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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDamage Control as Brawlmart's Black-and-Blue Thursday Backfires
Toward the end of Liberaland's coverage of Walmart's catastrophic early opening comes this nugget:
At 6:30am on Black Friday, Walmarts US CEO Bill Simon started the morning talk show rounds, first appearing on CNNs New Day then breakfast juggernaut The Today Show a half hour later.
He defended the big box giants decision to kick off its Black Friday sales bonanza at 6pm on Thanksgiving day. Were opening a little earlier, because thats what the industry is heading towards, he told Todays anchors.
As Simon prepped for TV, a Walmart press release hit media inboxes announcing a record-breaking Thanksgiving day of sales: 10 million cash register transactions between 6pm and 10pm Thursday alone, the retailer said. Simon described the store chains early Black Friday sales as bigger, better, faster, cheaper and safer than ever.
Twitter users could be forgiven for contesting that final descriptor. Overnight, the hashtag #WalmartFights started trending across the U.S., according to social media tracker TrendsMapUSA. Shoppers at Walmart stores in a handful of states uploaded photos as well as YouTube and Vine videos showing violence, injuries and arrests during the retailers first few hours of sales.
The first rule of Brawlmart Fight Club: you don't talk about the always low prices, always at Brawlmart Fight Club!
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Damage Control as Brawlmart's Black-and-Blue Thursday Backfires (Original Post)
johnfunk
Nov 2013
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leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)1. brawlmart.black n blue friday omg these are hillarious
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)2. That's certainly the winning subject line of the day!
randome
(34,845 posts)3. I don't see how it backfired if they got the money they wanted.
Like Wal-Mart cares how many injuries occur.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)4. As long as Walmart's property rights weren't violated.
Republicans were real concerned about that.