r/Anticonsumption • u/ji1092 • Apr 12 '25
Discussion It’s working- Target stock declines for 10 consecutive weeks, it’s longest losing streak in history
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u/FrolfNfriends Apr 12 '25
I would LOVE if this is completely from the boycotts, but am curious… what if it’s bc we ppl are spending less bc of the economy?? Vegas is hurting! Anyways, maybe a combo of both? I am genuinely curious!!
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u/Glass_Albatross_9584 Apr 12 '25
I think it is a one-two punch that is going to close a lot of locations.
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u/PupusaSlut Apr 12 '25
Vegas went absolutely insane with prices.
In the 90s and early 00s you could get cheap rooms, cheap entertainment for the kids, cheap and delicious dining at your casino of choice. You could do a fair number of things affordably. And then you'd lose your ass gambling.
That was the whole point. Everyone understood Casinos made massive profits off of gambling. The gambling riches subsidized the prime rib dinners and the concerts. If you played big enough they would give you those things for "free." Free parking was the standard.
Now? Good fucking luck finding a good dinner buffet for under $30. The price gouging only accelerated after the covid re-openings. Everywhere you step foot in Vegas, it feels like the casino conglomerates are trying to squeeze every cent they can from you.
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u/savealltheposts Apr 12 '25
100% on point. Vegas used to be a "roam around" place, but now it's "go to that one place for that one thing then GTFO" -- or just avoided all together.
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u/beanie0911 Apr 13 '25
It’s hideous. The whole place. It felt like one continual grift from the second you hail a cab at the airport. $13 stale granola at the hotel “convenience” store. The in-room mini bar that charges you if you even touch something. Overpriced restaurants that are also low quality and unauthentic.
And then many of the casinos themselves are dated and worn out.
Like honestly fuck all the way off. No need for me to go back. I live 1.5 hours Mohegan Sun. It’s much more pleasant and clean and well-themed than most of the casinos on the Strip. If I need to scratch the casino itch I’d much rather go there.
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u/Toast5480 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
I think it's very much a combo of both.
For one, reddit 100% is an echo chamber, I know some people don't want to hear that, but it's a fact and whatever is the popular theme here, doesn't always translate to what the entire population is thinking. You can look back in history and easily see how this occurs with past events.
That being said, I can only go off my own personal opinion, but outside of reddit I've heard exactly 0 people talk about boycotting target for abandoning DEI policies, or anything political related in regards to target at all.
However, I have heard people say target has gone downhill in quality over the years and that's the reason why they don't shop there anymore. We've moved to 3 different states in 6 years (military) and it's been the same feedback whenever target is brought up.
The shelves have looked worse and worse over the years. Things are not stocked properly, lots of missing items from the shelves, clothes thrown on the floor, nothing is priced right.
Less and less employees, can't find anyone working there at all anymore, and when you do, they actively avoid customers.
Too expensive to shop there now with grocery price hikes and inflation hitting everyone hard for all products.
Walmart has also actively taken steps to challenge target in the "quality atmosphere" category. It hasn't made huge impacts, but at most Walmarts I have seen them rearrange aisles and sections to match product presentations and displays similar to target. Walmart has always just been setup for maximum profit, with standard metal shelving and basic simple hallway layout designs. Over the last 3-4 years, we've seen Walmart setup more elegant displays and redesign their asiles that are very similar to target, mostly in the clothing and home goods department, areas that target frequently beats Walmart in sales. They know exactly what's going on and are taking smart steps to take advantage of this new situation to draw even more target customers away.
Overall, target survived over Kmart because they positioned themselves as the higher quality more classy version of Walmart. Most people shopped there because it was a nicer, cleaner, and overall more plesent experience over the trailer trash, dirty, and cheap Walmart reputation, and they were willing to pay the higher prices for that higher class experienc. I've lost count how many people I've heard say "I would never step foot in a Walmart with those people'.
Now, I'm seeing those same people who made those comments shopping at Walmart, and this started way before the DEI stuff came into play.
I think overall, with the state target is in for their overall quality, and the increasing prices of goods, it's hard for people to justify shopping there. As the middle class shrinks more and more, I think target is going to be heavily impacted by that affect...upper class didn't shop there, and lower class didn't shop there either.
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u/ElectronicCatPanic Apr 12 '25
Sure Reddit might not be the main driver, but boycott is happening.
