GucciCondom Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Not Just Low Prices Wal-Mart's yellow smiley guy may be heading for a frown. The company is the target of a probe into the hiring of illegal immigrants. Its earnings fell short of Wall Street estimates. Its size threatens some stores. And now six of its "sexiest" female employees are on Playboy.com -- not exactly the wholesome image the retailer projects. Is it still America's family favorite? Playboy Undresses Wal-Mart Women By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money Staff Writer Playboy.com's controversial "Women of Wal-Mart" feature went live Wednesday, showcasing six of Wal-Mart's "sexiest" female employees who dared to shed their uniforms for the online pictorial. "This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said Tesha Mullen, one of the feature's models. "When I heard about the pictorial, I knew right away that I wanted to send in photos. Some of the most beautiful women in the world have posed for Playboy, and it is an honor to have been selected for this feature." In September Playboy.com had announced it was searching for the sexiest women at Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer. Playboy ran the similar-themed 'Women of Enron' last year and 'Women of Starbucks' photospreads in the magazine earlier this year. Their Business · Earnings Miss Estimates · Stock Quote and News Their Legal Woes · Immigrant Workers File Suit Their Competition · The Company It Fears "We received over 400 responses from Wal-Mart employees. That's more than the responses we got from both Enron and Starbucks employees," said Jay Nesheim, spokeswoman for Playboy.com. Nesheim said the six models, including a photo lab technician, assistant manager and a department manager, were paid for their feature but would not disclose the amount. "We knew that this would be a very provocative thing for us to do," said John Thomas, editor of Playboy.com. "Wal-Mart has a conservative corporate image, and we knew they wouldn't be thrilled. But we're hoping that the company will be pleased once they see how fun the pictures are and how empowered the women at Wal-Mart feel." For its part, Wal-Mart said the pictorial "is in poor taste." "Based on our values, we will be disappointed if any of our people do participate in it," said spokesman Tom Williams. "However, individuals are free to do what they want." Recently Wal-Mart, in an effort to spread its wholesome image as a family store, said it would put covers on a few women's magazines that typically display racy pictures and story titles. Playboy.com Playboy.com chose the six "sexiest" women of Wal-Mart from more than 400 entrants. Bentonville, Ark.- based Wal-Mart also banned three men's magazines, including FHM, Maxim, and Stuff, earlier this year because it said it had received complaints from customers about their content. The chain has never sold Playboy. In the past, Wal-Mart has refused to sell CDs that carry warning labels about explicit lyrics. Instead, the store sells sanitized versions of albums, with some songs omitted or covers redrawn to pass muster with the chain's buyers. 11/12/2003 http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.ad...113112009990005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Mmmm.....Walmart hunnies http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb/icons/icon12.gif'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETO Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I heard about this on "Tough Crowd With Colin Quin" a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 now let's talk about wal mart tv commercials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 someone post some pics of them hoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogy nights Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 where da' bitches at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh White Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Originally posted by ARCEL now let's talk about wal mart tv commercials Aren't they all just the fucking smiley face bouncing around lowering prices..hahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 being inside walmart just makes me fucking angry. AND the commercial, with the old guy whos all "i like to make the customers feel welcome, thats my job." yeah. great genius. fucking super happy for you. (he sounds spanish or something? who knows.....perhaps he is the illegal immigrant spoken of in the article...) DEATH. however, i do findmyself returning there for the 94cent silvers. dont sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDONO? Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 walmart has some fine ass bitches I used to work there. They should have gotten some bitch that worked with me she had a JLO ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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