Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan
Most of the comments here are ignoring the difference between regular old shoplifting and the trend driving the increase discussed in the article, which they&#x27;re referring to as &quot;organized retail crime&quot;.<p>I think it&#x27;s very fair to have differing attitudes&#x2F;moral thresholds for an impoverished mother shoplifting a week&#x27;s worth of baby formula versus &quot;a couple in Alabama [which] pled guilty to shifting $300,000-worth of stolen baby formula on eBay&quot;.<p>My reading of the article suggests that the trend discussed is a result of the latter, which is more recent and problematic, and not the former. Comments here discussing the morality of crime or a desire for policy change are missing this distinction.