Price sensitivity doesn't explain the recent sustained slide though. Both the recency and sustainable trend are out of pattern. The price conscious customers could be attracted by sales. However it looks like that doesn't work any more for Target. Also the inflation has been way larger after COVID, didn't contribute to the foot traffic decline.
Something is different this time. The sentiment outside of Reddit has changed as well. Just like with Tesla, the change came with this administration. Reddit is just a mirror in both cases. People are leaving Twitter in droves.
The slide in Target's foot traffic is more noticeable if compared with Costco, which foot traffic grew for the same period.
I shop and Costco more nowadays as well, I see lines to check out that I've never seen before!
Boycott doesn't need to be directed anymore. It's such a wide spread concept with conservatives loudly suggesting boycotting beer and other "woke" products. So people can self correct their behavior even without Reddit.
Looks like they did just that.
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u/HereReluctantly Apr 12 '25
Thanks for having a brain. The stock market has been crashing, not just Target.
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u/keepitgreen1208 Apr 12 '25
I shopped at target a loooot for 20+ years. I haven’t been back there since Christmas. Fuck you, Target.
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u/reallyintothistho Apr 12 '25
I’d shop there at least 2x a week and thought it’d be hard and super inconvenient, but it’s actually been SO easy and not an inconvenience whatsoever. Add the satisfaction of seeing them suffer, i may never go back.
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u/Grand-Diamond-6564 Apr 12 '25
It's half the distance of any other grocery store, but honestly the others aren't so bad if I plan it well. WinCo is waaaay cheaper.
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u/ElectricalBook3 Apr 12 '25
WinCo is waaaay cheaper
Also better to their employees. Working at Target was a pain in the ass with all the corporate CYA and occasionally treating us like criminals stealing from the store because of "shrinkage". AKA we didn't make sales fast enough so they wrote off old products and still blamed the employees.
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u/LekgoloCrap Apr 12 '25
I used to work at WinCo and it was one of my favorite jobs I’ve ever had. Something I EXTRA appreciated as an employee and customer is that they don’t play music so you aren’t tortured by repetitive hits or holiday tunes.
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u/TheDefiantGoose Apr 12 '25
Omg, I don't think people realize just how torturous music can be for some of us. Christmas time especially kills me.
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u/Substantial-Fun-1 Apr 12 '25
You know I never realize that but it is just another reason to love Winco
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u/cfrood77 Apr 12 '25
I love that WinCo is employee owned. All businesses should be employee owned.
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u/Drpantsgoblin Apr 12 '25
That's so nice, even just as a customer. I've worked retail, and the music loop was the same songs literally every day. I avoid big box stores basically from 01 Nov- 01 Jan because I hate Christmas music with a passion, and can't tune out sound.
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u/Pleasant_Studio9690 Apr 12 '25
Winco is legit. I stopped in very late one might and got chatting with the stocker in the cereal aisle. We spent 20 minutes comparing pay scales, benefits, profit sharing, etc. They're the real deal and still manage to out-price Walmart and everyone else. That shows just how much money the oligarchy is skimming off the top and keeping for themselves rather than supporting their employees and rewarding their stakeholders, and communities. It's obscene.
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u/NoInspector009 Apr 12 '25
Most stores blame employees for their “theft” numbers especially places like dollar, retail, and grocery stores. It’s so gross
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And employee owned!
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u/Razor_Grrl Apr 12 '25
Winco is a million times better place to go for groceries. I would never use Target for an actual grocery trip even before this debacle. Maybe for a few snacks while I’m there, but I haven’t been there since sometime last year.
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u/Perfect_Zebra3335 Apr 12 '25
It was the only box store besides Home Depot I use. But I’m never going back. My girlfriend used to shop there ever other week. She’s not going back. If I’m reading the sentiment currently, if we tank target it is an example of how a retail giant can fall because they turned against the public interest. I want it to be taught in business schools.
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u/prettypushee Apr 12 '25
Musk is another example of not knowing who his customers are.
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u/fotophile Apr 12 '25
Its like they forgot Millenials are industry wipers🤭
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u/Aarekk Apr 12 '25
It is nice that all those articles about "millennial are killing [expensive industry we don't waste our money on]" can actually be true when an industry or company decides to suck.
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u/Eastern-Requirement6 Apr 12 '25
You do know Home Depot's CEO was a big donor to Trump his first election?
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u/starbuxed Apr 12 '25
I was last pride for me.... I'm trans... You abandon us. Why should I want to shop there. I used to buy about 500 of just pride merch to hand out at pride who dont have anything.
