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  2. Target may have solved one of retail's biggest problems: Theft

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    Target is hitting its goals on inventory shrink.On a call with reporters, Its CFO and COO Michael Fiddelke told Yahoo Finance the company has hit a plateau when it comes to shrink, including ...

  3. Target Margins And Inventory Issues Raise Analyst Caution ...

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    Additionally, the increase in general liability expenses raises questions, and the analyst is curious about whether shrink (inventory loss) provided a tailwind during the quarter and if it aligned ...

  4. As Target combats thefts, shrink remains a 'headwind' - AOL

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    Target said in September it was closing nine locations citing thefts and organized retail crime. Fiddelke told investors this week that the rising cost of inventory shrink represented a 40 basis ...

  5. Shrinkage (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, shrinkage or shrink occurs when a retailer has fewer items in stock than were expected by the inventory list. This can be caused by clerical error, or from goods being damaged, lost, or stolen between the point of manufacture (or purchase from a supplier) and the point of sale. [1] High shrinkage can adversely affect a retailer's ...

  6. Target CFO: Shrink, or retail theft, is still a significant ...

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    In previous quarters, Target said that inventory shrinkage — mostly the theft of merchandise — would cut profits by $500 million this year. In 2022, profits took a $700 million hit from the issue.

  7. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    A branch of physics that studies atoms as isolated systems of electrons and an atomic nucleus. Compare nuclear physics. atomic structure atomic weight (A) The sum total of protons (or electrons) and neutrons within an atom. audio frequency A periodic vibration whose frequency is in the band audible to the average human, the human hearing range.

  8. Target: 'Organized retail crime' has driven $400 million in ...

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    The report found that the average inventory shrinkage rate last year was 1.44%. While that's a modest decline from the prior two years, it remains comparable to the five-year average of 1.5%.

  9. Shrinkflation - Wikipedia

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    Without explicitly using the term shrinkflation, macroeconomist Vivek Moorthy much earlier documented and analysed the shrinkage effect of inflation, explaining it by Arthur Okun’s "invisible handshake" approach: "Prices are ... based on notions of trust and fairness. it is considered acceptable for firms to respond to cost increases, but not ...