Posted on 06/23/2015 6:50:23 PM PDT by virtuous
Page after page of Confederate-themed goods vanished from Walmart's website as the retail giant said Monday that it was pulling the merchandise in the aftermath of the Charleston, South Carolina, church shootings.
"We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer," Walmart said in a statement Monday. "We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the confederate flag from our assortment — whether in our stores or on our web site.
"We have a process in place to help lead us to the right decisions when it comes to the merchandise we sell," said the company, which is based in rural Bentonville, Arkansas. "Still, at times, items make their way into our assortment improperly — this is one of those instances."
Searching the site through Google returned hundreds of products (like a Confederate army Civil War kepi cap, only $13.99) — but the links led to dead pages.
Walmart's search page yielded no hits for 'confederate' Monday night — even though Google shows the retailer has recently marketed hundreds of Confederate-themed products.
Walmart issued the statement in response to an inquiry from CNN shortly after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and the state's senators, Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott — all of them Republicans — called for the removal of a Confederate flag from the grounds of the state Capitol.
The flag became a flashpoint after a 21-year-old white man gunned down nine people last week at historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Investigators called the shooting a hate crime.
Wal-Mart offends me every day
I’ve been posting all day about this and I will just say this.
Screw you Wal-Mart, why not ban the cheesy tacky Chinese crap you sell.
what if someone wanted to buy a rebel flag with an EBT card at Wal Mart. Now that would be a conundrum for them.
Well, they screwed up. They’ve offended me.
They may as well just close the doors because they offend everyone some how every day.
I’m offended by Hecho En China can you pull that too?
I’m offended by Walmart’s bigotry.
We can do without Walmart’s Chinese Communist made merchandise. That this company has enriched our enemies to the point that they are challenging the U.S. militarily is very offensive to our family’s military members.
Govtmart.... get outta my state. U job killing govt lapdog.
“We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer,”
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=ojuija%20board&typeahead=oj
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=ojuija%20board&typeahead=oj
Your link took me straight to the pits of hell at WalMart. I had no idea they were into this stuff. I’M OFFENDED, WALMART!
bump
I don't care if they sell it, they are free to sell whatever they want to. Don't make a public statement to say"We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer,"
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“Wal-Mart offends me every day”
How, by offering name brand mdse at lower prices than Home Depot, Lowes, etc., and employing people who want to work there?
“Well, they screwed up. They’ve offended me.
They may as well just close the doors because they offend everyone some how every day.”
OK, don’t shop there, problem solved.
“Screw you Wal-Mart, why not ban the cheesy tacky Chinese crap you sell.”
Such as...?
Sounds like you are a WalMart stockholder.
I shop WalMart,but according to some comments I’ve heard,the only way they could keep from offending anyone would be to fold up.
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