Wal-Mart Faces New Public Image Battle

By Frank Langfitt

Published April 25, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

A new advocacy group has bought a full-page ad in Monday's editions of USA Today, criticizing America's largest retailer for destroying American jobs by purchasing most of its products from China. A watch group called Wal-Mart Watch launched the operation.

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