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Merchandise theft has significantly affected retail chains such as Walmart.
Walmart is one of the most influential and best positioned retail chain stores in the world, with 2 thousand 634 branches in Mexico.
Some of the departments that are most affected are the toy store.
Merchandise theft at Walmart has been a constant problem that not only the brand, but also other chains have sought to eliminate over the years.
This problem has been combated by establishments for many years, with retail establishments generating the greatest losses. According to Employer Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex), generates losses of more than 10,000 million pesos a year. In the same way, and according to what has been pointed out by experts, this aspect generates a reduction of between 25 and 30 percent of the income of the businesses, and it can decrease up to 15 percent of the companies’ inventory.
Walmart and retail stores in Mexico
The presence of retail chains in Mexico and in the world is quite remarkable. In the first place, Walmart, according to figures from Walmex, had with a total of 2,634 branches in Mexico. That year, discount stores known as Bodega Aurrerá was the most common Walmex branch format in the country, with 80 percent of the total.
Walmart has become one of the most important product sales chains worldwide. In fact, according to company data, in 2021, global net sales of more than 555 billion US dollars were generated.
Also, compared to the previous fiscal year, the figures have increased by 6.8 percent; In addition, the company operated more than 11 thousand stores worldwide and this number is more than likely to increase as the company continues to expand into emerging markets. For this reason, Walmart It continues to be one of the main retail chains in Mexico and in the other countries where it is located.
On the other hand, in 2020, Costco was named the sixth most valuable retail brand in the world, with a brand value of more than 28 billion US dollars, with Walmart being its biggest competition in terms of sales and presence. To make matters worse, during 2019, Walmart generated almost four times more retail sales than Costco.
Despite this, in recent years, analysts point out that the company has experienced continuous revenue growth and assure that this growth will remain constant until at least 2025. In sum, while Walmart had more than 11,000 stores worldwide, of which five percent corresponded to Sam’s ClubCostco registered nearly 800 warehouses worldwidea clear advantage that, according to this, will be reduced.
Merchandise theft alerts Walmart; Chedraui has the solution
In a video on the TikTok social networka user showed how in some Walmart stores, some take advantage of the trust of the brand to steal their merchandise.
And it is that this is not the first time that a similar situation has been reported, since on some occasion employees have viralized their complaint by being upset and seriously affected by these ant thefts.
In the video of this occasion, a user is shown visiting the toy department of one of the branches, and in it he shows how several toys from the ‘Space Jam’ line have no heads.
The solution of the brand, given the impossibility of the store to change the habits of those who steal, could be as in Chedrauibrand that as shown in the video, constantly places products like these inside a locked cabinet.
This is the video shared by the user:
@toycollectible420 #spacejam #spacejam2 #figures #toy #Lebron James #moose #moosetoys #chedraui #walmart #spacejamnewlegacy #looneytunes ♬ Space Jam – Main Theme – Geek Music
“Every time I was in a Walmart I saw pieces like this, without a head,” says the user, who thus extended his complaint on the social network, calling on the chain to reinforce security, and for thieves to stop stealing products from the stores.
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