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09-08-2016, 11:22 PM
Walmart's September 11 display was a bad, bad idea
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With the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks just days away, commemorations are being held and displayed across the country. But one such display in a Florida Walmart has drawn the ire of a memorial gone awry.
SEE ALSO: #Brands Couldn't Resist Being #Brands, Even on 9/11 (http://mashable.com/2014/09/11/brands-sept-11-anniversary/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It all began when Twitter user @online_shawn shared the below image of a display at a Walmart he claimed was in Florida. The photo showed various cases of Coca-Cola products stacked to resemble the World Trade Center in front of American flag in a strange, brand-heavy ode to the fallen towers.*
(And, yes, those are Coke Zero boxes standing in for the towers, which fell at what is **w called "Ground Zero.")* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/walmart-911-display/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Brands (http://mashable.com/category/brands/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Coca Cola (http://mashable.com/category/coca-cola/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Wal Mart (http://mashable.com/category/wal-mart/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), 9 11 (http://mashable.com/category/9-11/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and September 11 (http://mashable.com/category/september-11/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/UtW1xLyzMXo
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With the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks just days away, commemorations are being held and displayed across the country. But one such display in a Florida Walmart has drawn the ire of a memorial gone awry.
SEE ALSO: #Brands Couldn't Resist Being #Brands, Even on 9/11 (http://mashable.com/2014/09/11/brands-sept-11-anniversary/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It all began when Twitter user @online_shawn shared the below image of a display at a Walmart he claimed was in Florida. The photo showed various cases of Coca-Cola products stacked to resemble the World Trade Center in front of American flag in a strange, brand-heavy ode to the fallen towers.*
(And, yes, those are Coke Zero boxes standing in for the towers, which fell at what is **w called "Ground Zero.")* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/walmart-911-display/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Brands (http://mashable.com/category/brands/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Coca Cola (http://mashable.com/category/coca-cola/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Wal Mart (http://mashable.com/category/wal-mart/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), 9 11 (http://mashable.com/category/9-11/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and September 11 (http://mashable.com/category/september-11/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/UtW1xLyzMXo