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I always get profiled when I shop here ☹️🧐 gold tier member of their loyalty program for the past 6 yrs , my fav store since I was a teen, I’m in my fourties’, I live in the neighborhood so I take a walk at the end of the day to relax and I’ll always do a lap and just see what’s new and to see the product in person as I shop the app all the time. lately I get followed (I’ve lived here for 4 years and have done this all four years) idk what changed now, but I feel uncomfortable when I shop now (so ironic because I am a regional visual merchandiser for a luxury brand and oversee the entire Westcoast region and I oversee 165 points of sale so I am a trusted professional and I travel weekly for work so if there is a urban in HI, MT,ID, MN, AZ,CA,OR,WA, NV ,AK, I’ve been there) it doesn’t feel good and makes me feel small. Also, because I work in retail and understand kpi’s I always buy something small so I don’t mess up their conversion ….. I’m going to take a break after my experience just now, I went to buy two more pouches that I had previously bought for a work trip I have tomorrow/ next day and I was followed the entire time and I watched the security guard wave down staff to follow another girl. We were both young looking black women .I get that it is downtown, but it’s super easy to differentiate between riff raff and paying customers, especially if it is a repeat customer that has been a loyal patron for decades.