Walmart
Wal-Mart is America's largest employer,[1] running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by Sam Walton in Arkansas in 1962. Walton was a Christian and tried to make his store pro-family. The current Walmart CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Asda" chain of superstores across the United Kingdom.
It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Wal-Mart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low wages with insufficient health benefits and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business. It was also critisized for not supporting homosexuality and for not dispensing abortion inducing drugs at its pharmacies. The company's defenders reply that Wal-Mart tries to uphold a family value system and is a well-known provider of decent employment and affordable merchandise across America and the rest of the world. Wal-Mart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Wal-Mart.
It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in China.[2]
Biblical Action Figures
Wal-Mart said it will test sales in some stores of biblical action figures whose makers (the toys are made by One2believe) say they are aimed at Christian parents who prefer their children play with Samson, David or Noah rather than with a comic book character or Bratz doll. [3]
One2Believe needs people to buy their toys at the Wal-Mart stores which sell them so that Wal-Mart will see that they sell well and offer them at every store.