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Some recent images of theft are unsettling, but do they reflect reality?
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Columbus' "Buckeye Deflection" program is being funded with a $50,000 grant to help low-level shoplifters get connected to mental health services and food banks to address issues that drive them to steal.
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Business & EconomyA Monday news release said numerous locations are under consideration and the final sites will be announced later.
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Curious CbusIn the 1960s, the construction of shopping malls had a deep impact on the American economy. Downtown retail struggled as shoppers flocked to large indoor and outdoor shopping centers. Today, Columbus’ first malls are either gone or in decline, but 50 years ago, they were in their prime.
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Business & EconomyThe world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, is reportedly considering building brick-and-mortar retail spaces in Ohio and California.
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Retail sales soared 5.3% last month compared to December, much more than anticipated, as U.S. families began receiving new federal coronavirus relief checks.
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Restaurants and bars are reeling from spikes of coronavirus cases in their communities. Earlier holiday sales meant online shopping and electronics sales dipped in December. Retail sales fell 0.7%.
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"We're really busy. It's been unbearable," sighed Manny Huenchunir, a Postal Service truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston on Tuesday night.
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Retail sales dipped 1.1% in November compared with a month earlier as new coronavirus surges restricted outings to stores and especially restaurants.
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To combat the state's renewed surge of coronavirus cases, Ohio is issuing a curfew that requires most retail establishments to close from 10 p.m.-5…