Walmart no longer keeps beauty products for people of colour under lock & key

Pepper said:
Racism is exhausting. It's too much, too much. I'm not shocked @Keesha, I'm disgusted, sad & tired. It must stop, it must finally stop.
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I’m shocked cause I can’t believe this type of thing is STILL happening. How can that not be insulting to black people? Walmart as a company thinks that certain races can’t be trusted so locks up certain beauty supplies! Much of this is shocking, I mean, I’m not shocked that people are racists. I don’t think that will ever change but I AM shocked that a company as big as Walmart was/is STILL doing this. I’m somewhat ashamed of humanity. Sure we make mistakes but.........😳
I guess I’m out of touch with what’s going on in the rest of the world. It’s sad.
 
I see security measures on small high-end products for all types of shoppers at the local Walmart.

The local Walmart has cameras in some areas where you can see yourself but I don't know if those cameras feed into a security area or if they are just a deterrent.

They also keep some things in plastic security boxes or in locked cabinets.

It only impacts me with diabetic testing supplies but I've seen it used with some small high-end cosmetics like nail polish or lipstick.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I see security measures on small high-end products for all types of shoppers at the local Walmart.

The local Walmart has cameras in some areas where you can see yourself but I don't know if those cameras feed into a security area or if they are just a deterrent.

They also keep some things in plastic security boxes or in locked cabinets.

It only impacts me with diabetic testing supplies but I've seen it used with some small high-end cosmetics like nail polish or lipstick.
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I would have no problem with them locking up small items - The issue is that they only did it to the cosmetics specifically for 'people of color.'
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Em in Ohio said:
I would have no problem with them locking up small items - The issue is that they only did it to the cosmetics specifically for 'people of color.'
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I'm saying that has not been my experience in the local Walmart.

You may see a case similar to the one pictured but you will see several other cases in the HBA, pharmacy, electronics, etc...

IMO the article is just attempting to make an inflammatory claim unless things are different from my own experience in other parts of the country.

Why on earth would anyone selling something try to prevent people from attempting to buy it unless they were experiencing significant inventory shrinkage in those areas of the store?

Be skeptical.
 
Walmart said the practice was in place in about a dozen of its 4,700 stores across America.

It’s not something I am personally assuming. It was stating by the company itself.
Walmart Inc., will stop keeping personal care products designed for people of colour in locked display cases, the RETAILER SAID after the practice drew flak online with many suggesting customers for these products can’t be trusted.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon the company along with the Walmart Foundation, will commit $100 million to create a new centre for racial equity.

At least Walmart is wlling to admit their mistake.
 
At the walmart neighborhood market I go to the products for of people color are on open shelves but the perfumes and a lot of high end universal cosmetics are locked up.
 
It’s fully understood that valuables are under lock & key for obvious reasons. Theft. Perhaps it’s even safe to say that in certain areas of poverty, many things are locked up where in most areas they aren’t. That I understand also. What I don’t understand is that if beauty supply products are going to be locked up, why not make it an ‘across the board for all ethnic group's’ lock up?
 
Aunt Bea said:
I'm saying that has not been my experience in the local Walmart.

You may see a case similar to the one pictured but you will see several other cases in the HBA, pharmacy, electronics, etc...

IMO the article is just attempting to make an inflammatory claim unless things are different from my own experience in other parts of the country.

Why on earth would anyone selling something try to prevent people from attempting to buy it unless they were experiencing significant inventory shrinkage in those areas of the store?

Be skeptical.
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I haven't seen this in local Walmarts, either. They do, however, keep many higher end cosmetics and perfumes of all types locked up, but it's all kinds of higher end stuff, not just stuff for black people.
 
Loss of inventory from stores — due to causes including shoplifting and employee theft — cost the U.S. retail industry nearly $48.9 billion in 2016.

The National Retail Security Survey, conducted annually by the National Retail Federation trade group, found that the average inventory shrink rate increased to 1.44% in 2016. That figure — which measures missing inventory — includes items that go missing because of shoplifting, theft by employees, administrative errors, vendor fraud and other unknown loss.
Most missing inventory (36.5%) was attributed to shoplifting by outside customers, followed by employee theft (30%). Administrative errors accounted for 21.3% of inventory shrink, while vendor fraud accounted for 5.4%.
The survey — which included 83 retailers, some of which have multiple brands — found that the average cost per shoplifting incident doubled to $798.48. The average cost per employee theft incident was $1,922.80. The survey attributed that, in part, to a decrease in punitive action against shoplifters and employees.

This is from 2016 so the total losses have to be higher in later years due to inflation.
 
Keesha said:
It’s fully understood that valuables are under lock & key for obvious reasons. Theft. Perhaps it’s even safe to say that in certain areas of poverty, many things are locked up where in most areas they aren’t. That I understand also. What I don’t understand is that if beauty supply products are going to be locked up, why not make it an ‘across the board for all ethnic group's’ lock up?
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Perhaps because, it is due to the 'theft' of product ... no matter the ethnic majority in a given community ? If you are assuming that it is primarily in a neighborhood of "people of color" ? Is that not being racist ? My 'assumption' is that, the product is expensive, as such subject to theft by those that choose not to purchase it in the legal manner ?

So please correct me if i am wrong, you seem to delight in doing so........
 
I don't believe this is true example of racism. It sounds more like store managers, who became aware of a large scale theft of a particular item. And they put that item under lock and key to prevent the store from taking an unprofitable hit. So the product was for "females of color"., with the implication that black chicks often stole them. OH RACISM. The fact that the practice was in only a handful of stores could mean that the stores were in predominantly black areas, and thus had more black teens. And teens commit most of the shoplifting. I doubt there's the same theft problem of black beauty items in predomenently white areas. Apparently, you haven't been buying mens' razors refill cartridges, which in most stores are also under lock and key. Is this because the stores have some fanatical anti-male feminist agenda, or they want to stop the cartridges from walking out the door unpaid?
 
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I've been thinking about this.

It seems to me if the management of Walmart or other retailers were intentionally being racist they would not offer these products for sale in their stores, to begin with.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I've been thinking about this.

It seems to me if the management of Walmart or other retailers were intentionally being racist they would not offer these products for sale in their stores, to begin with.
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I hear you Bea, but then, they may miss out on the other, big ticket items! Can't have that.
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Aunt Bea said:
I've been thinking about this.

It seems to me if the management of Walmart or other retailers were intentionally being racist they would not offer these products for sale in their stores, to begin with.
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It is discrimination. How embarrassing that white folks can walk down the aisle and pick up their products, but people of color in the same aisle have to ring for 'help?'
 

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