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Walmart Still Selling Nazi Shirts
Scattered reports indicates Walmart is still selling a tshirt bearing Nazi insignia, up to 10 days after Walmart promised their removal. Above is a picture from a Lancaster, CA Walmart, taken last night. Here's one from Saturday, location unspecified.In fact, we have yet to hear of a single Walmart that has actually stopped selling the shirts. — BEN POPKENRecent updates to this story.
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Fairey Responds To Walmart Ripping Off His Nazi Shirt

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CNN Reports On Walmart's Nazi Shirt
Set to the tune of "Flight of the Valkyrie," here is CNN soft-serving the Nazi Walmart Tshirt story we've been obsessing over covering with such diligence.Maybe now that it's on CNN, Walmart will actually finally remove the shirts from their shelves. Yes, this is so important, we put two adverbs together. — BEN POPKENRecent updates to this story.
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Walmart Ripped Off Nazi Shirt From Graffiti Writer
Backstory.Looks like Walmart didn't just rip off the Nazis, they also ripped off artist Shep Fairey, known for his "OBEY GIANT" creations.Both have the same skull. Shep's has, "Defiant Since '89". Walmart's says, "Since 1978."Shirt was on sale at Obey's merch shop Karmaloop, though it's currently out of stock (google cache here). You can still get it through a few other distributors.We venture that Walmart's ripoff is not just a photoshop of the OBEY design. Note the inset star on the Obey design. We posit that Walmart's designer researched a clean version of the Totenkopf skull and deliberately ignored that it was found in the "Copyright Free Nazi Imagery" section. While the mechanical process of Walmart's recreation is indeterminate, the inspiration is clear... More »

Walmart Nazi Shirts Still On Sale

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We Interview Blogger Who Discovered Walmart's Nazi Tshirts
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Backstory.We interview the blogger who first spotted the Nazi Walmart shirts, Rick Rottman. He discusses how he first saw the shirts, why he posted it about them, and what happened next. By the end, you may never think about the number 88 the same way again.Subscribe to The Consumerist podcast and get these delivered directly.Transcript inside. — BEN POPKEN More »

Totenkomedy
Recent updates to this story.Backstory.As a chaser of sorts to all this depressing Nationalist-Socialist tshirt business, here's a comedic sketch from the BBC's That Mitchell and Webb Look. It centers around two officers in the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf coming to grips with the insignia on their hats. — BEN POPKEN More »

Totenkopf Shirts On Ebay
Backstory.Three Walmart's Totenkopf shirts are now available on eBay.The current bids are $.01.Packaging is in view in the auction picture, showing that the Totenkopf shirts are part of Walmart's "No Boundaries" line. It's uncertain at this time whether "No Boundaries" is specific to Walmart.Walmart's No Boundaries collection, or "NoBo," represents the retailer's attempt to bring a streety, pop-punk, aesthetic into its apparel offerings.Other NoBo items feature winged hearts, crests of arms, and slogans like, "Look at me now, have dreams about me later" (with the letters REOSL off-set in red to spell "Loser.") Walmart's website shows 11 other NoBo items with skulls, though none feature the Totenkopf.There's even a NoBo Geometric Comforter Set. — BEN POPKEN More »

Walmart's Nazi Past

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Who Designed Walmart's Nazi T-shirt?
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Backstory.Warning: baseless conjecture ahead. One of our readers is trying to track down who made Walmart's Nazi skull t-shirt.Muckraker: I have reason to believe that the shirt comes from a tattoo flash catalog.
Muckraker: flash is what they refer to as pre-made logos that people choose from when they pick out a tattoo
Muckraker: But I have no corroborating evidence except that it's a popular tattoo
Muckraker: for neo-nazi's...
Muckraker: but is quite likely popular enough that it's distributed...
Muckraker: It's quite likely it's local to Arkansas Arkansas? That's interesting, Walmart's HQ is in Bentonville, AR. Who says Walmart destroys local economies? — BEN POPKEN

Walmart Nazi Shirts Available Online (Sorta)
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