Ad of the Day: Walmart Surprises Everyone With a Truly Inspiring Commercial

Meet Patrick, a hero of an American worker

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Walmart has been called many things in recent years. Inspirational has not often been one of them.

But the retailer's recent pledge to buy $250 billion in products made in America over the next 10 years has given it license to move into more high-minded, patriotic advertising—as seen in the Saatchi & Saatchi spot on the Olympics celebrating American manufacturing.

Now, the company takes that patriotic stance and gives it a serious emotional wallop in this remarkable new Web film from Saatchi, focusing on the story of Patrick—a true hero of an American factory worker.

Patrick was born with various disabilities but found the inner drive never to give up.

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WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

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