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Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:26pm EST

Nov 26 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Monday that it has it ended its relationship with the unnamed supplier that allowed goods to be made for the world's largest retailer at the Bangladesh factory where a fire killed more than 100 people.

"The Tazreen factory was no longer authorized to produce merchandise for Walmart," Wal-Mart said in a statement. "A supplier subcontracted work to this factory without authorization and in direct violation of our policies."

Wal-Mart declined to provide additional details, such as name the supplier or the timing of the factory being removed from its list of approved facilities.

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Groundbeef wrote:
Walmart may do all its withdrawal from Bangladesh now that a horrendous death toll is present from one of the worst disaster tolls in that Region.
It does not take away from the fact that conglomerates like this are making astronomical profits on the deaths of third world nations who ignore basic safety that would shutdown Western Business immediately.
Utterly disgusting. Excuses will not bring back these cremated remains.

Nov 26, 2012 5:04pm EST  --  Report as abuse
stambo2001 wrote:
…meanwhile Nike, Apple, and every other corporation making money from 3rd world slave labor continues unabated. Do any brand names produce in north america anymore? Any of them? America is so, so broken.

Nov 26, 2012 5:06pm EST  --  Report as abuse
madmilker wrote:
[...Wal Mart Stores-says supplier had subcontracted work to bangladesh factory without authorization...]

this O’fart says “bullsh!!”

I guess no one authorize spending over $24 million on bribes either…

Ain’t there anyone in the Ozarks that has the ba!!s to stand up and say…. Wal*Mart has been screwing up a lot.

Sounds like Lev Khasis ain’t doing his job…

“without authorization”….crap!!!

Next they will be saying they have their Global Procurement Office in China to purchase more Made In America stuff but didn’t realize China ain’t authorize to use that label….

or…

the less than 5% foreign in all their stores in China is not depriving the nice people of China from purchasing foreign items because Wal*Mart can’t authorize a Chinese person to move their currency out of China…

Maybe Alice should have not been authorize to be driving on the morning of April 4, 1989…..but that’s another story about screwing up too….

One of these days the 5 and Dime will be amongst people that are gonna turn a deaf ear…

and this O’fart hopes to hear the words “Golly…Wal*Mart screwed up.”

Nov 26, 2012 5:07pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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