Wal-Mart, Hannah Montana Combine Forces to Conquer Tween Market

Will the Hannah Montana brand suffer by joining up with Wal-Mart?

Doubtful.

Any brand or artist that joins up with Walmart is cheapened.
You don’t sell quality image by being married to Walmarts name.

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Alex :Do you recall how the marriage ended with Nike and WalMart,or Kathie Lee Gifford and WalMart? Hardly happily ever after,although much of that controversy involved instances of sweatshop labor issues and Human Rights violations . But what is of particular interest to me is the mention of licensing and royalties on trademarked merchandise. Royalties are the basis of the Geoffery LOOphole tax avoidance methods used to reduce taxes to the states in which the merchandise was sold.Perhaps both the fans and their respective states will have a happy marriage this time.

Now that you brought loopholes up,if you order stuff online from wm do you pay tax.

ma: You probably do-I don’t know if WalMart will.I know that when I order off the net,or TV Shoppping,state tax is included in some orders,not so on others.

“Royalties are the basis of the Geoffery LOOphole tax avoidance methods used to reduce taxes to the states in which the merchandise was sold.”

Sorry ddrb, but I don’t know too much about your tax system.
I will say however if a product is exclusive to Walmart, I won’t buy it.

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Alex in Ontario: If you will type Tax Trifecta into the search WalMart Watch engine,you will find some info I posted on this just recently...they are:1.) Geoffrey Loophole,2.) TIF-Tax Increment Financing,3)REIT-Real Estate Investment Trusts. As I said,if you go to the archives,you’ll find descriptions of how these tax avoidance methods work.

“Do you recall how the marriage ended with Nike and WalMart,or Kathie Lee Gifford and WalMart?”

Kathy Lee Gifford was with K-Mart. That’s the problem here, people post things that aren’t true and others believe it to be. Great job by the Unions to keep this site up and allow crap to be continually posted. What’s THEIR plan to eliminate all of these issues they say is due to Wal Mart? Let meknow when they change something.

J in Newport News,VA: We are all entitled to our own opinions,but NONE of us are entitled to our own facts! It is FACT re: Kathie Lee Gifford and her clothing line at WalMart,made in sweatshops. This was well documented ,including a tearful press conference with Ms. Gifford denying having ANY knowledge of the conditions under which her goods for Wal Mart were being made. The entire sordid story is delineated fully in the book” In Sam We Trust”,Chapter19-’Live with Charlie and Kathie Lee’,pp 318-345. You are also welcome to look up the affiliation between W/M and Ms. Gifford on Google.You’re entitled to your opinions about unions also,but get YOUR FACTS straight before YOU post YOUR CRAP!!

Way to Go...ddrb!

Maybe J in Newport News will think twice before he tries to re-write the facts and defend the Kathy Lee Gifford debacle again.

That’s the problem here, people post things that aren’t true and others believe it to be.

Earth to J: Where isn’t that the case? Believing or not believing are brain functions. You might try it.

From: Foreign Policy In Focus

Super Bowl of Shame
Jamie Menutis | January 28, 2008

Editor: Emily Schwartz Greco

If Bridgestone Firestone needs more proof of just how much the exploitation of child workers can affect their profits, they need look no further than to the effects such issues had upon sports giant Nike or Wal-Mart’s clothing line by Kathy Lee Gifford. Consumers felt ashamed to purchase these items once they learned the truth about their production. Profits and name brands were aversely affected.

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Personally, I find Dell selling through Wal-Mart a sign the company is slipping. I expect the quality of Dell computers to drop off rapidly along with their reputation.

No other entity on earth has done more to divert the American consumer’s focus from quality to cost. Despite what Wal-Mart would have you believe, there is a quality component to value.

Ken V; Do you recall the classic slogan,"Long after the price is forgotten,the quality remains.”?  In W/M’s case, it might read"Long after the price is forgotten, the always low quality remains.”

“Personally, I find Dell selling through Wal-Mart a sign the company is slipping. I expect the quality of Dell computers to drop off rapidly along with their reputation.”

Ken V in Texas

You are so right Ken. It is one thing to buy a hair comb at a discounter, but when quality is part of the formula, the Walmart name doesn’t measure up. Walmart = lower quality.

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