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...races and places equally: black, white, Hispanic, New Jersey, Miami, Brooklyn, Manhattan—it’s all the same.) This show was actually a predictable destination after years of pathologically watching “Antiques Roadshow” (almost as good as mullet-spotting at the local Wal-Mart during the one and only summer I spent in Vermont), as well as those public-access programs where someone films his own Harlem dance party/wedding/roller disco, complete with a man in a dashiki, unstoppable Latin swingers and crazy xylophonists and sax players (wearing sunglasses inside at night, of course...
Corporate Culture WAL-MART Tolerance on aisle 5: the retail giant extended employee antidiscrimination protections to gays and lesbians...
...bags, well-off parents are also finding their way into discount stores when shopping for their children's everyday wear. There they will brush shopping carts with parents of moderate budgets, who are able to find stylish and durable kids' clothing for every occasion. In the past several years, Wal-Mart and Target have gone to great--and successful--lengths to improve the quality of their private-label children's wear. Jill Rice, 34, a stay-at-home mother in Atlanta, says that while she prefers to shop for church or special-occasion clothing for her 21-month-old daughter...
Discount chains have done a good job of seizing licensing opportunities. Target, for example, carries clothing emblazoned with Hello Kitty and Barney, while Wal-Mart has SpongeBob SquarePants and a line designed by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The chains have been savvy in their marketing, particularly to Hispanics, who have surpassed African Americans as the largest minority group in the U.S. According to Susan Porjes, a retail analyst based in Honolulu, Hispanic parents spend a higher percentage of their income on children's clothing than other ethnic groups do. That helps explain why Target has licensed characters from...
...right thing to do for our employees. We want all of our associates to feel they are valued and treated with respect--no exceptions. " MONA WILLIAMS, Wal-Mart vice president of communications, on the company's decision to include gays and lesbians in its antidiscrimination policy...