by bintangkecil on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | Business, News | No Comments

A Walmart store announcer tells black people to leave the store. The company apologized to the upset customers.

A male voice came over the public-address system Sunday evening at a store in Washington Township, in southern New Jersey, and calmly announced: “Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now.”

Shoppers in the store at the time said a manager quickly got on the public-address system and apologized for the remark. Many customers expressed their anger to store management.

“I want to know why such statements are being made, because it flies in the face of what we teach our children about tolerance for all,” said Sheila Ellington, who was in the store at the time with a friend.

Officials with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Ark., said that the announcement was “unacceptable” and that they’re trying to determine who made it and how it happened.

“We are just as appalled by this incident as our customers,” the company said in a statement. “Whoever did this is just wrong and acted in an inappropriate manner. Clearly, this is completely unacceptable to us and to our customers.”

This is not the first time the retailer has faced such problems.

There have been several past instances of black customers claiming they were treated unfairly at Walmart stores, and the company faced lawsuits alleging that women were passed over in favor of men for pay raises and promotions.

In February 2009, the retailer paid $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in its hiring of truck drivers.

And the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the company in May 2009, claiming some Hispanic employees at a Sam’s Club subsidiary in California were subjected to a hostile work environment. That suit alleges managers failed to stop repeated verbal harassment, including the use of derogatory words, against employees of Mexican descent.

However, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has said the company has worked hard in recent years to show it cares about diversity.

Bill Mitchell, a former Walmart employee who was shopping Wednesday at the store, said that he was saddened to hear about the announcement but that “as a black man, I’ve heard worse things.”

As customer Sharon Osbourne, of Williamstown, left the store Wednesday, she called the announcement “appalling, stupid and sad.”

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by bintangkecil on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 | Deals, Events, Hot, Stores | No Comments

Wal-Mart is trying to beat its competitors to the punch this coming Black Friday with an early sales ad out offering some very nice bargains.

First up is the offer of a $100 Wal-Mart Gift Card with the purchase of any BlackBerry phones with 2 year contract.

If you’re in the market for a new Xbox, Wal-Mart is offering the Xbox 360 Arcade for $199 with a $100 Wal-Mart gift card.

The HP G60 519WM laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium is being offered at the netbook price of $298. The laptop sports a 15.6″ screen with a 2.2GHz processor, 3GB DDR2 RAM, and a 250GB SATA hard disk.

In the TV isle, Wal-Mart is offering Black Friday sales on a Sanyo 50 inch Class Plasma HDTV with Digital Tuner for $898, Vizio 37′ Class lCD HDTV with Digital Tuner also $597, and Samsung 40″ Class Full-HD 1080p LCD HDTV at $898.

Below are the scan ads for the Walmart Black Friday ads:

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by wildcherry on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 | Business, News | No Comments

Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the major seller of caskets.


The move follows a similar one by discount rival Costco, which also sells caskets on its site.


Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., quietly put up about 15 caskets and dozens of urns on its Web site last week.

Prices range from $999 for models like “Dad Remembered” and “Mom Remembered” steel caskets to the mid-level $1,699 “Executive Privilege.” All are less than $2,000, except for the Sienna Bronze Casket, which sells for $3,199.

Caskets ship within 48 hours. Federal law requires funeral homes to accept third-party caskets.

The caskets come from Star Legacy Funeral Network, Inc., a company based in McHenry, Ill., that sells the same caskets for about the same price – some less – on its site, along with many others.

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