My all-time fave is Home Depot in the all-to-nothing-to-all-to-nothing pattern. My 26 years in LP was like the district "handyman", i.e. a LOT of blitzing the small off-mall stores. Apps in those places redefined shooting fish in a barrel...…..dynamiting fish in a five-gallon bucket. Personal best memorable day was three of us doing an open to close in southeast Missouri on a nice spring day. I finished the day in 'last place' with only 13. Local PD turned a Holiday Inn conference room nearby into booking and holding. 41 apps sorta overwhelmed their county capacity...the second day.

But I digress....

LP history is overrun with allegory concerning the philosophy and execution of Loss Prevention Programs. I was fortunate to be with a retailer that stuck to their guns. Until the mid 2000-teens when execs turned that tide. 18 months, or so, things went from awesome to wtf, making retirement a no-brainer.