Look, we know you're in a cushy "doesn't bother me" spot where you can get worked up over retail crime. The rest of us don't care. In many parts of the western world there are massive cost of living crisis and huge inflation issues. Yet retailers are reporting record breaking profits. If you put profit over people and drive a bad problem worse, they will start stealing from you, and people at large won't care.
TLDR: With retailers pulling in record profits during these issues, it's pretty clear they're stealing from the public, so fuck em, the public can steal back.