If you’ve been to a store like CVS, Walgreens or Target in the last few years, you may have noticed a trend: more and more essentials are locked up behind plexiglass walls. The strategy started as an anti-theft measure. But there’s little evidence that it’s worked.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Amanda Mull takes host Sarah Holder through the causes and consequences of the retail lock-up era — and how it’s changed the way we shop.

Read more: Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America

If you&rsquo;ve been to a store like CVS, Walgreens or Target in the last few years, you may have noticed a trend: more and more essentials are locked up behind plexiglass walls. The strategy started as an anti-theft measure. But there&rsquo;s little evidence that it&rsquo;s worked.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg&rsquo;s Amanda Mull takes host Sarah Holder through the causes and consequences of the retail lock-up era &mdash; and how it&rsquo;s changed the way we shop.
Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-01/why-cvs-and-target-locking-up-products-is-backfiring">Retailers Locked Up Their Products&mdash;and Broke Shopping in America</a>

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How Locked Shelves Broke Shopping

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