Friday, February 4, 2011

Activists and Local Communities Gaining Ground on Exposing Wal-Mart For Deceptive Practices

Activists and Local Communities Gaining Ground on Exposing Wal-Mart For Deceptive Practices


The myth of Wal-Mart as an indispensable part of Americana that presents the poor with a wide selection of affordable products is coming unraveled.

The revelation that Wal-Mart actually kills jobs and damages local communities is contradictory to their own brand marketing, but in a Yahoo news story Wal-Mart is drawing ire from the very people who it claims to be helping.  The story cites a report released in January by City University of New York's Hunter College Center for Community Planning, which studied 50 Wal-Mart stores and the impact they have had on the surrounding communities.  The conclusions are striking......


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