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Wal-Mart removing Confederate flag items from stores, online

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Wal-Mart removing Confederate flag items from stores, online | Reading Eagle - MONEY

The announcement by the world's biggest retailer comes as the shooting deaths of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., have reignited the debate over the flag's symbolism. The white suspect in the shooting, Dylann Storm Roof, appeared in photos holding the banner.

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"We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the Confederate flag from our assortment — whether in our stores or on our website," the company said. "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."
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Umm, good for you to make this decision finally, but I'm not so sure I believe the bolded end statement. :roll:
 
This isn't a moral, social, racial or ethical decision - this is a monetary decision.
 
Ockham said:
This isn't a moral, social, racial or ethical decision - this is a monetary decision.
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I'm pretty sure walmart will rake in the profits, confederate flag gear or not. That is the power of a transnational with many local quasi-monopolies.
 
SlevinKelevra said:
I'll take your highly descriptive emoticon as evidence you can't actually refute the comment.
Thanks for participating.
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Walmart's profit margin is no higher than any other retail big box store. Quite low, actually. And what's a "quasi-monopoly"? Is it like Quasimodo?
 
countryboy said:
Walmart's profit margin is no higher than any other retail big box store.
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Which is why all big box retailers are still in business.... Oh wait...

Quite low, actually.
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Low enough to stay in business... year after year. Hint, you win with volume at their size.


And what's a "quasi-monopoly"? Is it like Quasimodo?
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In countless small towns walmart emerges as the sole provider of most of the goods and services they sell (within a reasonable driving distance, anyways). They don't start out that way, to be fair.
 
SlevinKelevra said:
In countless small towns walmart emerges as the sole provider of most of the goods and services they sell (within a reasonable driving distance, anyways). They don't start out that way, to be fair.
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I've heard this claim time and time again from the Walmart haters, though I've never actually witnessed it. Every Walmart I have ever been to is surrounded by stores of all kinds, and within driving distance of many competitors. It's an urban legend.
 
countryboy said:
I've heard this claim time and time again from the Walmart haters, though I've never actually witnessed it. Every Walmart I have ever been to is surrounded by stores of all kinds, and within driving distance of many competitors. It's an urban legend.
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No, it's well documented.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=371102
The effects of Wal-Mart on local labor markets

And it's as if they had this figured out 30 years ago
The location of new anchor stores within metropolitan areas
 
countryboy said:
Whatever, I still have never seen it. And I've been to Walmarts across the country. Certainly none of the Walmarts in my local area fit that description. How do you explain that?
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Because the plural of anecdotes is not statistical data.
 
Slight of hand to build popularity. I've never seen a rebel flag item in a walmart.

See, we already removed all of them.
 
Amazon and eBay have followed according to CNN.

The big question is will National Park Service...
 
Ridiculous. They were never there in the first place.

Or maybe they were over by the Swastikas and KKK hoods.
 
The Left will continue to hate Walmart anyway, this move is irrelevant.
 
I've never seen them in wal mart either but then again I live pretty far from the confederate states.

Although come to think of it I've seen rednecks put the stars and bars on their pickup trucks even in Minnesota.
 
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