have closed well over 160 locations in 27 states throughout the U.S., affecting over 10,000 employees. The states hit the hardest in recent years include Texas (29), North Carolina (17), and Arkansas (11)."

@manictiger

Жыл бұрын

The problem isn't lawlessness. It's too much law. If people were allowed to defend their property with lethal measures, all this looting rubbish would end in under a month, but this country is weak and its leaders are trying to get you all to own nothing and be happy about it.

@aaronkamakaze2967

Жыл бұрын

Portland doesn't even crack the top 25 US cities for crime and poverty, not sure how this comment makes any sense but you got your narrative to push.

@aaronkamakaze2967

Жыл бұрын

@@manictiger looting? No ones looting in Portland. That hasn't happened since 2020. Turn off tucker Carlson bro

Who would have thought legalized theft from retailers would result in them leaving.

@erich6860

Жыл бұрын

Who would have thought that having the customers doing the job of employees would result in theft. Who would of thought that running stores on skeleton crews would result in theft. Who would of thought that low wages, and a general disdain for your workforce would result in theft. Walmart only has itself to blame, for theft.

P.S. i have worked very hard all my life, and I live in a very nice area. But the nearest supermarket is 5 miles away. Is my neighborhood a food desert?

Portland, Seattle, Chicago....... what could possibly be the common factor here?

You can only steal so much before a retailer has to throw in the towel and close

@GotoMaki4Micah

Жыл бұрын

they just increased their pay rate so to compensate they close stores and remove benefits

@cornpop7176

Жыл бұрын

​@@GotoMaki4Micah yeah, that's not why they shut down

@vamountainman2512

Жыл бұрын

@@GotoMaki4Micah they can't afford to hire people to unlock each and every product. Entitled degenerates thieving is what caused this.

@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256

Жыл бұрын

oh no thats all in your head. They said the stores were not performing as expected, said nothing about stealing. ... .. speaking of stealing, what do you think of these bad landlords who steal from and harm paying tenants/customers?

@nadogrl

Жыл бұрын

@@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256 - No one had to say it…everyone with a brain knows it’s theft.

If you have Walmart's closing you have a major problem in that town

@mandatorym_y_o_c_a_r_d_i_t_i_s

Жыл бұрын

Yes and property value will also drop.

@kutnahora100

Жыл бұрын

TWO WALMARTS TO BE EXACT.

@kathrynw3

Жыл бұрын

If you ask me Walmart is the problem. I have never seen the building of a Walmart increase anyone's property value. Even their own employees wind up shooting the place up on a regular basis, so is the neighborhood the problem or is it the Walmart?

@conservativeeducator5457

Жыл бұрын

The poor and entitled are the problem.

@cynthiathomas4516

Жыл бұрын

​@@conservativeeducator5457 or is it the rich and entitled?

Winco I believe won't tolerate the shoplifting because the share holders are the employees.

Theft and a community that doesn’t treat a legitimate business respect, deserves this!

How do they expect a business to actually STAY in business when the city basically allows people to shoplift?!

@erich6860

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps businesses should actually have employees do the checking out of customers goods. Perhaps businesses should have loss prevention departments that have employees. Perhaps businesses should not run on skeleton crews. Perhaps you should stop spreading lies. There is a cop for every 1000 citizens in Portland. There is only so much you can do, unless of course you want to live in a police state, and pay double your taxes? Then, you can stamp out theft.

@PreferredCustomer

Жыл бұрын

Here we have another guy in the comments who thinks he knows all about running a business, when likely his only experience with economics is buying and selling at auction houses in MMORPGs. All of these things are the consequence of policies that encourage shoplifting, discourage police from doing anything, have little money or ability to hire more workers, and realize that it makes more sense to just close than try to invest millions to fight against a system rigged against their succeeding. I'd explain it more, but I have the feeling I probably wasted my time and breath already.

@OOICU812

Жыл бұрын

​@@PreferredCustomeryup.

@elwoodblues9613

Жыл бұрын

Santa Ana Luna - liberals don't think that far ahead. Just dig at them by suggesting that people complain about shoplifting only because they're biased against people of color, and the liberal will say "f--- yeah!" Maybe their brain can't function well enough because their mask is keeping enough oxygen from getting up there. Portland is proudly Progressive, and valuable community stores being shoplifted out of business is the result. I hope the residents like the result.

I used to live in Portland and they're doing this to themselves. Being light on crime such as shop lifting, Walmart has to do something when their locations are not making profit enough to afford the ability to stay. Portland is starting to decay and it shows. The only way to change this all around for them is get tougher on crime and elect city leaders who are willing to do the same.