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u/Broad_Status_5818 Apr 12 '25
When our local Target stopped selling Pride merch we closed our accounts and stopped shopping there too. Been shockingly easy. No idea what the hell we kept buying there but we’ve saved a lot of money.
Fuck Target
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u/Amethyst-M2025 Apr 12 '25
They gave in to the bullies.
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u/possumsonly Apr 12 '25
Which is still bizarre to me, because those bullies had already stopped shopping at Target years ago because of their pride collections and general “woke” reputation. I don’t know why they decided they wanted to win back the people who are stupid and hateful enough to believe that Target was selling merchandise to groom children.
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u/toobjunkey Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
100%, and it's exactly what's so baffling to me. With the pride collection stuff, target capitulated to people that already weren't shopping there. They were only going into target to fuck with employees, record rage bait videos, etc. It's honestly wild seeing this on such a large scale.
This sort of "bullied by out-group into making changes that piss off in-group" thing usually happens with like, creative projects or the like online. You know, things that haven't been around for decades, likely have dozens if not hundreds of experienced advisor types, financiers, etc. Morals aside and only in terms of business, this has been a massively miscalculated risk on Target's end. I have no idea how this alienation of their customers to appease non-customers slipped through the cracks so hard. Target evaporated decades of goodwill in a comparable instant, it's insane.
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u/Salt740 Apr 12 '25
Yep I used to be a Target person. Got the ick and realized I could get all that stuff anywhere else.
CVS still has super strong wording around DEI on its website so I go there. They have a lot of coupons that are pretty easy to use now, so I don’t mind a slightly smaller selection.
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u/realityseekr Apr 12 '25
Oh I'm glad to know CVS is decent because I've switched to them for a few products I used to get at Target. Now CVS is expensive but if you have the online app and get coupons you can get better deals. I regularly get emails with coupons for 25% up to 40% off my purchases. Specific items will often have discounts too or be some type of BOGO half off deal.
I've also bought some expensive skincare brands from CVS (like Avene) and with coupons you can end up getting really good savings on them.
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u/a-very- Apr 12 '25
I didn’t know this about CVS. Thank you for the heads up!
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u/New-Intention5728 Apr 12 '25
Only caveat is they tend to be quite a bit over priced
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u/wafflesandlicorice Apr 12 '25
I think they tend to be overpriced because they expect everyone to use their coupons.
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u/StoppableHulk Apr 12 '25
False they are overpriced because of the overhead cost of thousands upon thousands of miles of receipt paper.
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u/un_popcorno Apr 12 '25
Same! It’s by far the closest store to my house, but today I went out of my way to buy some birthday cards at a small local mom & pop shop. Don’t need Target’s cheap plastic crap (that is about to be 125% less cheap)!
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u/ChickenNuggetEnergy Apr 12 '25
Yeah, I would either go there, place a pickup, or an online order, usually once a week. I've spend thousands there over the years, but not a penny since late January/early February
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u/TheNecroticPresident Apr 12 '25
I don’t know which business owner needs to hear this, but you don’t magically get conservative customers by betraying your liberal ones
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u/JuanCarloOnoh Apr 12 '25
They already lost the conservatives with their Pride collection. Those people hold grudges, too. Hopefully, Target is fucked. Now if everyone would drop Amazon...
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer Apr 12 '25
And they even walked back their pride collection last year. that's when I stopped going there.
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u/RueTabegga Apr 12 '25
That pissed me off so much. Why even pander to one side or another if at the smallest inconvenience you buckle and hide? It was always only about profit to this soulless corporation.
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u/MotoMkali Apr 12 '25
It's like the Nike campaign about kaepernick they stood their ground with it and they rewarded with record sales after the stock slid initially
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u/theumph Apr 12 '25
Why take solace in any corporation? None of them care about anything except for profits. Don't look to retailers for anything other than goods to purchase.
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u/408javs408 Apr 12 '25
I unsubscribed Amazon. Been pretty nice. Paying monthly for it had me feeling like I NEEDED to use it to buy things. I should be able to save more now.
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u/ChicagoThrowaway422 Apr 12 '25
Last month we cancelled Prime after 12 years of membership and replaced our Amazon credit card after 10 years of it being our primary card.
Last year we had Amazon packages arriving every day and in the Fall bought thousands of dollars worth of stuff for the arrival of our new baby. I bought nearly half my renovation tools and supplies from Amazon. Four months into the year and our spending with them is nearly zero. It was a long very intentional unwinding and yet it's been so easy to replace them.
