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Retailer says move due to lack of demand in about one third of locations
Updated: 3:46 p.m. ET April 14, 2006
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided to stop selling guns in about a third of its U.S. stores in what it calls a marketing decision based on lack of demand in some places, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
The worlds largest retailer decided last month to remove firearms from about 1,000 stores in favor of stocking other sporting goods, in line with a Store of the Community strategy for boosting sales by paying closer attention to local differences in demand.
This decision is based on diminished customer relevancy and demand in these markets, said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Jolanda Stewart.
Wal-Marts critics and gun control advocates welcomed the move.
This a good first step, said Paul Blank, director of the union-funded group WakeUpWalMart.com, which contends there is a growing public safety concern about violence and crime at Wal-Mart stores.
The Violence Policy Center, a gun control group, said Wal-Marts decision reflected what it called a decline in gun ownership. The marketplace has spoken and the losers are Americas gun industry and the gun lobby, VPC Executive Director Josh Sugarmann said in a statement.
Wal-Marts Stewart declined to specify what stores were affected.more at link:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12316692/
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided to stop selling guns in about a third of its U.S. stores in what it calls a marketing decision based on lack of demand in some places, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
The worlds largest retailer decided last month to remove firearms from about 1,000 stores in favor of stocking other sporting goods, in line with a Store of the Community strategy for boosting sales by paying closer attention to local differences in demand.
This decision is based on diminished customer relevancy and demand in these markets, said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Jolanda Stewart.
Wal-Marts critics and gun control advocates welcomed the move.
This a good first step, said Paul Blank, director of the union-funded group WakeUpWalMart.com, which contends there is a growing public safety concern about violence and crime at Wal-Mart stores.
The Violence Policy Center, a gun control group, said Wal-Marts decision reflected what it called a decline in gun ownership. The marketplace has spoken and the losers are Americas gun industry and the gun lobby, VPC Executive Director Josh Sugarmann said in a statement.
Wal-Marts Stewart declined to specify what stores were affected.more at link:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12316692/
