Rebel flags coming off more shelves
Rebel flags are now a hot commodity after numerous retailers yanked Confederate-related merchandise from their stores and websites.
Wal-Mart, Sears and eBay announced their decisions Monday, and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called on legislators to remove the flag from the statehouse grounds. After doing so, sales of Confederate flags spiked on Amazon to claim first, second, and third place on the site's list of biggest sales gainers in the previous 24 hours. Prices ranged from under $2 to nearly $16 per flag.
But then on Tuesday Amazon.com, eBay.com and etsy.com allannounced bans on the sale of Confederate flag merchandise, amid an intensifying national debate over the use of the controversial flag.
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