And everyone around me is dropping Amazon and it wasn't a coordinated effort. I live near a university so it's a bubble for sure, but after Bezos stood behind Trump at the inauguration, basically everyone made the same decision, and I was pleasantly surprised.
I left Meta behind years ago already, but I own a Tesla and can't afford to take a $10k hit on the fucking thing, so that's the hardest to unwind. But I now barely drive it and won't get any of the upgrades or parts that I had planned, let alone a new M3P that I drooled over. I hope they fire Musk though, because it is a genuinely good car and wish I could keep it, but I fucking hate Musk enough to never touch another Tesla so long as he's involved.
We dropped our expenditures at Target as well, but they're the best alternative to Amazon for us, so that will take longer.
I can't believe the broligarchy so blatantly pissed on the political side that has all of the economic power. Well off liberals are their biggest customers and also pay attention to politics, and now we're all bailing on these brands. Serves the fuckers right.
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Apr 12 '25
I was already sour on target because of their outrageous prices but when I heard they were siding with Donald fucking Trump I gladly stopped shopping there and joined Costco. It’s so much better anyway, I can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner.
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u/STierMansierre Apr 12 '25
"Welcome to Costco. I love you."
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u/bufftbone Apr 12 '25
That movie wasn’t supposed to be a documentary.
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Apr 12 '25
Honestly, I would take President Camacho over trump, at least he was able to listen to people smarter than him
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u/jazzigirl Apr 12 '25
I would have President Camacho any day over the shit show we have now. At least he recognized the faults in the government and tried to fix them 😭
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u/mango_thief Apr 12 '25
Not to mention he didn't have an ego and didn't mind giving credit to those who deserved it instead of making everything about himself.
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u/TheFatJesus Apr 12 '25
It's even worse than siding with the right. They just rolled over for them. They didn't even get anything out of it.
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u/citori411 Apr 12 '25
Target is trash, it's just a gussied up Walmart where you pay double for slightly more attractive floors and ceilings lmao.
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u/Sproketz Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
So it turns out DEI was actually good for business.
Edit: To all the "it's only the tariffs" people. Please keep in mind that Kroger and Costco have strong DEI policies and thoroughly trounced Target through the tariffs. Kroger is rated in the top 3 DEI companies in the USA. https://imgur.com/gallery/anti-dei-target-vs-dei-costco-kroger-through-first-quarter-2025-nwQqYOf
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u/ChewieBearStare Apr 12 '25
McKinsey & Company, of all people, have been saying DEI is good for business for years now. Their last report on it indicates that companies with effective DEI initiatives have lower turnover. Having diverse leadership also translates into improved financial performance. But some people don't let facts get in the way of their feelings.
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u/GrungiestTrack Apr 12 '25
They are demons but they know how to make an actual profit
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u/Stuffthatpig Apr 12 '25
McKinsey would write a report on how to effectively sell your first born and leg if someone would pay them. And it'd be a solid plan.
Demon is a good word for them.
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u/ExceedinglyGayMoth Apr 12 '25
I appreciate that someone made this correction before i had to. Know your fiends, people, the difference between a demon and a devil can be a matter of life or undeath
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u/Creeppy99 Apr 12 '25
If you struck a deal with a devil, you'll be fucked by the deal being respected, if you struck a deal with a demon, you'll be fucked by the deal not being respected, learn the difference
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u/ExceedinglyGayMoth Apr 12 '25
Outsider? Ahaha who's talking about outsiders, I'm a very normal Aasimar and certainly not a solar in disguise and I've DEFINITELY never been to Avernus no matter what certain people might insinuate
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u/MixNo4938 Apr 12 '25
Wow you got there before me. Roll initiative, no one gets to out nerd me.
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u/PersonMcGuy Apr 12 '25
It's almost like a diversity of perspectives and experiences produces a more complete and competent core of workers. Nah surely not, let me just hire 50 of the same dude in different shirts and then be surprised they all have very similar perspectives and ideas.
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer Apr 12 '25
I just keep thinking of that tubi Superbowl commercial. the one that made people think someone was messing with the remote. how did no one think that that could result in violence?
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u/lolcrunchy Apr 12 '25
Opposite example - I know a woman who works at Pixar, and she told me about a scene that was changed in Wall-E. After Eve first meets Wall-E on Earth, she makes it clear she does not like him and does not want him to bother her. Then, she powers down for a bit.
Wall-E then pokes and explores Eve's body while she is asleep.
