Under the terms of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the pharmacy chain will be barred from using the technology as a surveillance tool for five years.
Two men charged with stealing from a Kohl’s in Colorado argued that they should face a misdemeanor charge rather than a felony since some of the items were on sale. Not so, prosecutors argued.
The National Retail Federation had said that nearly half of the industry’s $94.5 billion in missing merchandise in 2021 was the result of organized theft. It was likely closer to 5 percent.