Target has lost 15.7 Billion in market value since tanking their D.E.I.

[applegrove]

Calorie Bridges Fant:

Target has lost 15.7 billion in market value and when they announced DEI rollbacks the stock dropped.

The blackout date is Feb 28th. 💙

If possible, boycott any business that participated in DEI rollbacks.

#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist

[Deuxcents]

1. Good. I don't shop much and never Target. I gotta let go of Amazon, it's not really all that inexpensive

[Katcat]

8. Agreed

But the ease with which he is gave Trump a million dollars made me pause and think about what he’s doing with the money that I use to purchase things. And I realized he’s also purchasing things like a presidency and that’s wrong. Screw him!b

[DENVERPOPS]

47. Cute trick everyone should know:

I go to Amazon to find the product and brand I want to buy. Then I google that exact item/brand.
In almost every case, you can find that exact item/brand somewhere other than Amazon for a lower price and also free shipping.

Recently, I found a well known brand and model of a ladder I wanted to buy. On Amazon the ladder was 125 bucks, on another website I found it for 75 dollars, with paid shipping! AND, it promised a delivery date, only one day longer than Amazon...........

Amazon has trained everyone well ,to go to them, and not look elsewhere, and they have jacked their prices considerably.......many items with much longer than their normal past shipping dates........

Try it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Initech]

2. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I wonder how much Amazon has lost.

[kimbutgar]

4. Haven't shopped st Target since I heard they dropped DEI and did not shop at Amazon at all this Christmas

My husband likes the prime shows and wants to keep that but I don’t buy anything from them at all. I’ve been buying from EBay from blue state sellers.

[Chi67]

21. Same!

Target is dead to me.

[wolfie001]

5. I just deleted my account

Bye bye Target. Spineless motherfuckers. Bootlickers.

[abbeyco]

6. I closed & sent back my Circle card

And told them they could do with it what they did with their DEI program.

[malaise]

7. Good

My siblings, their spouses, kids and grandkids all dropped Target.

[BadgerMom]

9. I don't even comparison shop Target because I won't buy anything there now no matter the price.

We’ve increased Costco shopping although with 2 of us it’s sometimes hard to deal with the giant sizes.

I’m trying to do as little on Amazon as possible and I’m doing pretty well. I’ve not eliminated Prime because of the video accessibility, but every time I find they want to charge me anyway I get closer to cutting the cord.

Google is another I need alternatives for. The search engine isn’t too hard to dub out. My email will be a bear.

[benfranklin1776]

16. Good job! Try DuckDuckGo in place of Google.

Just as good a search engine but it bars trackers by default, doesn’t log your searches, and is a much cleaner nicer experience over all.
I deleted Apple Maps after they licked the jackboots and renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Appalling.😡

[ventuckian]

24. online maps

Used Bing alot because I have always had this thing about looking at maps but noticed they showed gulf of america so no more bing. Mapquest shows gulf of mexico.

[benfranklin1776]

28. Good job 👏🏼

Everyone should do this!

[BadgerMom]

29. Just removed GoogleMaps, GoogleEarth & Apple Maps. Mapquest is loaded!

Thank you!

[benfranklin1776]

36. You're welcome!

One small step for man and woman and one giant leap for the restoration of humankind!
This is how the followers of Gandhi and Rosa Parks did it: starve the beast which subsidized the beasts with the boots on their necks ✊🏼

[mwooldri]

46. "Here We Go" may be a good alternative.

i didn't know Mapquest still existed. ill try it out.

Though i am somewhat locked into the Googlesphere, I can take some action. Since my phone is Samsung I can swap out Google features if Samsung has a viable alternative. Maybe since I have time on my hands... I could degooglefy my phone.

[BadgerMom]

30. That's my new go-to!

[benfranklin1776]

35. Excellent 👏🏼👏🏼

That’s how we do it one at a time repeated a hundred million times! 🤗

[LoisB]

23. Perhaps a friend or other family member can share the product and cost.

[BadgerMom]

31. That's what I'm gonna do!

Thanks. I’ve done it before when I lived close to my best friend. Now it’s my daughter.

[LoisB]

33. That's good.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. And how much did Walmart or Amazon lose? It's our

side that will boycott Target while MAGA continues to grow it's competition.

Something about noses to spite faces.

[Keepthesoulalive]

12. We can't boycott everything

But we can shop where we feel comfortable. Let’s not denigrate people’s efforts to make change. I’m wearing Costco out , I want to support a company with guts and maybe some others will get the message.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. I don't have that choice and find Target the least offensive compared to

Amazon and Walmart.

[Keepthesoulalive]

32. That's a personal choice

Everyone should do what they like, they are all comprised in some way.

[dflprincess]

11. Target co-founder's daughters decry rollback of diversity initiatives amidst political pressure

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/daughters-of-target-cofounder-raise-concern-over-pullback-on-dei/89-d69bf0e5-3de4-4e23-b395-85d3c4cb59f8?fbclid=IwY2xjawIc7MNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQmBfYbl1a_7EaQlwpocFjV6ev83icC6hBZqfWDy3aLSNPVOxtSxxDoVKQ_aem_7fDkjYJHTR0ScA-f8p4GbA

NEW YORK — The daughters of one of the cofounders of Target are expressing their alarm and shock at the discounter's recent moves to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come under attack from conservative activists and of last month, the White House.