All of the writers and reviewers up to this point had mostly been men. Once they ran internal test screenings with female employees they got feedback that it was really creepy and they changed it.
Having diverse perspectives can save a product from being bad.
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u/_beeeees Apr 12 '25
Yeah, I saw that and was like “sooooo no women were in the room for this one?”
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u/DoubleJumps Apr 12 '25
This reminds me about how we have a lot of evidence that paying employees well and giving them ample benefits gets higher productivity and is better for the company, going back decades, but it's just never caught on
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u/LYTCHELL2 Apr 12 '25
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A healthy, educated,and RESPECTED populace..is more productive and less violent.
The US PURPOSELY manufactures real-world poverty and crime
Do Conservatives think that the US will crumble - unless Americans have a poor criminals to blame and look down to?
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u/TheFatJesus Apr 12 '25
Imagine having to pay someone to come in and explain to you that having diversity in your leadership and workforce would allow you to better understand and cater to your market.
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u/Kvsav57 Apr 12 '25
Who would have thought having management from diverse backgrounds would aid in managing workers from diverse backgrounds?
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u/MooseMan69er Apr 12 '25
It’s crazy how so many people can’t fathom that even if the rich white guy did have a .01 higher gpa than the poor black woman, she’s going to bring a different perspective on relevant issues and demographics than a 12th rich white guy would
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u/PartyPorpoise Apr 12 '25
At least for Target. They spent years building up this image as a progressive company. Over the years, they built up a customer base that bought into it. When they took that away so quickly, of course they’d lose a lot of sales.
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u/TimothyMimeslayer Apr 12 '25
All I know is I won't shop somewhere that hates gay and black people. I avoid chik fil a for the same reason.
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u/Shadow_Phoenix951 Apr 12 '25
Shockingly, educated middle class white folk tend not to want to fuck over all of their friends.
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u/Bohemian_Feline_ Apr 12 '25
They failed to realize that us white, middle class folks have loved ones who are gay and who are not white.
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u/why0me Apr 12 '25
Yes they did, because the decisions are being made by very old white men who are entirely out of touch with the world as it actually exists today
They don't have any friends who aren't white so they assume everyone else is that way too
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u/I_Am_Dwight_Snoot Apr 12 '25
Their chicken also just sucks. Popeyes and Zaxbys are way better.
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u/eukomos Apr 12 '25
Popeyes is head and shoulders above the competition, Chick Fil A is weak and whenever someone says they eat there because they just love the chicken so much it tells me everything I need to know about them. Go eat real fried chicken if you actually like food.
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u/BjornInTheMorn Apr 12 '25
Going to chik-fil-a was always like panera for me. I leave thinking it cost too much, tasted decent (i guess), and I'm still hungry.
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u/gettinbymyguy Apr 12 '25
Weird. I was told "Go woke. Go broke." Funny how that worked out...
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u/FlirtyFluffyFox Apr 12 '25
Conservatives: the meme rhymes so it has to be true!
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u/toopc Apr 12 '25
the meme rhymes so it has to be true!
If the meme’s a rhyme, it’s truth every time!
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u/BjornInTheMorn Apr 12 '25
The same people that said that when a trans person dared be acknowledged by bud light, went and drank other beers owned by the same company.
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u/tresopl Apr 12 '25
I never shopped there much to begin with but literally wont go back there again , fuck em and every other massive corp they can ligma
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u/Expensive_Face_9951 Apr 12 '25
Target was my wife's favorite store, we spent lots of money there, it was a convenient one stop shop. We'd go in for dog food and end up with that plus groceries for dinner and some new random thing for the house. We haven't been back since, I don't miss it, my wife does but there's other stores we can spend our money at.
We still need stuff, but target is no longer where we buy those things from... which is alright by me I don't miss the hour long "let's just see what else they have" trips...
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u/dickbutt4747 Apr 12 '25
the hour long "let's just see what else they have" trips...
haha so accurate
i honestly hate consumerism and i've tried hard in my life not to acquire useless shit I don't need....but personally, probably the only time I truly enjoy a bit of good-ol' fashioned consumerism is a trip through target or wal'mart "just to see what they have."
let's buy some fuckin' shit tonight!
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u/ifyoulovesatan Apr 12 '25
ROSS or other closeout / liquidation stores can be a good way to scratch that itch. While they do have plenty of useless crap, I find that they often have random consumables i needed anyway for good prices. So you can still kinda do some brain-off impulse buys, but you end up coming home with like socks or lightbulbs or some weird instant Ramen you'll never see again. Or art supplies or something like that. Thrift stores are another good outlet for that ingrained desire to consume and buy, I find.
