From: johnny@invalid.net   
      
   By Anders Hagstrom   
   Published October 19, 2022   
      
   The CEO of a popular clothing brand Cotopaxi is closing the company's   
   only San Francisco store due to "organized theft rings" and a lack of   
   safety in the city, he announced this week.   
      
   CEO Davis Smith announced the closure in a lengthy post on social   
   media, saying the location faces regular attacks by thieves with   
   virtually no response from law enforcement.    
      
   "We are closing the store due to rampant organized theft and lack of   
   safety for our team. Our store is hit by organized theft rings several   
   times per week. They brazenly enter the store and grab thousands of   
   dollars of product and walk out," Smith wrote.   
      
   "We started keeping the door locked and opening it only for customers,   
   but even then, they’ll have a woman go to the door, and then hiding   
   individuals rush into the store as soon as the door opens. Our team is   
   terrified. They feel unsafe. Security guards don’t help because these   
   theft rings know that security guards won’t/can’t stop them," he added.   
      
   https://www.foxbusiness.com/small-business/ceo-blasts-san-franci   
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