Shoppers can’t stand when toothpaste, deodorant and other items are locked up behind glass display cabinets at stores.

Keeping products under lock and key dissuaded customers from purchasing them, Walgreens said in earnings call.

CEO Tim Wentworth admitted in a recent fiscal report call that combatting shoplifting by locking up items has led to customer ...

WALGREENS CEO REVEALS ANTI-THEFT MEASURES OF LOCKING UP PRODUCTS HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT The lawsuit alleges the illegal prescription-filling began in August 2012, and has continued until now.

Retailers have been faced with increases in shoplifting and retail theft. But anti-theft prevention can hurt retail sales, ...

Timothy Wentworth, the CEO of Walgreens' parent company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, said during a recent earnings call that ...

The pharmacy chain started testing digitized refrigerator screens from a startup named Cooler Screens at select stores in ...

Over the years the pharmacy chain used strategy to combat shoplifting. Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth said the company’s ...

It’s also cheaper for them to lock up products than add more employees, security and other major investments that may limit theft but make the store unprofitable to operate. A Walgreens ...

Walgreens’ plan to combat increasing theft by locking products up at their stores has hurt sales, the company’s CEO said in a ...

Walgreens is looking at "creative things" to stop theft without resorting to locking up products, Wentworth said, but he didn't "have anything magnificent to share" yet. Walgreens and other ...

Walgreens and other retailers have had to combat so-called "retail shrink," or the loss of inventory from causes other than sales, Wentworth noted. The company took steps to secure more products ...