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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 62

Just 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!)

6:58 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Ben Popken
110,996 views, 96 comments

Latest by Mariallena: @cryrevolution: Has anybody's health been compromised by these t-shirts? I didn't think so. Who cares if they remove them or not? more »

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Bealls Says They Will Destroy The Walmart Nazi T-Shirts

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 »

6:32 PM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Meg Marco
7,120 views, 27 comments

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Walmart's Nazi Tshirts Found In Outlet Stores

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. More »

11:26 AM on Mon Sep 24 2007
By Ben Popken
9,831 views, 31 comments

Latest by It’s Getting a Little Outrageous… on Wal-Mart Watch: Consumerist brings news that Wal-Mart is still selling t-shirts with a Nazi-era graphic more than a year after they were recalled. As the site rightly points out, if Wal-Mart can’t get one t-shirt off its shelves, what does that mean more »

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 29

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 »

9:24 AM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Ben Popken
4,346 views, 81 comments

Latest by Cutting Costs and Being Sneaky on Wal-Mart Watch: Looks like Wal-Mart is not being forthright with consumers, again. As if customers would not notice if their usual dog treats were no longer on the shelves. Why is it that this is happening again and again and again and more »

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 28

258weeks 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 POPKEN More »

5:19 PM on Thu May 31 2007
By Ben Popken
3,977 views, 45 comments

Latest by Tristan921: This seems to be just the tip of the iceberg of Nazi marketing to youth. The most popular German band (Rammstein) uses Nazi symbols, which few people recognize, to market itsself to young people all over the world. more »

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 27

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 »

10:59 PM on Tue May 22 2007
By Ben Popken
1,510 views, 37 comments

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 25

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 »

11:45 AM on Wed May 9 2007
By Ben Popken
1,217 views, 25 comments

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 22

22 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 »

9:47 AM on Fri Apr 20 2007
By Ben Popken
52,183 views, 57 comments

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 15

15 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove Nazi tshirts from its shelves, they're still there. More »
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Walmart Nazi Shirts In Chicago Tribune, Thanks To Our Readers

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 »

1:01 PM on Fri Feb 9 2007
By Ben Popken
1,171 views, 12 comments

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Wal-Mart Responds To Congress About Nazi Tshirts Still On Its Shelves

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 »

3:08 PM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Ben Popken
2,220 views, 14 comments

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Breaking! Congress To Walmart: Stop Selling Nazi T-shirts

Members of Congress started a letter writing campaign today, urging Walmart to stop selling t-shirts bearing Nazi iconography. More »

2:48 PM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Ben Popken
6,813 views, 40 comments

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 12

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 »

10:15 AM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Ben Popken
1,482 views, 15 comments

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Walmart Calls Nazi Shirts Still On Shelves A "Training Issue"

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. More »

9:33 AM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Ben Popken
4,103 views, 3 comments

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New Mexico Paper Gives Front Page Coverage To Walmart's Nazi Shirts

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 »

9:17 AM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Ben Popken
1,101 views, 2 comments

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Winner Announced For Cat On A Walmart Nazi T-Shirt Caption Contest

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 »

12:19 PM on Mon Feb 5 2007
By Ben Popken
598 views, 6 comments

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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 11

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 »

2:00 PM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Ben Popken
2,573 views, 19 comments

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Cat On A Walmart Nazi T-Shirt: A Caption Contest

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 »

12:31 PM on Tue Jan 30 2007
By Meg Marco
552 views, 75 comments