PREVENT IT Walmart exec confirms ‘blanket’ anti-theft method and reveals three items being locked up over rampant shopliftingA WALMART executive has shared three items that are often locked up at stores to prevent shoplifting. AdvertisementIn San Francisco, California, Walmart stores lock up different popular items that are often targeted by shoplifters. Walmart’s Market Asset Protection Operations executive Britany Scogland confirmed that the retail chain uses “a blanket approach” when locking up certain items, California ABC affiliate KGO reported. Scogland confirmed that three major items locked up by Walmart stores in California include jeans, Tide laundry detergent, and cosmetic items like makeup. “When we talk about organized retail theft, it’s not some young person who walks in and takes something,” Jones Dickson said.