With high import costs, rising inflation and the popularity of overseas online shopping ... first flash mob in early October at Lookie Lookie on the ground floor of the Washington Mall.

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A separate flash mob robbery at the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center took place in August 2023 when a group of about 50 people robbed the mall's Nordstrom store. The group coordinated their crime ...

About 30 masked robbers, most garbed in ninja-style black, swarm into a Nordstrom in the Westfield Topanga mall ... flash-mob menace. “No Angeleno should feel like it’s unsafe to go shopping ...

Mark Faithfull is London-based and covers retail and real estate What started off as another day on the beat for Mall Cop Paul Blart ... suited for Axel Foley. Flash mob robberies, a worrying ...

The recent flash mob thefts have left some shoppers on edge. “I am aware of everything around me when I’m shopping,” said Rose Smith, 66, a Topanga Mall shopper. “It’s nerve-wracking.

Los Angeles has been hit by yet another flash-mob ... with these flash mob robberies. These recent crimes took place at the Yves Saint Laurent at the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale ...

A “flash mob robbery ... of viral flash mob robberies announced the arrest of 11 individuals in connection with four other incidents including at the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center Nordstrom ...