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Target has lost 15.7 billion in market value and when they announced DEI rollbacks the stock dropped.
— Valorie Bridges Fant * Author of * Go Back to Your Country * (@vrfant1.bsky.social) 2025-02-17T12:52:56.520Z
The blackout date is Feb 28th. 💙
If possible, boycott any business that participated in DEI rollbacks.
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
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
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Deuxcents
(25,512 posts)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
(13,003 posts)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
(107,433 posts)
Baitball Blogger
(51,728 posts)
kimbutgar
(26,800 posts)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.
Target is dead to me.
wolfie001
(7,087 posts)Bye bye Target. Spineless motherfuckers. Bootlickers. 
abbeyco
(1,581 posts)And told them they could do with it what they did with their DEI program.
malaise
(292,795 posts)My siblings, their spouses, kids and grandkids all dropped Target.
BadgerMom
(3,378 posts)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
(6,987 posts)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
(15 posts)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
(6,987 posts)Everyone should do this!
BadgerMom
(3,378 posts)Thank you!
benfranklin1776
(6,987 posts)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
(10,786 posts)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
(3,378 posts)benfranklin1776
(6,987 posts)That’s how we do it one at a time repeated a hundred million times! 🤗
LoisB
(12,367 posts)BadgerMom
(3,378 posts)Thanks. I’ve done it before when I lived close to my best friend. Now it’s my daughter.
LoisB
(12,367 posts)
sinkingfeeling
(57,222 posts)side that will boycott Target while MAGA continues to grow it's competition.
Something about noses to spite faces.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,120 posts)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
(57,222 posts)Amazon and Walmart.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,120 posts)Everyone should do what they like, they are all comprised in some way.
dflprincess
(29,175 posts)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
(4 posts)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
(40,177 posts)
Bev54
(13,199 posts)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
(130,272 posts)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
(13,199 posts)And this is against outlets, not just products.
applegrove
(130,272 posts)go to a small business.
OldSWODog
(131 posts)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
(1,238 posts)The US executive branch needs to learn a hard lesson: don’t piss off your neighbours!
AllyCat
(18,518 posts)
ReRe
(12,172 posts)And never intend to. 
Libloom
(53 posts)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
(58,169 posts)
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)
Norbert
(7,563 posts)They will never be in good favor with them.
So why are they taking this stance?
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)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
(5,916 posts)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
(2,533 posts)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
(120 posts)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
(17,580 posts)
Linda ladeewolf
(1,105 posts)How much Amazon has lost?