In letters to the editor published Thursday in The Financial Times and the Los Angeles Times, Anne and Lucy Dayton said their father, Bruce Dayton, along with his four other brothers, expanded the Minneapolis department store into a massive brand that became Target that was built on two principles: a focus on the customer and the well-being of the community.

Bruce Dayton died in 2015 at 97.

“We are alarmed how quickly the business community has given in to the current administration’s retaliatory threats," the daughters wrote. “It is not ‘illegal’ for a company to create a business model based on what it believes to be important ethical and business standards.”

They added that, “By cowering, Target and others are undermining the very principles that have made their companies a success.”

Target couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.

Side note, Bruce Dayton was also Mark Dayton's father; Anne and Lucy are his sisters.

[7dogs]

13. I sent this to the CEO a couple weeks ago

To:
Brian Cornell, Chairman and CEO
Target Corporation
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Dear Mr. Cornell,

I am writing to express my dismay with Target’s elimination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies. As a long-time customer and advocate for inclusive business practices, this change in your policy requires my change in choosing where to shop. It will not be at Target.
I am but one small customer but half our country did not vote for, nor supports, the current White House administration. The only thing we can do is choose to shop elsewhere. Maybe enough of us will impact your bottom line, and bring about shareholder discontent. That might be the only way you listen to all people.

Respectfully,

[FakeNoose]

22. Good job!

[Bev54]

14. And in Canada there is a movement not to shop at any

US owned or affiliated outlets on the 28th, to send a message that we are unhappy with our neighbours. I hope you don’t take it personally, it is something we need to do.

[applegrove]

17. There is a movement to buy Canadian every day. That Feb 28th

day of not shopping is against Trump and is for everyone in North America and beyond. The exception would be small businesses. Remind corporations who is in charge: the people.

[Bev54]

18. Yes everyday we try to shop Canadian products

And this is against outlets, not just products.

[applegrove]

19. Yes. The 28th is against corporations. Don't go shopping. If you need something

go to a small business.

[OldSWODog]

27. we had planned on no purchases on the 28th...

but maybe we can find a Canadian firm locally* to patronize that day...btw, I don't take your stand negatively...indeed, I applaud our neighbors (please do what you need to do)

*I recall with pleasure the season that the Vancouver Canadians played here in Oregon...I made it out to over half of their "homegames" as the "North Hillsboro Canadians"

...cheers, OSD

[IzzaNuDay]

38. I support you on that.

The US executive branch needs to learn a hard lesson: don’t piss off your neighbours!

[AllyCat]

15. Stopped shopping there.

[ReRe]

25. I have never shopped at target!

And never intend to.

[Libloom]

26. Target is still better than other big stores.

There isn't a Costco where I am and Target is still more liberal leaning (I think) than the usual big box stores around here.

[Blue Owl]

34. Good.

[Demovictory9]

37. They lost my business

[Norbert]

39. MAGAs detest Target

They will never be in good favor with them.

So why are they taking this stance?

[DENVERPOPS]

48. The MAGAots love Walmart

The Walmart heirs have turned their attention to other highly profitable businesses.

Most people, even here in Denver, don't know that the Waltons have bought almost every single National sports Denver Team, as well as other pro teams in the U.S.

They now own, The Denver Broncos, The Denver Nuggets, The Colorado Avalanche, our national soccer or lacrosse team...
They probably won't buy the Colorado Rockies because they will probably not ever be profitable, being in a "High Altitude" city.....

[Amishman]

40. Misleading, the stock crashed on bad earnings projections, and was before (and unrelated to) DEI program cuts

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/target-stock-down-earnings-miss-what-went-wrong/

They had a significant earnings miss and cut forecasts as well, and were loaded with hard to move inventory.

This - including the 22% stock drop - was well before they announced their ending DEI programs.

I know we'd love to see them getting cooked for bending the knee, that's not what's happening here.

[Dem4life1234]

41. The pathetic thing, they could have branded themselves as the anti and classier Walmart b

But they failed.

Let this be a lesson to corporations, newsflash, everyone is not an able bodied straight white male. Everyone deserves a chance.

Why would I shop at a place who doesn't see my value?

[Biglinda 52]

42. The February 28th Blackout

I was under the impression that the blackout is NOT targeting companies that have removed DEI. That is too difficult for the everyday consumer. The blackout is targeting ALL shopping for those 24 hours-to show corporations and show ourselves the power we really have as consumers.

Make it easy-NO SHOPPING ON FEBRUARY 28TH FROM 12 AM UNTIL 11:59 PM.


https://theonecalledjai.com/

[twodogsbarking]

43. Bulls-eye.

[Linda ladeewolf]

44. Does anyone know

How much Amazon has lost?

[R0ckyRac00n]

45. Target deserves it, but this is misleading and misinformation as stated.