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johnfunk

(6,113 posts)
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 12:27 PM Nov 2013

Damage 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, Walmart’s US CEO Bill Simon started the morning talk show rounds, first appearing on CNN’s New Day then breakfast juggernaut The Today Show a half hour later.
He defended the big box giant’s decision to kick off its Black Friday sales bonanza at 6pm on Thanksgiving day. “We’re opening a little earlier, because that’s what the industry is heading towards,” he told Today’s 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 chain’s 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 retailer’s 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 OP
brawlmart.black n blue friday omg these are hillarious leftyohiolib Nov 2013 #1
That's certainly the winning subject line of the day! HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #2
I don't see how it backfired if they got the money they wanted. randome Nov 2013 #3
As long as Walmart's property rights weren't violated. Kingofalldems Nov 2013 #4
 

randome

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3. I don't see how it backfired if they got the money they wanted.
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 02:02 PM
Nov 2013

Like Wal-Mart cares how many injuries occur.
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