On December 22, some netizens posted on social platforms that Sam's Club, a high-end membership store owned by US retailer Walmart, was "suspected of removing all Xinjiang products."
Recently, some netizens found that after opening the "Sam's Club" APP and typing the word "Xinjiang" in the search bar, there were many keywords containing "Xinjiang" such as "Xinjiang cantaloupe", "Xinjiang Hotan red dates", "Xinjiang apricots", "Xinjiang raisins" and so on.
However, after clicking on the search for "Xinjiang", you got the result of "Sorry, no related products were found".
Sam's Club Jingdong flagship store and Sam WeChat Mini Program are similar situations. In this regard, according to Red Star News, the customer service of Jingdong Sam's Club replied that this is due to the recent shortage of goods caused by the epidemic, and the goods will be replenished one after another, and the normal arrival cycle is 2-20 days.
In addition to Sam's Club, its parent brand Wal-Mart supermarket has also removed Xinjiang products, and the online mall cannot search for related products. Walmart customer service also said it was due to lack of inventory.
Moreover, some netizens searched for other products and found that if they are out of stock, they can display product pictures and names, not the same as Xinjiang products, and directly search for any product information.
According to the interface news reported on the 29th, in the Sam's Club Beijing Shijingshan store, the previous sale of Korla fragrant pears, Xinjiang dates, Aksu apples and other goods have been quietly removed from the shelves, replaced by jade ice candy pears produced in Shandong, gray dates and other similar goods.
In the entire store, only some of the jade jewelry sold by Chow Tai Fook are stone materials from Hotan in Xinjiang.
The Beijing Shijingshan store is Sam's second store in China and the second largest store in the world in terms of sales within sam's system.
So far, neither Sam's Club nor Walmart has officially responded to the matter on official channels.
On December 31, 2021, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published an article saying:
According to media reports, Wal-Mart's Sam's Club recently secretly removed all Xinjiang products, customer service said that it is "inventory" reasons, at present Sam did not give an official explanation, the United States Wal-Mart spokesman declined to comment. When Sam's Club tried to be vague and vague on the issue of principle of relations with the Chinese, Chinese consumers expressed strong dissatisfaction and resisted with the action of returning cards, expressing their position of resolutely safeguarding national interests.
Sam's Club is a wholesale and retail chain store for fixed members, but anyone who has a little understanding of the inventory management knowledge of chain enterprises will understand that removing all Xinjiang products from the shelves because of "inventory" is just a self-deceptive excuse. If Sam's Club wants to maintain normal operation, how can it "happen" that all products from Xinjiang are out of stock; if it is really temporarily insufficient, it can also meet consumer demand by opening pre-sales and other measures. In addition, some careful netizens found that other products that were removed due to insufficient inventory can still search for product information on Sam's official website, and some have the prompt of "arrival notification", but products from Xinjiang do not have such treatment.
Removing all products from a region without a valid reason hides an ulterior motive behind it, exposes stupidity and short-sightedness, and is bound to suffer its own evil consequences. Not long ago, Sam's Club announced that the number of paid members in China exceeded 4 million, calculated by the lowest membership fee of 260 yuan, and this alone, Sam's membership fee income in 2021 reached 1.04 billion yuan. As China's first high-end paid membership retail enterprise, Sam has been in the Chinese market for 25 years, earning the money of the majority of Chinese consumers, but behind the scenes, he has adopted dirty means to boycott the products produced by this country and the people, such a "eating and smashing the pot" behavior, which is not only a violation of the normal market law, but also arouses the indignation and resistance of Chinese consumers.
Suppressing and boycotting Xinjiang products is another "card" played by Western anti-China forces, which is doomed to failure. From H&M Group's boycott of Xinjiang cotton, to Intel's letter to suppliers demanding that Xinjiang labor and products be banned, to the removal of all Xinjiang products from Sam's Club, these Western companies that once flaunted no political interference have punched themselves in the face with their own actions. Xinjiang's economic development and social stability are universally recognized, and the people of all ethnic groups live and work in peace and contentment for all to see. The fact that the US side has repeatedly used Xinjiang-related issues to create rumors and cause trouble is actually engaging in political manipulation and economic bullying under the guise of human rights in an attempt to undermine Xinjiang's prosperity and stability and curb China's development. The behavior of the US side has made the Chinese people see clearly their "fake human rights and real hegemony" and stimulated the enthusiasm and motivation of the Chinese people to support Xinjiang's development.
Chinese people's eyes are shining, Chinese is also the most loved country, who has two sides and three knives, who sincerely cooperates, they can see very clearly and clearly. China is Wal-Mart's second largest overseas market, and if it wants to gain a firm foothold in the Chinese market, it must show enough sincerity and attitude, respect the facts, distinguish between right and wrong, respect China's principled position, and respect the feelings of the Chinese people. Otherwise, Chinese and Chinese consumers will respond resolutely with practical actions.
Editor| Sun Zhicheng yi qijiang
Proofreading | Lu Xiangyong
Daily economic news integrated Qianjiang Evening News, CCTV, the central discipline inspection commission and the state supervision commission website
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