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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 62
By Ben Popken on January 24, 2008 11:58 PM  
Compare Walmart's Nazi Tshirt with original Nazi symbolJust when you thought all of the Walmart tshirts bearing the exact replica of an infamous Nazi symbol were recalled, or sold to a discount store and burned, a Walmart in Palmdale, California has them on sale for $3.00 a pop. 62 weeks after Walmart pledged to remove the shirts from its shelves, and 50 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still out there. If they can't get rid of a simple tshirt, how good are they at recalling toys, defective merchandise, and dangerous food?(Thanks to Ronald!)
Bealls Says They Will Destroy The Walmart Nazi T-Shirts
By Meg Marco on October 5, 2007 10:32 PM  

Reader Rob wrote to Bealls, the outlet store that was selling the infamous Walmart Nazi T-shirts, and they responded by thanking him for making them aware of the situation and promising to destroy the shirts.   More »

Walmart's Nazi Tshirts Found In Outlet Stores
By Ben Popken on September 24, 2007 3:26 PM  
Ever wonder what happened to all those shirts Walmart pulled off their shelves for containing a disgusting Nazi symbol? Well, some of them can be found in a Florida Beall's Outlet store for $4.99."Original walmart price sticker and UPC still attached," writes tipster Chad." They seem to have a lot of em..."What happens to the other products Walmart recalls, like lead children items, or cans o' Botulism beans? Are they destroyed, or just offloaded to discount stores? More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 29
By Ben Popken on June 7, 2007 1:24 PM  

29 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 17 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Adam writes:

So I'm at Wal Mart in Commerce City, CO looking for a gift for a friend and start rummaging through the T Shirt section not looking for anything in particular, just killing some time. Suddenly I notice this familiar looking skull peeking out at me. "Surely it can't be..." I think to myself. Oh, it is.... I grab it and pull it out; there it is in all its glory. It's like finding a piece of history. Nazi Wal Mart history.
We keep posting these to show you how some businesses manipulate the by-the-books media. A fracas erupts, the company send out a public statement apologizing and pledging to change their ways, the press publishes it, everyone feels goods, and we turn to a clip of Scrappy the Jet-skiing squirrel. Guess what, the company doesn't always do what they said they were gonna do. — BEN POPKEN  More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 28
By Ben Popken on May 31, 2007 9:19 PM  
28 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 16 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Al writes:
So I took my wife over to the Wal*mart store in Chelmsford, MA for some cheap, low-quality Chinese goods, and as we were walking out I spotted the now infamous 3rd division Totenkopf logo high atop the men's clothing department's shelves. I walked over to the wall, and it appears that while they actually took the shirts off the shelves, the logo itself is still being proudly displayed among the other non-nazi designs. Talk about missing the point!
— BEN POPKENRecent updates to this story.
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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 27
By Ben Popken on May 23, 2007 2:59 AM  

27 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 15 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Don found some in Sterling, Washington:  More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 25
By Ben Popken on May 9, 2007 3:45 PM  

22 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 13 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. S.G.W. found some in Indianapolis, took a video, and writes:  More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 22
By Ben Popken on April 20, 2007 1:47 PM  

inset.jpg22 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 10 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there.  More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 15
By Ben Popken on February 28, 2007 11:12 PM  

15 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove Nazi tshirts from its shelves, they're still there.  More »

Walmart Nazi Shirts In Chicago Tribune, Thanks To Our Readers
By Ben Popken on February 9, 2007 6:01 PM  

Walmart's Nazi Tshirts are in the Chicago Tribune, and drawing the ire of members of Congress, thanks to the dogged flow sightings and pictures by Consumerist readers published on this site.  More »

Wal-Mart Responds To Congress About Nazi Tshirts Still On Its Shelves
By Ben Popken on February 8, 2007 8:08 PM  

Walmart responded to a letter from Congress exhorting the retailer to remove tshirts bearing Nazi insignia, apologizing for letting some shirts fall through the cracks, as evidenced in a statement forwarded to us by a hill source.  More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 12
By Ben Popken on February 8, 2007 3:15 PM  

12 weeks after t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia were discovered in Walmart, the retailer has yet to remove them from all their stores, despite initial promises to do so within days.  More »

Walmart Calls Nazi Shirts Still On Shelves A "Training Issue"
By Ben Popken on February 8, 2007 2:33 PM  
An article in the New Mexico News-Sun had a startling quote from a Walmart spokesperson about why Nazi shirts could still be found on Walmart's shelves.Based on photographic evidence sent in by Consumerist readers over the past twelve weeks, here are some of the Walmarts experiencing training issues:Phoenix, AZ
Santa Maria, CA
Lancaster, CA
Jacksonville, FL
Rome, GA
Americus, GA
Marietta, GA
Valdosta, GA
Columbus, IA
Elgin, IL
Naperville, IL
Durham, NC
Salem, NH
Hamilton, NJ
Piscataway, NJ
Ledgewood, NJ
Rochester, NY
Farlawn, OH
Cleveland Heights, OH
Shaumburg, PA
Cordova, TN
Lubbock, TX
Houston, TX
Neenah, WI — BEN POPKENRecent updates to this story.
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New Mexico Paper Gives Front Page Coverage To Walmart's Nazi Shirts
By consumerist.com on February 8, 2007 2:17 PM  

The Hobbs News-Sun ran a front page story this week about how t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia could be found on local Walmart shelves, nearly three months after the store promised to pull them.  More »

Winner Announced For Cat On A Walmart Nazi T-Shirt Caption Contest
By Ben Popken on February 5, 2007 5:19 PM  

Last week we asked our readers to create captions for this picture of a fine feline on a Nazi insignia shirt sold by Walmart.   More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 11
By Ben Popken on February 1, 2007 7:00 PM  

11 weeks after t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia were discovered in Walmart, the retailer has yet to remove them from all their stores, despite initial promises to do so within days.  More »

Cat On A Walmart Nazi T-Shirt: A Caption Contest
By Meg Marco on January 30, 2007 5:31 PM  

Here at Consumerist we've worked really hard to try to motivate Walmart to follow through on their promise to pull the Nazi paraphernalia from their store shelves. So far, we've failed. In honor of our failure, we'd like to announce the "Cat On A Walmart Nazi T-Shirt Contest."  More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 10
By Ben Popken on January 24, 2007 3:08 AM  

10 weeks after t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia were discovered in Walmart, the retailer has yet to remove them from all their stores, despite initial promises to do so within days.  More »

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Day 66
By Ben Popken on January 17, 2007 2:28 AM  

Sixty-six days after t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia were discovered in Walmart, the retailer has yet to remove them from all their stores, despite initial promises to do so within days.   More »

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