McCoy said most of the Confederate flags she sells are lower-quality items not meant to fly outside every day.
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“It’s not like selling tires or washing machines.īoth Van de Putte and McCoy say American flags are their most popular products. “Any time there is a controversy about any flag, we sell more flags,” he said. He said he has sold more flags in the last couple days than they would have typically sold over a couple of months. Pete Van de Putte said sales of Confederate flags are surging at his Dixie Flag Manufacturing in San Antonio, Texas. While the Confederate flag represents a small slice of their business, some of those that produce them say they have no plans to stop. Nikki Haley said Monday that the flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds. The debate over its place exploded after the church shootings. The red-white-and-blue Confederate battle flag represents racism to many, and southern heritage to others. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, asked about the retailers pulling flags from stores, said those are “decisions for individual businesses to make.” He added that the businesses’ decisions were consistent with the president’s position. Other national retailers say they do not sell, or never have sold, Confederate items. said that it would remove all Confederate-themed items from its store shelves and website after the South Carolina shooting suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, appeared in photos holding the flag. The wave of merchandise bans came a day after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Links to Confederate flags are still being shown in Google’s general search results. The ban included Google Shopping, which consists of merchant ads. Google, meanwhile, blocked digital ads featuring Confederate flags after concluding they violated the Internet company’s policy against marketing messages promoting content that could be “generally perceived” as an expression of hate toward a group of people. Target said it pulled its historic Confederate costume from its web site, but said it did not carry Confederate flags or decor that bore that image. Sears does not sell the merchandise inside Sears or Kmart stores. That’s about half of what they typically sell in a year.Īmazon, Sears, eBay and Etsy said Tuesday that they would remove Confederate flag merchandise from their websites.
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McCoy said her company expects to sell about 50 of the flags over the next week.