Walmart’s Growing Footprint in Healthcare and Public Health, from Guns to Mental Health and Gardens
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 5 September 2019 in Guns and health, Health citizenship, Health Consumers, Love and health, Mental health, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Shopping and health, Social determinants of health, Sustainability, Transparency, Violence and health, Wellbeing
Over the past couple of weeks, Walmart is demonstrating its growing commitment to and leadership in healthcare and public health. The company’s announcement this week of pulling products that can be used in military-style weapons from its Outdoor Sports/Shooting department is a major move for public health that is something of a watershed that will impact well beyond the company’s inventory and stock price. This announcement will continue a trend among some thoughtful business leaders, like CEO Edward Stack of Dick’s Sporting Goods, banning gun sales from the retailer’s 125 stores in March 2019, who have begun to listen to
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