Nearly 90 percent (89.7 percent) of respondents to a recent Women In Optometry Pop-up Poll said that they have had products they sell, primarily frames, stolen from their practices. Another 28 percent said that they had their personal belongings such as a phone or money stolen, and another 10 percent noted that a cash box had been tampered by a thief. About 60 percent (58.6 percent) said that their practice was targeted by the thieves. Forty-one percent said the thieves were patients and 31 percent were employees. A few respondents also noted that walk-in customers and those who were browsing stole from their practice. Click here to read the full story.

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