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How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids

  • Written by Professor Paul Harpur OAM, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland; Syracuse University
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“Welcome”, the sign at the supermarket entrance says, above a drawing of a shopper walking in and pushing a trolley.

But for many shoppers – especially those with wheelchairs, walkers or pushing kids in prams – it looks anything but welcoming.

Ten white batons stretch into the middle of the entryway, which you...

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