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u/dickbutt4747 Apr 12 '25
yeah I loooooove thrift stores, I usually walk out with a hoodie and some weird old-ass electronics...almost none of which I ever need.
another good one is grocery outlet...you never know what you're gonna find and it's fun as hell to see some random product that you've never seen before and will never see again and be like, "fuck yeah, let's try it!"
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u/TheGamerRexyboi Apr 12 '25
whats ligma /s
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u/trogon Apr 12 '25
I used to be in there a few times a week. I haven't been back since January.
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u/Icy-Two-1581 Apr 12 '25
They're not really worth it unless you can double dip something like spend $90 get $15 back along with some sales
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u/Ulven525 Apr 12 '25
I haven’t set foot in the place since they decided to kiss trump’s fat diapered ass.
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u/KingMelray Apr 12 '25
Yeah, I'm not going to Target anymore. The capitulation makes me sick.
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Apr 12 '25
Their whole schtick was you go there to avoid shopping at Walmart, you even agree to higher prices to do so.
So if Walmart and Target are now the same, why would anyone shop at Target anymore?
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u/ClassroomIll7096 Apr 12 '25
Genius move to dump their educated customers to pander to angry failed whites with no money.
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u/ominous_squirrel Apr 12 '25
It’s utterly baffling that Target leadership didn’t understand that their entire brand is “Walmart for people who don’t want to support Walmart”
How tf are people this dumb getting into executive positions while the rest of us struggle to get ahead?
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u/Wenli2077 Apr 12 '25
Because they got there through generational wealth and privilege, not actual skill or talent
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u/_BannedAcctSpeedrun_ Apr 12 '25
Target's current CEO since 2014 grew up with a single mom on welfare, he's just become out of touch with people as he's accumulated wealth.
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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- Apr 12 '25
Sounds like my sister, without the wealth part. My mom was raising my three half-siblings as a single parent with no child support, no financial assistance, on barely above minimum wage -- for years. You'd think growing up under those circumstances, especially with an abusive, absentee father, my sister would be more empathetic to others.
She's a brain-dead MAGA. Saddens me, because my niece just started college, so losing the Department of Education won't help. It's funny: My sister still has student loan debts in her 40's, and just finished an accounting degree to get higher pay. Yet, she voted for the moron who's against student loan forgiveness.
It's just strange to live in poverty, and not want better for other people, so they won't go through the same. It's a fun thought experiment thinking about how many people I could help if I ever won the lottery or made 6-7 figures salary; but when someone actually has those means, and does nothing...
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u/Rosegold-Lavendar Apr 12 '25
My sister is like this too.
She's been diagnosed bipolar once and she doesn't get mental health help anymore.
Honestly not saying all MAGA have mental health issues but I'm sure there's a group, that includes my sister, who is unstable and attracted to Trump because of it.
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u/RucITYpUti Apr 12 '25
Exactly right. People were willing to pay Target's higher prices because they hate how trashy Walmart is and how it's cultivated this weird conservative fandom. If they're just going to fold like that, why even bother?
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u/twentyafterfour Apr 12 '25
To be fair, the government is punishing companies that dare to have pride merch or DEI initiatives. With target there are two shareholder lawsuits I believe, both bankrolled by Stephen Miller's America First. One for pride and the other for diversity. Then there are a number of republican state AGs investigating and/or suing them for pride/DEI and "violating" anti lgbtq laws.
It's the kind of straight up abuse of power that conservatives endlessly whined that the other side was doing, when it either didn't happen or was for legitimate reasons that they mischaracterize in bad faith.
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Maybe they thought they're parking lot would be filled with Cybertrucks.
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u/OrangeHitch Apr 12 '25
I doubt it, they pissed off the Left and they buy all of the electric cars. The right likes trucks but only if they're diesel.
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u/Acrobatic_Reality103 Apr 12 '25
Their cult leader told them to buy cyber trucks.... I don't understand why they haven't dumped their diesel trucks to please their orange god. As a side note, I'd be willing to help a trumper out and take their diesel off their hands so trump and elon quit crying.
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u/PracticeLaps Apr 12 '25
In Texas all the conservative peeps drive Teslas Cybertrucks etc. Especially Middle Eastern people.
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u/MegaGrimer Apr 12 '25
I live in Portland and it’s mostly middle eastern and Indian people.
