For Immediate Release

March 25, 2008

Contact: Meghan Scott

202-721-8014


WakeUpWalMart.com Launches First in a Series of Web Videos; Asks "Are You Living Better Yet?"

Washington, DC -- WakeUpWalMart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, with more than 410,000 members across the country, today launched the first in a series of Internet videos, asking Americans: "Is Wal-Mart making your life better?"

"Wal-Mart talks a good game about saving Americans money and improving their quality of life, but all those press releases don't amount to much when every day we see good manufacturing jobs shipped overseas so Wal-Mart can import 70 percent of its goods from China, scores of dangerous products being pulled from shelves, the company's carbon emissions skyrocketing, despite its claims to ‘go green,'" said Meghan Scott, spokesperson for WakeUpWalMart.com. "In this time of economic uncertainty, Americans need to take a hard at where they're spending their hard-earned dollars, and ask themselves, ‘Am I living better yet?'"

The video opens on a quiet suburban house, with children sleeping inside. The time is 3 a.m., and a phone rings.

"Live Better?" Script

In a time of uncertainty...and change...

In a country tired of business as usual...

...one voice is promising America more.

Wal-Mart.

It's a tale of ambition -- and market research.

The story of what happens when a small discount store grows up to become the world's largest retail corporation -- and old ways of doing things get tossed aside.

"Buy American Whenever We Can" becomes 70% Made in China.

Laid off workers are forced to find...new jobs.

The corporation brags about going green...

...but forgets to send the CEO the new talking points.

Meanwhile, with 7 out of 10 Wal-Mart products coming from China...and scores of dangerous goods being pulled off store shelves...customers are left to wonder how to keep their families safe.

This year, join Wakeup Wal-Mart.com as we take a look at whether Wal-Mart's way of doing business is making your life better.

Are you living better yet?

To view the video, go to http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/video/3am.html .