Amazon removed the products when the Auschwitz Memorial tweeted about them. Images used showed the train tracks leading to the entrance of Auschwitz II-Birkenau and a number of scenes inside the camps, where around 1 million Jewish people are estimated to have been killed during World War II. Earlier in December, Amazon pulledĬhristmas ornaments showing the Auschwitz concentration camp. In 2017, the company apologizedįor an offensive slur used by a third-party seller in a product listing on its website.Īnd it's not the first time this holiday season that a third-party seller has brought scrutiny to a major online retailer. a portal on which Walmart can approve sellers to use its website. Third-party sellers are able to make products available on Walmart Marketplace Walmart declined to comment further on Sunday. Walmart apologizes for Christmas sweater that shows Santa with three lines of a white substance and the words let it snow Walmart pulled the sweater from its Candian website where. We apologize for any unintended offence this may have caused." "We have removed these products from our marketplace. 'Let It Snow' sweater, depicting Santa with lines of cocaine, is one of year's products gone wrong Kelly Tyko USA TODAY 0:00 0:26 A Christmas sweater depicting Santa and what appears to be. "These sweaters, sold by a third-party seller on Walmart.ca, do not represent Walmart's values and have no place on our website," Walmart said in a statement on Saturday. ![]() ![]() Below the image is the phrase "Let it snow." The Global News, a Canadian news organization, first reported the apology The sweater featured an image of Santa Claus behind a table with three white lines that look similar to cocaine lines. Christmas sweater with Santa and cocaine forces Walmart to apologize By Rob McLean, CNN Business Updated 5:08 PM EST, Mon DecemLink Copied Walmart Canada New York CNN. The retailer issued its mea culpa after criticism. Walmart is saying sorry for making available a Christmas sweater with an apparent drug reference. Decem/ 6:06 PM / MoneyWatch Walmart is apologizing for selling a holiday sweater that Santa would surely deem naughty and not nice.
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