# Professor David Yermack on the addition of concerts to Walmart's shareholder meeting

1 Faculty News June 4, 2015 ![Yahoo Finance logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/yahoofinance.jpg?itok=iQnyXkp_)>

Excerpt from [Yahoo! Finance](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-loosens-up-with-a-skynyrd-concert-and-a-new-dress-code-171154939.html#) -- "'When companies distract people with sideshows and entertainment, it’s pretty clear that they’re trying to draw attention from some of their labor practices,' \[[Yermack](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/david-yermack)\] said."

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