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6.10.2005

Wal-Mart Woes

I still don't know how the ad got by PR, but somehow Walmart ran an ad featuring book burning. That was like a monthish ago, and now the dip responcible for the ad is leaving Wally-world.

A Wal-Mart public relations official has resigned -- a month after the retail giant apologized for a newspaper ad featuring a photo of a book-burning in Nazi-era Germany, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Peter Kanelos, who had overseen public relations in Arizona and southern California, submitted his resignation effective today, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Daphne Moore said.[...]

The ad, published in a northern Arizona newspaper by a political action committee the company helped fund, ran as part of a campaign opposing an ordinance that would have effectively prevented Wal-Mart from opening a supercenter in Flagstaff.

I wonder if Cleveland will get a Nazi-esque ad in the Plain Dealer? There's been a big stink with our neighbors to the north about the proposed Walmart going in. But I don't think the giant will make the same mistake twice.

The BJ :: Wal-Mart PR official quits

(joe :: Wal-Mart Woes)

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