Walmart Inc. Removes Cosmo from its Checkout Lines

Walmart Inc. will be removing Cosmopolitan Magazines from all of the checkout lines of the retail giant.

According to Walmart, this move was a “business decision” but one advocacy group is touting as a victory against sexual exploitation.

Cosmopolitan describes itself as a “bible for fun, fearless females that reaches more than 18 million readers a month.” When it was just starting, the magazine made a splash with its provocative covers and sex advice for its readers. The magazine has been critiqued for tying its racier content with young actors on its covers.

 Walmart has stated that it “will continue to offer Cosmopolitan to customers that wish to purchase the magazine, but it will no longer be located in the checkout aisles.”

“While this was primarily a business decision, the concerns raised were heard,” the retail giant said.

Meanwhile, National Center on Sexual Exploitation, an advocacy group, said that the decision was victory against “Cosmo's hyper sexualized and degrading article titles.”

Walmart, on the other hand, did not give any comment whether the sales of the magazine were declining.

Walmart Teams Up with FedEx

Walmart will be opening FedEx shops for packing, printing, and shipping services in its 500 U.S. stores.

The retail giant and the courier delivery services company have been testing the partnership in about 50 locations in Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. After a successful pilot program, both companies revealed that it would add the services to another 500 sites.

According to the officials of the company, customers can now hold their packages at the Walmart FedEx shops for up to five business days.

Meanwhile, the shops are about 450 to 750 square feet and there will be almost 2,000 FedEx workers in the stores.

“The new FedEx office locations in Walmart Supercenters are chosen by a number of factors including available space, local population numbers and proximity to other FedEx Office stores. At this time, we do not have additional details to share on exactly where those 500 stores will be,” stated the spokesperson of the company.

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