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Walmart to Offer Pride Merchandise Despite Controversies

Walmart to Offer Pride Merchandise Despite Controversies
Shopping trolley in front of Walmart logo in an illustration on July 24, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
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6/2/2023|Updated: 6/3/2023
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Walmart is continuing to provide LGBT products as part of Pride Month, the firm said on Wednesday amid a consumer backlash against multiple brands aligning with such ideologies.

“We haven’t changed anything in our assortment,” Latriece Watkins, Walmart’s chief merchandising officer, said on May 31, according to Reuters. Watkins’ statement comes following a backlash against Target after the retailer launched LGBT items, including some targeted at kids. In late May, Target announced that it was removing some of the controversial items and insisted there were “threats” facing the company’s team members. But things are different with Walmart, Watkins said.
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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