@zodaz5543

Жыл бұрын

Starting to?

@dicky7600

Жыл бұрын

It won't change until people stop voting for democrats.

@attilathegod

Жыл бұрын

It’s the leadership of that community. It’s the liberals in charge. It’s as if they are intentionally ruining this country so they can pick up the pieces and remake America however they want

@Slenderirl

Жыл бұрын

Who's voting them in? The thieves themselves???

@cluedin

Жыл бұрын

U dreaming, will never happen

It’s okay theft is a non violent and a victimless crime according to liberal.

Should close all stores everywhere and everyone shop online. I haven't been to a box store or grocery store since 2020. No need to when you can order everything online and have it delivered.

@jrey6186

7 ай бұрын

Agreed, pay approximately $100 year to get selected groceries placed directly on my front porch, as often as I please, at no additional cost - lobbied 4/jumped onboard as soon as the option was presented to my area 3+ years ago - additional perk, to date, no mass shootings on my front porch either - just sayin'

This is too funny. When Walmart leaves your town, you bet your town is circling the drain.

@JustSayN2O

Жыл бұрын

But I disagree. When Walmart ENTERS your town, that's the signal that it's circling down the drain.

@MrLuis85698

Жыл бұрын

@@JustSayN2O then, when Walmart leaves there is no water coming from the faucet.

@AlvinSeville1

Жыл бұрын

Oh they have been. Watching Portland from afar, I conclude you're right.

@greghauser742

Жыл бұрын

@@MrLuis85698 and Portlanders are too incompetent to fix the faucet themselves.

@MrLuis85698

Жыл бұрын

@@greghauser742 they got what they deserve I guess

I would expect more firms to close stores located in places like Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, etc. too dangerous for their employees, and too much inventory lost to theft.

@donmcatee45

Жыл бұрын

I bet we start seeing more in 2023

@stanicarlos2244

Жыл бұрын

Portland is becoming the new skid row.

@my2iu

Жыл бұрын

Walgreens actually reported that shoplifting is now back to reasonable levels and that they overreacted last year to the increase in shoplifting. Walmart’s problem might be that poor people who are suffering from inflation are shopping in dollar stores instead of Walmart. And with the economy firing on all cylinders, the lower middle class has more money and is preferring to shop elsewhere or even online.

@IrishAmerican17

Жыл бұрын

Wonder if it has anything to do with 3/4 of the state wanting to secede and combine with Idaho?

@mghegotagun

Жыл бұрын

@@my2iu "Economy firing on all cylinders"? Really? At this inflation level? With comparatively stagnated wages? With the hours, and jobs lost to extended lockdowns, and the de-moralized energy sector? The economic situation hasn't been this bad since Carter. Can you not use sloganeering absent of actual facts that sounds like it may as well have come from the administration's talking heads? As someone who was part of the lower middle class, It makes you look like a shill.

Omg, horrible. Where's everyone going to shoplift now

@WanderingExistence

Жыл бұрын

From which workers is Walmart going to steal wages now?

@raymondlin8728

Жыл бұрын

@Wandering Existence no one is stealing from them. Nobody is forcing them to take the job, the responsibilities, and paycheck. Don't like it, find another place

If theft overwhelms profit there is NO REASON for a business to operate in that area. It isn't a charity and it doesnt have to tolerate losses.

I own a convenience/liquor store in a rough part of town (Tulsa). Since I opened back in 2010 we've never allowed customers in the store. We have a walk up and a drive through window. People tell us what they want, (beer, soda, cigarettes, candy, etc) and then the clerk or myself just goes and retrieves the items. We have no shoplifting and we are totally safe because we're behind bullet proof glass.

@DavidVonR

Жыл бұрын

That's smart.

@ericmarks6322

Жыл бұрын

It's a damn shame it has to be that way but you got to do whatever you have to in order to protect your income and ability to live.

@person.X.

Жыл бұрын

That is what many liquor stores in rough parts of the north of England and Scotland have been like for decades. Makes sense.

@garyclements318

Жыл бұрын

That's a shame to have to do that.

@GunWillTravel

Жыл бұрын

Only in Portland, you need your building to be fireproof as well as bulletproof

Good god man, life goes on without Walmart. There are many other discount stores in every town and city. Dollar General and other dollar stores abound, places like Target are similar for clothing and larger appliances. Come on, there is no reason for tears when a Walmart disappears. Get real.

This is what happens when you allow shoplifting to continue without resolve and punishment.

@ronf.2029

Жыл бұрын

No worries. Shoplifters stole so much they could open up a store for these locals. Oregonians hates corporate stores like Walmart and they rather have local stores.

