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In South Carolina, the governor has called for the Confederate flag to stop flying over the capitol. The governors of Virginia and North Carolina quickly declared that they would remove the flag from state license plates. Meanwhile, several of the country's top retailers -- including eBay and Amazon -- announced in quick succession that they would stop selling Confederate flag merchandise. Now MJ Lee reports at CNN that the debate over the Confederate flag is the most recent and vivid illustration of how changes in the business community can influence and pressure politics. "What you are seeing is a broad, acknowledgment across both the consumer, the political and the business community that that particular emblem is no longer part of something that should be a state-issued emblem," says GOP strategist Scott Jennings.
Walmart, Amazon, eBay and Sears announced within the span of one day that they would ban the sale of Confederate flag merchandise from their stores, saying they had no intention of offending customers. As Walmart CEO Doug McMillon put it, the decision was straightforward: "We want everybody to feel comfortable shopping at Walmart." Corporate and business leaders say that the abandoning the flag is a step towards inclusiveness for a region that has long struggled to shed negative images. "The business community -- they have a lot of say and power all over the country, whether it's on religion or ethnicity or LGBT issues," says Ralph Northam. "When you're running a business, you have to have the doors open and welcome diversity."
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Note: These moves are in response to the events in Charleston.
Original Submission
(Score: 3, Insightful) by TheRaven on Thursday June 25 2015, @08:17AM
It's not like everyone's going to suddenly do all their grocery shopping online
Really? Maybe it's just where I live, but most people that I know do. In the UK, all of the major supermarket chains have online order and delivery options, Ocado is online-only. It takes less time to order online than it takes to even get to the nearest supermarket, then someone else handles the delivery, so it saves me a good hour of my time for each shop.
Some things just don't lend themselves well to online shopping: food and clothing are two big ones
I buy a lot of my food online, though having a farm shop less than a minute's walk from my front door means that I tend to buy fresh things locally. My girlfriend (who buys a lot more clothes than me) buys a lot of things online - most online clothes retailers let you return things for free, so she gets to order a load of things, try them on at home, and then send back the ones that she doesn't like (or drop them into a shop locally - so the shop still needs to exist, but can be a lot smaller or could just be a large letterbox).
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(Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Thursday June 25 2015, @12:21PM
Agreed, all my food shopping is done online and delivered at a time I choose (usually every Sunday morning 11:00 - 12:00)
If I am not happy with a particular item, they will either take it back and refund me the price, or let me keep it and refund me the price.
I have not done a full weekly shop myself for at least 6 months.