Walmart Will No Longer Put ‘Multicultural’ Beauty Products in Locked Cases
, Walmart spokesman Lorenzo Lopez said, “As a retailer serving millions of customers every day from diverse backgrounds, Walmart does not tolerate discrimination of any kind.” He went on to say that similar to other retailers, Walmart locked up certain items to “deter shoplifters from some products such as electronics, automotive, cosmetics and other personal care products.”“We’re sensitive to the issue and understand the concerns raised by our customers and members of the community and have made the decision to discontinue placing multicultural hair care and beauty products—a practice in place in about a dozen of our 4,700 stores nationwide—in locked cases,” he .In February 2018, Essie Grundy, a Black woman living in California, against