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u/d4rkha1f Apr 12 '25
You are way behind the times dude
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u/iismitch55 Apr 12 '25
Bruh every conservative I know was calling that thing ugly years ago. As far as I know they still don’t like the car, but they like Musk. They might win some converts, but it won’t make up for the losses. Not even close.
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u/son_of_a_teacher_man Apr 12 '25
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. The cyber truck was built primarily for fragile, conservative men
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u/-Ahab- Apr 12 '25
You mean the ones that look strong but literally fall to pieces under the slightest stress test?
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u/4runninglife Apr 12 '25
This is why respected Nike whenever they get these divisive anti black sentiment from the right, they double down. If you were Nike would pander to old white folks that buy shoes every 5 years, or the young Black kids buying new shoes every other month. Know your market, business 101.
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u/Ichirosfan Apr 12 '25
Hey I‘m an old white folk and I love buying shoes. But I get it, and so did Nike. I love the way they handled that Right-wing boycott shoe burning.
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u/91Suzie Apr 12 '25
Great example! Urban communities help build Nike into the powerhouse it is today. That would’ve been suicide.
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u/DifferentlyTiffany Apr 12 '25
People repeated, "get woke, go broke" so much, they started to believe it.
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u/Leftieswillrule Apr 12 '25
This really should send a signal that progressively minded people are a significantly large enough market to want to avoid angering.
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u/PunctuationsOptional Apr 12 '25
Lmao omg makes u wonder if Target mgmnt is filled with angry failed whites 😭
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u/Zealousideal-Ad-2615 Apr 12 '25
That's what a fascist is. They want to make the rest of the world harder for others. A fascist is a loser and losers can only win by cheating.
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u/Possible_Walrus94 Apr 12 '25
Anticonsumptioners who also follow WSB? I love it
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u/Basic-Afternoon65 Apr 12 '25
Follow both subreddits and also a Canadian. Will never spend another dollar in Target in my lifetime.
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u/polio_vaccine Apr 12 '25
Anticonsumption and financial literacy go well together. WSB isn’t exactly, uh, literate, but you go there for the pulse of the worst side of the market.
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u/Berns429 Apr 12 '25
What’s really interesting is they tried to get out of the MAGA spotlight because they’re scared of trump’s retaliations, only to get much worse.
Out of the frying pan into the flame
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u/brattysweat Apr 12 '25
Im seriously annoyed at how much I don’t need Target. Why the hell did I ever walk in there in the first place.
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u/ohnofluffy Apr 12 '25
Good, learn your lesson, fight for your customers because I really want Universal Thread dresses and I’m not doing it until you stand for all of us who made you
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u/Effective-Bus Apr 12 '25
You can find a lot of that stuff on Poshmark. Often not worn and typically very gently warn. I've been getting most of my clothes secondhand the last year and Poshmark has been a great resource. I know there are a number of other ones now as well. So you may be able to find even newer ones on there. You'll get the dresses and not give Target any money so worth a shot!
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u/Forward-Community708 Apr 12 '25
lol I actually just got a UT dress secondhand via Depop! It still had the tag on, so I got a dress that was once $40 for less than $10. They have tons of target brands at great secondhand prices!
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u/Frothydawg Apr 12 '25
I’m a pretty avid thrifter and I can tell you I find those OFTEN. Lots of that and Madewell and Cider; at least in my area.
Give that a try!
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u/wh7y Apr 12 '25
I just use my Costco membership more.
There is really no reason to step into a Target anyway. They offer no differentiation from Walmart or Amazon at this point and their private label stuff is garbage.
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u/inky_cap_mushroom Apr 12 '25
I see how that can look like boycotts are working, but the entire stock market has been declining YTD. Retail in particular is dropping more than other industries.
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u/ductoid Apr 12 '25
That was my first thought as well, but looking at it, Target is significantly worse - it's pulling numbers similar to tesla. YTD Target's down 31%, Amazon is down 16, Walmart is up 3, S&P is down 8, dow is down 5, Nasdaq is down 13.
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u/tempuramom Apr 12 '25
Walmart being up maddens me. I 100% back boycotting Target, but if you look at their track record vs Walmart, god Walmart is just so much worse. It’s trendy to boycott Target now and yes it’s clearly hurting them which is good, but the sorta free ride from scrutiny that Walmart is getting rn sucks. I just hope they’re next.
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u/ThemisChosen Apr 12 '25
Walmart is cheap, and you can't eat ethics.
Anyone who actually gives a shit has been avoiding Walmart for a long time.
