Thieves smashed a storefront window and stole more than $55,000 in clothing from the Lululemon in City Centre early Monday morning. Thieves also tried to hit a Lululemon store in the Heights.
These incidents come days after a KPRC 2 investigation exposed the increasing shoplifting trend at that particular chain’s Houston stores in recent months.
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Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constables say the alarm went off at 5:52 a.m., but the suspects were gone by the time they arrived. Shelves stocked with clothing were wiped clean.
Just about an hour earlier, at 5 a.m., Houston police say suspects broke a window at the Heights Lululemon store, but an overnight security guard scared them away before they made it inside.
KPRC 2 Investigator Amy Davis found flash mob shoplifters targeted Houston Lululemon stores 51 times in just six months, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise, while the company’s security policies face mounting criticism from customers and community members.
Police reports reveal organized theft rings repeatedly hit three Houston Lululemon locations - Heights, Rice Village, and City Centre - sometimes multiple times in a single day, according to an investigation by KPRC 2 News.
Witnesses describe frightening encounters with thieves who face zero resistance due to Lululemon’s controversial security policies.
Since last July, police reports reveal thieves have stolen more than $327,000 in Lululemon merchandise from just three Houston stores.
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