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Old August 30, 2011, 05:03 PM   #120
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The precursor to the flash mob robberies was when group of thieves would sprint into a store – grab what they could and sprint out before store personnel could react. It wasn’t “smash & grab” I forgot – did they call it “dash & grab” or something like that?

In the bad parts of Chicago there is a dearth of normal retail and grocery stores. It’s because the cost of doing business in the bad parts of town is exceedingly high. It takes a special breed of merchant to fill that niche and those who do have unique store layouts – as in – the “store” is basically one long isle of merchandise displayed behind heavy duty reinforced Plexiglas. Consumers point to what they want, the clerk gets it for them and they exchange through a drawer system or a revolving portal mechanism.

There are whole sections of Chicago where the stores are completely flash mob proof. It’s because the merchants learned long ago how to defend against it.
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