Salesforce warns its clients: 'Stop selling military-style rifles, or stop using our software'
Jay Greene, The Washington Post
Published 7:51 am PDT, Thursday, May 30, 2019
Photo: Darron Cummings, Associated Press
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Salesforce chairman Marc Benioff, left, and Ivanka Trump speak during a news conference, Thursday, May 16, 2019, in Indianapolis. Business software company Salesforce says it aims to provide skills training to 500,000 people as part of a Trump administration push to boost career opportunities among Americans. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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SAN FRANCISCO - On its website, Salesforce.com touts retailer Camping World as a leading customer of its business software, highlighting its use of products to help sales staff move product. A Camping World executive is even quoted calling Salesforce's software "magic."
But behind the scenes in recent weeks, the Silicon Valley tech giant has delivered a different message to gun-selling retailers such as Camping World: Stop selling military-style rifles, or stop using our software