Go fash lose cash
Definitely nothing to do with them being generally more expensive and people being concerned about money
Porque no los dos. There were a lot of people shopping there on autopilot. That whole Target run thing was real, you walk in get your prescription need to wait around for 30 minutes go through housewares realize you needed some chips, buy some stuff to make for dinner, now you’re walking out of there with a $300 receipt.
They’re going to have a hard time re-engaging those people.
Get woke or go broke.
go fasch, lose cash
Remove DEI, DIE.
Go nazi, declare bankruptcy
I specifically bought tomboyx boxer briefs for women at target to support their lgbt inclusivity before they dropped dei. Now I won’t buy anything from them at all. I know target wasn’t perfect but I wanted there to be more options available for people that need them and target was offering that with dei. Now, fuck em. They don’t support the people that make their business possible.
To be fair to target most business is just talk when it comes to these types of things.
Consumers need to understand that corporate support for any particular initiative begins and ends with how it affects the bottom line.
Disney, Google, even Costco cannot actually care about any of these things. The corporate incentives do not allow for it.
I know it’s not genuine. I still demand the performance though.
The performance serves as a barometer for how, idk, accepted a thing is. Having LGBTQ displays made me, an LGBTQ person, feel like Corporations thought we were a market worth wooing. Taking that and DEI away is a kick in the teeth. It feels worse than never having the displays or DEI programs in the first place.
lol you thought capitalists cared.
No, I thought capitalists wanted to appeal to mainstream consumers. DEI and pride displays are marketing techniques. Removing them says “nope, minorities aren’t worth appealing to”.
Once you take away the veneer of civility, Target is just an overpriced Walmart.
I’ve only ever lived once place where there was a Target conveniently close, but it was in a shopping center that was an absolute nightmare to get into and out of. I would still order from them online here and there, mostly clothes. But the last few times I’ve ordered clothes online from Target, it’s been absolute crap quality. My last order actually qualified as false advertising. I ordered a button up shirt. It turned out to be velcro, with only one or two buttons at the very top. And the shirt was so short, it exposed the bottom of my belly button. Prior to that, I ordered a pack of underwear that stunk so bad of chemicals, it made me nauseous.
So, regardless of all the other crap going on with Target, I’d already stopped shopping there.
I just want to take tbis moment to thank Target for their thoughtful removal of DEI policies. You see I’ve wanted to move for a really long time and my wife always had a requirement that anywhere we moved to would have a target nearby. It complicated the process. But now, I don’t have to adhere to that requirement anymore, because we don’t buy anything from them anymore. It’s great. So thanks Target for showing my wife you were a lousy bunch of scum sucking greedy pigs. I’ve known for years, but it’s nice to have proof.
Haven’t been in a target since they bent the knee, and won’t till they fully reinstate Diversity Equity and Inclusion policies.
Oh my god, you’re why these companies get away with this shit. How about not give your business at all? Target showed their true colors and you think by them half-assedly putting in a policy back in when it can just be easily removed is enough for you?
This country is a fucking joke and so are you. Goddamn.
I don’t think he’s wrong. By shopping there once they make the desired changes, you signal to the company what you want to see from them. Other companies notice too. You reward them with your business. But by boycotting then all together, then they have no reason to make progressive policies. I think it’s better trying to steer the shitty company than letting them get worse.
Thoughts and prayers
Boycotting and striking work we should be organising more of them world wide.
Targeted points work. Often the left tries to do general strikes or boycott everyone. Thats hard. What’s not super hard is agreeing it’s a dick move to eat at chicfila or boycotting target when they roll back dei.
Dam well when the feel like making money again they can stop implying they want all their non white and straight customers to be erased.
You mean all their white & straight customers?
Target USA is heading for the same place Target Canada ended up.
thier prices have always been more expensive and close to walgreens prices, they pride themselves as the bougie walmart version. they have also gotten rid of thier own in-brand items, in favor of cheapflationed items.
I’ve never understood the appeal of Target. There’s a huge Target 60 seconds down the street from me and I never shop there except to get one or two items. It’s expensive, has a ridiculously small grocery section while clothing takes up half the store, and they’re so worried about shoplifters that they have multiple security staff standing at the door giving everyone leaving the stink eye.
I know people who like Target partly because of their selection of skincare products, and a lot of their clothes are stylish and relatively durable for what you pay for them. Both of those qualities can be found in plenty of other stores, though. Never bothered shopping for groceries there because the prices are truly ridiculous for a supermarket
It’d a status thing. If you feel shame or whatever buying cheap kids clothes from walmart, cause other parents will judge you or something, then you would feel better shopping at target. Its a way of saying “we aren’t poor”. I think people that dont associate their identity with items like that dont see the appeal of target.
I’m like you, its too expensive and they have a poor selection of groceries.
I used to shop at Target for clothes, as it’s a good place for cheap clothes that isn’t Wal-Mart (which I avoid both because I don’t like their practices and also just because it’s a deeply unpleasant place). Haven’t been there since these boycotts began, though, and I don’t plan in going back if I can avoid it.
My local one isn’t super locked down like yours, though. At least it wasn’t last time I was in there. I’d probably have stopped shopping there much sooner if it was.
Yeah, I like their good fellow brand. It walks the line of cheap but fashionable well enough for me.
Outside of that, I appreciate having a brick and mortar store to shop for somethings. Buying things like clothes online is just painful to me.
Or maybe they’re afraid of looting…
Target to close all 1,978 stores for 24 hours as it joins retail ‘blackout’
That article says they’re closing for Easter, which is not an uncommon thing in the US-- for example, Costco will also do that. Nothing to do with the boycott, or “looting”.
I mean. I never shopped at a Target. So I’m doing my part.
They’re the only store around here that had a certain flavor(cherry chocolate almond) of kind ice cream bar, but I haven’t been back in a long time anyway, nor do I intend to.
We all must make Cherry Chocolate Almond sacrifices.
