From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk
MediaBistro had some interesting retail tales on Thursday.
Start with this one (via Consumerist):
Does This JCPenney Ad Promote Bullying Or Just Reality?
After complaints from parents, JCPenney has pulled a controversial commercial from television networks. The back-to-school spot includes a section that lightheartedly makes fun of a very real issue: kids being bullied and/or excluded because they’re not wearing the right clothes.
The offending spot:
Seriously? That’s bullying? America is messed up, yo.
Then there’s this (via the Huffington Post):
Sears Appears To Yank Some, But Not All, Of Its Racy Bondage Wear From Site (NSFW PHOTOS)
Sears seems to be in the midst of an identity crisis.
The big-box store, which once prided itself on its “softer side,” has listed on its retail site quite a wide variety of provocative bondage items, including a “leather adjustable harness,” a “leather spanking skirt,” and a “leather bra and g-string set.”
But, HuffPost notes, those items seem to be currently unavailable.
A quick search on Sears’ website for Elegant Moments, one of Sears’ third party lingerie vendors, brings up the following listings:
Searsiously? That’s bondage? America is messed up, yo.
“3rd Floor: Spanking.”
2nd Floor: Nasty Notions.
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