Portland's Mayor Turns Down Nike's Request For Help With Theft, Walmart Closing Remaining Stores In The City

 Earlier this week Jazz wrote about an unusual request made by Nike directly to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.

Nike's store in Northeast Portland has been closed for months because of ongoing retail theft and the company wrote to ask if it could either pay to hire additional cops to patrol the area or pay off duty cops to do so.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has asked Nike to reopen its shuttered community store in Northeast Portland "On a limited basis," even though he says the city can't meet the company's request to detail off-duty police officers to provide security.

Wheeler said in his letter that Portland police would likely be able to commit to increasing patrols in the area as well as conduct targeted retail theft missions, provided that Nike and other employers could all agree to several conditions.

Nike can't afford to keep the store open because of theft and it can't afford to stop the thieves because of lawsuits.

In a related story, Walmart confirmed this week that it is closing all remaining stores in Portland.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned in December that the scourge of retain theft might force the company to close stores or raise prices.

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