Retailers like to blame shoplifting for their business woes (even if they must eventually admit they lied) and media, desperate for stories of America drowning in crime, are generally eager to play along. But I liked how CNN dealt with the announcement that 1000 Family Dollar stores were closing and the bankruptcy of 99 Cents Only: Nathaniel Meyersohn swiftly moves on from the companies' empty whining about shoplifting to get to the compound incompetence. — Read the rest Read this story
