A while back we ran an interview with John Talamo, VP of loss prevention for Limited Brands, who owns Victorias Secret, Limited, Express, and Bath & Body Works. Arshad Noor, who works for an identity management and compliance company called StrongAuth, says pricing model encourages organized retail crime. Scalet asks: How much theft of their products could Limited Brands have prevented by pricing these bras at $24 [the price consumers may pay for stolen merchandise] in the first place? What are the costs to society that could be avoided (prosecutors, police, courts, etc.) if these criminal activities did not occur due to the lower profit incentive for criminals?”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2135605/organized-retail-crime–whose-fault-is-it–anyway-.html