@middleagedjabroni

Жыл бұрын

@@ronf.2029 they would rather steal from mom and pop shops eh? This isnt gonna end well for Portland community.

CONGRATULATIONS PORTLAND!! you stayed stubborn and stayed strong and now you can reap the rewards you so highly respect, keep voting that way and enjoy your victory

@bigm8785

Жыл бұрын

I quite enjoy watching my countrymen of a certain persuasion suffer. They deserve it. You get what you vote for.

@dr.z3426

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha I love it. Those dems can get their groceries from a place 3 times the price! Don't vote Democrat

@tg5476

Жыл бұрын

liberally leaving the soros state

@nightsparrow8305

Жыл бұрын

Portland has no choice as they only do mass mail in ballots go Portland!

@tedabdulfattah2601

Жыл бұрын

@@WordsOfWisdom77777 I disagree. The dems cuddle criminals and bad behavior. Granted the other party is not perfect, but it is much better. Look at San Francisco, many Walgreens closed down for the same reason.

Wonder if the rampant stealing had some sort of effect on the stores profitability, hmmm.

The city officials have succeeded in driving out Walmart.

Congratulations Portland, you’ve achieved EQUITY,,,no one has a place to shop!

@mal74

Жыл бұрын

Equality not Equity.

@Beardodoomus

Жыл бұрын

​@@mal74 Equity is the right term here.

@wouldntyouliketoknow3811

Жыл бұрын

Old Walmarts may make awesome skating rinks let's see if we can bring back some family fun oh wait a minute there's no families left in Portland does Portland even have a zoo anymore or is that also closed

@tula1433

Жыл бұрын

😂

@lighthouse7i

Жыл бұрын

@@wouldntyouliketoknow3811 - The zoo is still there. Just head on over to City Hall.

What a progressive paradise! Way to go voters!

@hakimbandaru1915

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Portland for a time, it was beautiful. It had turned to cr ap

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

Жыл бұрын

Progressivism = devolution Soon they'll be on all fours, eating grass and bugs.

@greenwave819

Жыл бұрын

freedom!

@Miranda3730

Жыл бұрын

It's Walmart's greed nothing else. chill.

@petermiller9904

Жыл бұрын

@@Miranda3730you must be living under a rock 😂

I swear, everything is coming full circle. I love it😂

This Walmart should be turning into Fun Entertainment Center like Bowling Alley, Go Karts, Trampoline, Pool Tables, Arcades & Pinball Machines. Next Level is the one from Hillsboro.

This is what happens when they don't prosecute these damn thieves

If you don’t fix the crime, Walmart won’t be the only store closing.

@LynbrookMutt

Жыл бұрын

GOOD! Hope all of Portland has to close FOR GOOD! Absolutely worthless piece of trash city thanks to the moronic libturds!!!!!

@uncleruckus2487

Жыл бұрын

It’s black culture for u

@footballfanfan5277

Жыл бұрын

Cali and Chicago are way worse than Portland so not really the reason they are leaving.

@r0ckworthy

Жыл бұрын

Good luck trying to get any members of the Protected Race in trouble for shoplifting. Do you want to be seen as racist?

@wendyshoowaiching4161

Жыл бұрын

Poverty is reason to crime. Fix jobless people with jobs

I love when mayor and the hive complained when Walmarts closed in Chicago because of widedpread LOOTING

@jrey6186

7 ай бұрын

hive ... well put, cheers!

oops, you mentioned Winco...next target now for shoplifters. great job kptv

Having worked at a grocery store, I have to say theft is rampant and its not the employees. During the holidays its real bad.

@obsoletevalues6209

Жыл бұрын

@CW I worked at Lowe's not long ago. The shoplifters were DEFINITELY the people you would expect.

@Youreallylooked

Жыл бұрын

Theft accounts for less than 1% of Walmarts revenue…theft is NOT the issue. Corporate greed is

@jabow1878

Жыл бұрын

@@Youreallylooked theft is not revenue.

@greenwave819

Жыл бұрын

who's doing it?

@Bradkurily

Жыл бұрын

Basketball americans

Walmart has spoken about the problem of theft in their stores for a while, and local politicians seem unwilling to directly address the issue. Target Chief Financial Officer Michael Fiddelke said shoplifting has jumped about 50% year over and year in 2022, leading to more than $400 million in losses for Target in 2022 fiscal year alone. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said this about criminal trends “If that’s not corrected over time, prices will be higher, and/or stores will close.” This is a moment of celebration for all those people who insisted Walmart was bad for their communities. Now the gap in food availability can be filled by all those "mom and pop" businesses that can't wait to get all those shoplifters diverted to their small stores.

