Complex sentence: In the 1990s and 2000s, hardware and electronics products were increasingly packaged in plastic blister packages, because these packages made it harder for shoplifters to steal items, as retailers lose fifteen billion dollars to shoplifting each year.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 1990s and 2000s, hardware and electronics products were increasingly packaged in plastic blister packages. These packages made it harder for shoplifters to steal items, as retailers lose fifteen billion dollars to shoplifting each year.