San Francisco Target Store Implements Security Glass for Product Protection

A Target store in San Francisco has locked its entire product range behind security glass due to soaring crime in the city. Whole Foods has also temporarily shut down one of its flagship stores in the area due to concerns over staff safety. Retailers are losing around $100 billion a year due to organized retail crime, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. San Francisco's crime stats are worse than the numbers suggest, with theft carried out by organized criminal rings increasing by 27% in 2021. San Francisco Mayor London Breed has asked the Board of Supervisors to approve a $27 million budget supplemental to fund police overtime citywide.