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    Commentary: Are Southern California mob robberies part of a retail crime wave? It’s complicated

    by Neil Saunders, Los Angeles Times Sep 11, 2023 2 minutes
    Batteries are locked up behind a glass showcase at a grocery store in Calabasas, California, in October 2022.

    Retail crime is having a moment. It’s become a buzzword on retail earnings calls. Videos of people walking out of stores with armfuls of goods they didn’t pay for have captured attention on social media. And sensational crimes such as the recent mob robberies at malls in Canoga Park and Glendale have grabbed news headlines.

    We are, it seems, living through an epidemic of retail crime. Or are we?

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