Walmart v. Whitney Houston?

[Cleopatra_J]

I don’t typically visit Perez Hilton, however someone linked me to his site, where he had an article about Wal-mart only selling Whitney Houston’s cd online but selling Miley Cyrus (same day release) in stores.I don’t really care so much because I’m so avid Whit fan, but I think Wal-Mart is a hypocritical company. I try not to support them at all cost.

Does that sound harsh? Did you hear what Wal-Mart did to Debbie Shank. I remember reading about her a year or so ago. Debbie was a Wally World employee and got injured in an accident. Naturally as an employee for a major corporation she was enrolled in their health plan. Wally World shelled out about 470, 000 in medical expenses for Debbie, who was now brain-damaged. After a suit settled for Debbie for around 1 mil, after legal fees and such that left 417,000 to be put in a trust for Debbie. Wal-Mart sued her to recoup their monies.

Seriously? A billionaire company? Read more details if you’d like. But I swear I didn’t make it up!


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I don't typically spam you guys, but I thought this was worth discussion. What do you make of Walmart's decision...

 

[onyxfemme]

Interesting read!
And...This is not spam-thanks for the post.

 

[followup]

That is Whitney and her recording/publishing company's problem to deal with... Or maybe they had an agreement with Walmart. Who knows what kind of deal was made?

 

[Blunt]

What's the problem??? Maybe Houston doesn't want an EXCLUSIVE in-store deal with Wal-Mart.

 

[Mo-Better]

For those who want Whitney's new CD they will buy it elsewhere. I have no clue why Walmart would take this approach but its one that will hurt Walmart more than Whitney. Her CD will sell if its good.

 

[Cleopatra_J]

update!

I was actually on twitter about this and someone hit me up with a link to a rep from WalMart's twitter, @WalmartKelly & this is what they said:

# Walmart will in fact be selling Whitney's new album in all stores 8/31. We're excited about Whitney's new album!about 8 hours ago from web
#
Walmart.com had unexpected tech issues, some CD pages are not showing up. We’re working on it now. Whitney will be online & in WMT stores.about 8 hours ago from web
#
@marlin6 @perezhilton Walmart will in fact be selling Whitney's new album in all stores 8/31. We're excited about Whitney's new album!about 8 hours ago from web

 

[Blunt]

update!

I was actually on twitter about this and someone hit me up with a link to a rep from WalMart's twitter, @WalmartKelly & this is what they said:

Yeah, it really made no sense that they would sell it on-line if they had some kind of issue with it. Their problem is more with language and content, rather than the personal issues of the artists. If anything, she's right up their alley, as an easy listening, middle-aged artist.

 

[Cleopatra_J]

Yeah, it really made no sense that they would sell it on-line if they had some kind of issue with it. Their problem is more with language and content, rather than the personal issues of the artists. If anything, she's right up their alley, as an easy listening, middle-aged artist.

it still doesn't change the fact that wal-mart isn't a company which I choose to support. and if other people made the same decisions, and were cognizant of where/how they spent their money the companies would change.

 

[doggish_098]

fuck walmart they dont sell cds with curse words in them

 

[sean69]

fuck walmart they dont sell cds with curse words in them

who buys cd?

 

[Blunt]

it still doesn't change the fact that wal-mart isn't a company which I choose to support. and if other people made the same decisions, and were cognizant of where/how they spent their money the companies would change.

Well, it's still very popular despite your lack of support and does wonders for CD sales.

 

[Blunt]

who buys cd?

About 6M people a week, mostly age 36-50 (followed by age 26-35).

 

[SickMyDuck]

fuck walmart they dont sell cds with curse words in them

C/S...

But they'll sell movies chock-full of curse words.