Then they need to participate in the political conversation. For example, in reaction to this …
The White House has lashed out after a news website accused Donald Trump of “taking credit” for a Walmart discount by revealing that the supermarket’s offer was already in place before he championed it.
Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday that the retail giant would be “dropping the price for a pound of ground beef by almost 15 percent,” which he said had been instigated “at my Administration’s request.”
The following day, The Wall Street Journal reported that a U.S. Department of Agriculture official had called around the big retailers urging them to lower their prices ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, relaying news of Walmart’s promotion to the West Wing and prompting the president’s post.
The Bulwark’s Catherine Rampell then reported that a company spokesperson had told her the offer was part of “one of its regular price ‘Rollback’ events,” which had come into effect “early last week – i.e., the week before Trump blasted out his claim that price cuts were imminent and would be happening at his request.” [The Independent]
… then Walmart should have an addendum to their advertising signs that says
… the rollback in prices is an annual occurrence and not in consequence of a request from the ever-boastful President.
They can leave out the gratuitous adjective if they wish.
So why? Walmart should put a prominent value on truthfulness as a way to show they’re aligned with their customers and not with the big bad business monster.
If, of course, companies are people, too.
