Should Stores Be Allowed to Lock Up Everyday Products?

More retailers have begun placing everyday products such as toiletries, laundry detergent, and personal care items behind locked cabinets to discourage theft.

While businesses have legitimate concerns about losses, customers sometimes have to wait for an employee just to purchase something inexpensive.

Do you think locking up merchandise is a reasonable solution to retail theft, or does it inconvenience honest customers too much?

Have you ever decided not to buy something because it was locked away?

Put yourself in the store owner’s shoes. Would you want everything you bought for your store stolen?