DWB
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https://nypost.com/2022/04/30/madison-ave-retailers-lock-doors-amid-daytime-crime-frenzy/
"Swanky Madison Avenue shops on the Upper East Side are lowering lights, locking doors and opening by appointment only in an effort to combat a relentless scourge of brazen daytime shoplifters terrorizing the glitzy thoroughfare.
The Carolina Herrera boutique near 67th Street has been robbed so many times it now pretends to be shuttered, with lights dimmed and door dead-bolted shut, even during normal business hours.
“It looks closed,” lamented one bride-to-be, hoping to drop six figures on three Herrera dresses for the walk down the aisle and post-ceremony receptions. She noted it’s a “bad look” for one of the world’s most celebrated luxury shopping districts."
You'd have to be an idiot not to see this coming. The days of casual shopping/looking/browsing are over. Welcome to online only or shopping by appointment only coming soon to your favorite retailer. The smash and grab gangs have ruined another part of Americana by looting to such a high degree stores are refusing to open their doors to the public. I recently went to a high-end jewelry store in Franklin, Tn and had to ring a bell, and be "inspected" before the obviously armed security guard would open the door. I knew why immediately, but my first instinct was to turn around and go somewhere else. I won't go back.
"Swanky Madison Avenue shops on the Upper East Side are lowering lights, locking doors and opening by appointment only in an effort to combat a relentless scourge of brazen daytime shoplifters terrorizing the glitzy thoroughfare.
The Carolina Herrera boutique near 67th Street has been robbed so many times it now pretends to be shuttered, with lights dimmed and door dead-bolted shut, even during normal business hours.
“It looks closed,” lamented one bride-to-be, hoping to drop six figures on three Herrera dresses for the walk down the aisle and post-ceremony receptions. She noted it’s a “bad look” for one of the world’s most celebrated luxury shopping districts."
You'd have to be an idiot not to see this coming. The days of casual shopping/looking/browsing are over. Welcome to online only or shopping by appointment only coming soon to your favorite retailer. The smash and grab gangs have ruined another part of Americana by looting to such a high degree stores are refusing to open their doors to the public. I recently went to a high-end jewelry store in Franklin, Tn and had to ring a bell, and be "inspected" before the obviously armed security guard would open the door. I knew why immediately, but my first instinct was to turn around and go somewhere else. I won't go back.