In this crazy world of retail, there is one true enemy. He is known as the box thief. HE will take one box of your clothes and run for it.
When you see him, run after him and hit him with a mop. He will drop the box. You can then pick up the box.
If the game would let you have a gun you could put an end to these pesky thieves.

Get an alarm as soon as you can so that you can hear when the thieves appear and hit them with a mop.

Really the thief is more of a hindrance than a true foe. If you don't stop him he could take any box you have and that box could have one item worth $5 or a full box that is worth over 800.00.

Just remember you can only chase the thief so far before your body will stop because there is a limit to how far you would chase a thief. It is about 40 meters. This is probably the most accurate thing in the game to me personally because that might be as far as I would run ever. But for me it would not be chasing a thief, it would be running from a bear or lion, or some mythical creature. After 40(let's be honest 20)meters I would just stop and think well I gave it a good try.