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Title: Walmart: No more items with Confederate flags
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USA Today
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money ... art-confederate-flag/29133531/
Published: Jun 22, 2015
Author: Ed Brackett
Post Date: 2015-06-22 21:00:14 by Willie Green
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Views: 1553
Comments: 6
Walmart said in a statement Monday that it is removing "all items" promoting the Confederate flag for sale from its stores and its website.
The move came the same day that Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina called for the removal of a Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds in Columbia. Her announcement in turn came in the wake of last week's shooting at a historically black Charleston church that left nine dead.
Charged in the killing is Dylan Roof, 21, who is white and has been attributed with making white supremacist statements. He has been pictured with images of a Confederate flag.
"We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer," Walmart spokesman Brian Nick said in an emailed statement. "We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the confederate flag from our assortment -- whether in our stores or on our web site."
The statement continued, apparently answering an inquiry from CNN that cited items for sale based on Confederate flag imagery that were available on Walmart.com. A story on CNN's website said the Walmart statement was in response to a network inquiry about sales of Confederate flag-related items.
"We have a process in place to help lead us to the right decisions when it comes to the merchandise we sell. Still, at times, items make their way into our assortment improperly -- this is one of those instances," Nick said.
Walmart is the world's largest retailer, with nearly 11,000 stores in 28 countries.
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Walmart said in a statement Monday that it is removing "all items" promoting the Confederate flag for sale from its stores and its website.
When your business is selling shit to the average sheep, you must play the PR game.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#2. To: Willie Green (#0)
#3. To: Willie Green (#0)
Just another bunch following the pied piper
Si vis pacem, para bellum
#4. To: Willie Green (#0)
Chinese flags would be more appropriate for China's Outlet Mall,anyway.
I'm betting they will still sell Mexican and African flags,too.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
#5. To: Willie Green (#0)
First they support homos over Christians and now they support idiots over sane people, the new CEO of wally world is going to cost that company a lot.
Join the boycott by buying no perishables from wally world.
#6. To: Willie Green (#0)
Walmart: No more items with Confederate flags
Your heroes at Walmart should embrace the Confederate flag. The Confederate states were all about free trade and cheap labor, those values are Walmart values.
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