Bruce Thomas, a law enforcement expert, said the trend to put retail items locked behind a glass display case started before the pandemic. "It started a couple of years ago during the pandemic ...

The event saw the first official debut of a retail display for Google Glass — the first such time the company has "sold the device in a public, face-to-face setting," reports Marketing Land.

The event saw the first official debut of a retail display for Google Glass — the first such time the company has "sold the device in a public, face-to-face setting," reports Marketing Land.

Yet, suppose that you were shopping for a set of trendy new coffee mugs and noticed some on a nearby table or shelf ... on the display fixture's surface material -- the piece of glass or wood ...