As San Francisco Stores Deal With Rise in Thefts, Retailers Limit Store Hours

Amid a grueling year for retail workers, many in San Francisco have yet another challenge to deal with: rising theft. On Monday, Neiman Marcus’s Union Square store was hit with a robbery just before closing, with cell phone video capturing ten people running away from the store with designer handbags in their arms. According to KTVU, a local news station, the stolen merchandise was worth tens of thousands of dollars, and witnesses told the station they saw suspects smash display cases and grab items from shelves as they fled the scene. “The safety and welfare of our associates and customers is our top priority, and we’re relieved to report that no one was harmed in the incident. We’re cooperating with the San Francisco Police Department in their investigation,” said a Neiman Marcus spokesperson in a statement. The department store experienced a similar incident in May when 10 suspects made off with more than $150,000 in handbags from its Stanford Shopping Center location in Palo Alto, Calif, according to reports. That same month, a group of five or six suspects escaped with more than $90,000 in designer merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue in Union Square. It’s not just luxury stores that have been targeted in

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