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A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The boycott, which begins during the start of Lent, comes more than a month after Target made changes to its DEI programs and at a difficult period for the company as it faces an onslaught of tariffs in the middle of a challenging economy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Haven’t gone there in years, but now I’m not gonna go even harder.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's funny because a lot of conservatives started boycotting target years ago because the company pandered just slightly left. Now they pandered right and people on the left are mad. It's what that shitty corporation that pays slave wages deserves. The company could fail, and I'm here for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

lol, target will be fine. Virtually nobody actually participates in these boycotts.

Don't do the silly fad boycotts, just stop shopping at the big problems. No Amazon, no Walmart, no Target, and obviously no Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Target is red flavor walmart.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

40 day? I'm going permanent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

My wife, usually apolitical as long as I've known her, has boycotted Target her favorite store. We used to go shopping at night when nothing was going on. Now, we save money and just hang out at the house. Fuck Target.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

First time I'm hearing of it, and I'm chronically online 😬 not a great sign for the movement

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Targets to upperclass for me anyway.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When we boycotting Dollar General?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You should have been from the start. Dollar stores are straight up cancer to poor communities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Hard disagree, but only for specific stuff. Crafts, coloring books, crayons, small toys - kids stuff, basically - all awesome. Don't get food or shampoo or shit like that there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I forgot to start shopping at Target. Honestly, what do they carry that every other department store doesn't?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Oddly the one in my town is a lot cheaper for things like Nature's Bakery bars than any other grocery store around. Still, stopped going there already and won't go back until they fix their shit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

They have a lot of board games (and special versions of popular ones) that are literally exclusively only sold at Target.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Some people might shop there because it’s closer than Walmart. Also I’m not sure what a 40 day “boycott” will do to sales.