@ne0nZchr0me

Жыл бұрын

Better have a shotgun ready to fire and multiple nail guns to pin up down for the cops to "eventually" take um away

@ViolentMLG

Жыл бұрын

Target also brings in 109 Billion dollars in revenue/yr, sure 400M is allot of money, but in the grand scheme its 0.5% of their revenue, if you were losing $20-$50/month out of your paycheck, would that actually affect you? No.

@johnhegarty1761

Жыл бұрын

The only problem with your theory is that Walmart ran all the mom and pop's out so there is no where else to go. These are the lovely little self- entitled moronials and gen z'ers that everyone tells us are so special at work.

@PlateletRichGel

Жыл бұрын

In that case, cut a check for 0.5% of your paycheck to me every month. Hey, it's not that much bitch, stop your whining.

@samporter3453

Жыл бұрын

​@@ViolentMLG It doesn't matter if there's a hat it does not matter how much they make what matters is how much they lose they're losing a lot of money therefore they have every right to close up shop and go somewhere else namely Texas

Can’t imagine how bad it must be for Walmart to be : ok I’m outta here

You mean a new place to steal. If people were shopping, the store wouldn’t close.

Walmart is not the only one leaving Portland. Thank you Mayor Wheeler.

@hounddog2952

Жыл бұрын

Yall emotionally broken poosays aren't welcomed in the South.

@vhagerty

Жыл бұрын

Actually, thank the dunderheads that voted. Lol

@myname604

Жыл бұрын

@@vhagerty You mean the diversity they imported.

@tjlift22

Жыл бұрын

What’s amazing to me is stores aren’t leaving the red states. Keep voting blue and all businesses will leave

@americanpatriot8996

Жыл бұрын

And you know who’s fault this is - the democRATS. And yet these ppl still vote for them and still support them. And don’t leave out that these companies also support democRATS. I don’t get it.

Yes, she hit the nail on the head...the Walmart closing here has had shoplifting problems for years... I really can't blame Walmart though they will never publicity admit it

@Kyle_Butterfield81

Жыл бұрын

I just wonder what social or political issues Walmart is trying to avoid by not calling it how it is...its obviously shoplifting!

@Autojones

Жыл бұрын

Just think, the current administration /regime is intentionally working to make the whole country like this. And I have said for years. Wall-mut will one day come to find there comes a limit to how far you can lower prices by pushing manufacturing over seas. and there are consequences to actions .

@TacticalBuffoonary

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully they close Seattle next’ all the blue haired mentally disabled liberals deserve this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@checory

Жыл бұрын

if they publicly admit it, people are going to call them out and say Walmart is being racist

@shabbykat273

Жыл бұрын

@@Kyle_Butterfield81 WalMart is woke, so….

That lady needs to quit smoking.

They voted for these politicians. They get what they voted for,!

That's what happens when you don't enforce the laws and won't protect a business from being robbed. Then there's probably outrageous taxes and insurance costs on top of that.

@bellabello1126

Жыл бұрын

If you paid people livable wages you would see a lot less crime

@DPain82

Жыл бұрын

@@bellabello1126 there's so much wrong with your statement I don't even know where to begin. I'm a business owner, policies are what make owning a business expensive.

@bellabello1126

Жыл бұрын

@Amir Khan And what do you expect to do about that? Too bad Portland didn’t have limits on rent increases until it was too late, huh? And now you still don’t want to pay people a livable wage…

@bellabello1126

Жыл бұрын

@@DPain82 And yet, in so many other countries business owners have more responsibility and do just fine… sounds like maybe you’re just not that great at it?

@Nopeandnope3861

Жыл бұрын

@@bellabello1126 give me a break, quit being a baby go to college and get an education or trade..I don’t know if you noticed but your livable wage jobs arebeing replaced by machines. You got to aspire to be more to get paid more.

Like the woman said, "the shoplifting must stop". That means they must be punished, no matter of what group they are part.

@jakeramos7399

Жыл бұрын

It’s blacks, they should keep them chained up like before

@yurimodin7333

Жыл бұрын

That's raycis, unfettered shoplifting must continue to ensure equity.

@clutch5sp989

Жыл бұрын

Dat racipps maign.

@annetoronto5474

Жыл бұрын

It’s two things that are the cause of shoplifting, drug addiction and the shoplifting organization who uses drug addicts to get them items that are then sold on Amazon. Most of the laundry detergent sold online is stolen.

@buster7668

Жыл бұрын

Bring back police enforcement