Apple Stores: How does the new Apple Store app prevent people from shoplifting?
I don’t think it really changes anything at all. If you’ve ever been into an Apple Store you’ll probably notice that they already have a pretty “open” environment in this regard. • You don’t need to line up at a cash register when purchasing something — you can simply go to any employee on the floor, who have all been equipped with mobile POS terminals. This makes it already difficult to visually confirm whether a person has legitimately purchased an item that they’re leaving the store with. • Bags and printed receipts are already optional; you can carry a purchase out without a bag at all or put it in your own bag, and you can have the receipt e-mailed to you instead of printed. Again, this means that Apple Store employees are already deprived of another obvious clue as to whether an item was legitimately purchased or not. • When you walk out the door, there may or may not be an employee there, and they may or may not be engaged with another customer. However, the front-of-store empl
