when you do something that goes against the grain,
the best thing you can do is fix it.
that only works if you actually GAF.
there are many jackals and hyenas in a high rise offices,
who don’t GAF what anyone beneath them has to say/font/protest/throw a tantrum.
if actually enjoy watching the forests burn.
Is Target trying to go out of business?
i saw this and i’m baffled…
Target saw foot traffic fall for the eighth consecutive week, extending a losing streak that began just a few days after the company announced it would end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program in late January.
For the week that began March 17, foot traffic fell 5.7% YoY for Target, according to data from Placer.ai. That’s compared to the 7.1% it fell last week, and an average weekly decline over the last eight weeks of 6.2%.
In a March 4 earnings call, when it reported a 3.1% Q4 loss and a non-specified sales decline in February, Target executives were bullish about its Easter assortment boosting business. But if it has so far, it’s not reflected in the foot-traffic data. What may have taken the spring out of the Easter Bunny’s hop for Target is a 40-plus day boycott coinciding with Lent (so ending on Easter) spearheaded by Black clergy for which more than 150,000 have signed up, exceeding organizers’ stated goal of 100,000.
Target did not respond to a request for comment from Retail Brew about the traffic slump.
it has been a disaster for anyone who aligned themselves with our new president,
including the same billionaires who showed up for him.
they truly underestimated everyone outside their bubble of glaze and worship.
Sidebar: if the gays would do this to the scamming OF straights,
they would get in line too.
target is literally giving business to costco.
you know it’s bad when even in a downfall,
they are still standing ten toes down.
people/companies are learning something:
Black folks aren’t going into the streets,
tearing up shit,
and causing absolute chaos in protest anymore.
the 92% and the 78% showed up when it mattered.
so to see target is dead set on not adjusting says a lot.
shame.
i liked target but i refuse.
Until they fire everyone involved in this DEI roll back,
and restart with some 50% off and BOGO coupons in that bittttttch,
they will have to continue to suffer.
lowkey: it’s insulting to expect black folks to protest after showing up.
like,
they want us to fix their issue because their own created the issue?
article cc: fortune
Target is a perfect example of what I said in a previous post about mediocracy being passed off as being qualified, and it also highlights the false narrative around D.E.I.
Target is a multi-billion dollar corporation, especially at the corporate level. Many people have college degrees from the best schools in marketing, business, finance, etc., and you mean to tell me this is the best strategy that they could come up with? Even if they were slated to end their D.E.I. initiatives by 2025 or 2026, in their minds, the best way to implement that was to capitulate to MAGA? What’s even more crazy is if they had some diversity in the boardroom, especially Black people, they would’ve told them that it was a bad move. Let’s not act like Costco isn’t having the best year ever because they decided to stand up and stand for something.
The sad reality is that there are many studies that show that racism and discrimination ( mostly against Black people) cost the United States trillions of dollars in lost GDP. Apparently, White people don’t mind losing this money if it means massaging their egos.