Metro 7 clothes

One of Walmart’s first attempts to make its own fashion-forward clothing was this very private-label brand, which was launched in 2005 alongside some splashy ad campaigns in Vogue. Even so, as the line managed to do pretty well in some stores where it was originally launched, Metro 7 failed miserably to catch attention in the wide majority of Walmart stores.

So the company ultimately decided to shut it down. However, it seems that Walmart had more success with private labels such as Faded Glory.

Water Gremlin products

Water Gremlin is a Minnesota-based company that makes lead fishing sinkers. Unfortunately, it completely fell out of favor with Walmart at the end of 2019, as they later discovered that the kids of factory workers were found with high levels of lead in their blood, which was directly linked to their parents’ exposure to the products, as Minnesota Public Radio has shown.