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  • 'Shrinkage' is a serious problem for retailers of every stripe -- think of hearing the alarm go off at Borders or Target or Home Depot if you try to leave with some purchase that hasn't had its magnetic gizmo demagnetized by the clerk who checked you out.

    Cops guarding groceries? Dan 2007

  • 'Shrinkage' is a serious problem for retailers of every stripe -- think of hearing the alarm go off at Borders or Target or Home Depot if you try to leave with some purchase that hasn't had its magnetic gizmo demagnetized by the clerk who checked you out.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Dan 2007

  • "Shrinkage" and "downsizing" may be nothing new, but I think we're going to see more goods shrinking and by greater degrees in the coming months.

    Ben Popken On TV Talking 'Bout Shrinking Packages - The Consumerist 2008

  • Well I couldn't very well name the company 'Shrinkage' so I just described what I saw.

    Caption contest 2007

  • People wonder why the cost of products and insurance keeps going up, this is the reason why, in the business world they call it "Shrinkage".

    unknown title 2009

  • Bachelorette Jillian Talks of True Agendas, "Shrinkage" and the Guy She Chose

    TVGuide.com: Breaking News 2009

  • Bachelorette Jillian Talks of True Agendas, "Shrinkage" and the Guy She Chose

    TVGuide.com: Breaking News 2009

  • Shrinkage or centralization has been such that the humblest clerk in any metropolis may place his hand on the pulse of the world.

    The Shrinkage of the Planet 2010

  • Shrinkage, or centralization, has become such that the humblest clerk in any metropolis may place his hand on the pulse of the world.

    THE QUESTION OF THE MAXIMUM 2010

  • "Shrinkage," he said as he unwrapped one and put it in his tape player.

    High John Saw the Holy Number Con Chapman 2011

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