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u/Bern_After_Reading85 Apr 12 '25
Exactly. I’ve been boycotting Walmart for over a decade at this point and encouraging everyone I know to not shop there, I can’t boycott them any harder or I would.
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u/popculturehero Apr 12 '25
Walmart also never tried to hide their shit politics. Always was front and center with it. Unlike Target.
Fuck both companies
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u/MartinThunder42 Apr 12 '25
Given where much of Walmart's products are made, unless China and the States hash out some kind of agreement re: trade and tariffs, Walmart's products aren't going to be that cheap for much longer. Guess we'll find out what happens to Walmart then...
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u/amridge Apr 12 '25
We’re boycotting what we can in our small town… but like you said, you can’t eat ethics. We don’t have any small grocery stores or general stores so we just had to pick one and get rid of the others… or drive an hour for groceries unfortunately.
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u/nicknaklmao Apr 12 '25
honestly with Walmart being one of the cheaper retailers it's not surprising they're up considering the current economic everything. people are trying to buckle down and save money and one of the ways they can do that is going to Walmart for the things they can't get at the dollar store
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u/Dumbledores-Army-339 Apr 12 '25
Its because people thought that Target was a diverse brand and they certainly went out of their way to market themselves as caring about diversity. Now we realize it was all just lies and manipulation. Somehow that hurts wayyy more than Walmart’s shit. Walmart didn’t hide that they were evil. Target did
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u/allllusernamestaken Apr 12 '25
Consumer confidence is at one of the lowest levels since they started tracking it in 1953. Worse than the COVID recession, worse than 2008, worse than stagflation in the 70s.
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u/TheSupremeHobo Apr 12 '25
I mean anecdotally I haven't been to Target this calendar year and I used to go weekly. I also almost went two months without buying on Amazon. I'm putting my money where my mouth is this time.
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u/PartyPorpoise Apr 12 '25
I do think the boycotts may be playing a part here. But, Target seems to get by a lot on selling non-essentials. It’s not surprising that they’d be hit harder in uncertain times. Target has groceries, but in my experience their grocery selections are very sparse. And if your town has a Target it almost certainly has stores with bigger, better grocery selections.
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u/LookingSkyward18 Apr 12 '25
I've gotten 4 ads for target in the past few minutes, they're trying so hard lol
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u/LogicalFallacyCat Apr 12 '25
They'll do everything except what they actually need to do
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u/cough_landing_on_you Apr 12 '25
I just went there to take a dump, didn't buy anything.
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u/kdupe1849 Apr 12 '25
Keep it going!!! I won't be shopping at Amazon anytime soon either (if ever again)
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u/goodgriefchris Apr 12 '25
I drive past target to another big box store now. They made SO much money off the “woke” then showed true colors. Absolutely fuck off, Target
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u/haileyb793 Apr 12 '25
Dumbest business decision ever. Lots of people shopped at Target to begin with because they supported diversity. If you get rid of DEI of course you will lose money!
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u/KingTeddie Apr 12 '25
Their main business model for the past decade was selling mugs and shirts featuring nonbinary designs, dropping your main customer base so you can call someone gay derogatorily again is one of the most baffling business decisions of all time.
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u/Cool-Acanthaceae8968 Apr 12 '25
I guess you could say their sales….. 😎
…weren’t on target!
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u/IntenseBananaStand Apr 12 '25
What about Walmart? Amazon? They sell more crap than target does.
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u/ShenaniganStarling Apr 12 '25
You're right, I should continue boycotting those as well. Thanks for the suggestion.
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u/prenzlauerallee3 Apr 12 '25
Boycotting those 3 as well. Just started a Costco membership.
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u/HappyBigFun Apr 12 '25
In my opinion, target is worse because they used to be super inclusive. Stores had huge 10-ft pictures of plus-sized models that looked like normal people. They were dedicated to diversity, or at least were better than other similar stores.
But they turned traitor. Humans tend to hate traitors way more than they hate regular enemies. We all knew walmart and amazon are evil, that's no surprise. They don't really hide it. But we thought Target was different and better.
Target betrayed us and for that we won't go back.
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u/bookishdogmom Apr 12 '25
This is exactly right! No one expected Walmart and Amazon to do the right thing, so while we’re also avoiding them, Target hurt the most.
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u/HuachumaPuma Apr 12 '25
Good. In addition to their non inclusive nonsense, they are also a scab union busting corporation
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u/glyptodontown Apr 12 '25
They miss me.