Good day all. Target is a national Department store that sells everything, much like Sears used to. Recently I saw a big bruhaha with demands for a boycott of Target. Since I’m probably one of about 35 people in America who doesn’t shop at Target, I didn’t know what was going on. Now I do.
It seems that Target’s Management failed to learn from the Bud Light Debacle. In fact, it looks like they actually doubled down on stupid and not only partnered with some guy in a dress, but also a Satanist. Now Target’s stock price is showing what a really dumb idea this was. Here are the details from Newsmax:
Target is partaking in campaigns to capitalize on LGBTQ messaging and merchandise and critics are lashing out on social media with calls for boycotts, leading to fears of a Bud Light-like public relations hit.
The retailer’s stock price is down 10.24% in the past month and almost 10% since its March 17 top, just hours before CEO Brian Cornell hailed DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) as having been a boon to business.
I saw another story regarding the CEO slobbering over going Woke. When are these blithering idiots going to realize that they are trying to bring in a very small percentage of the American consumer market, and are pissing off a much larger percentage?
The controversy is boiling over just days before June’s Pride Month for the LGBTQIA+ community, but Target’s pride page calls for customers to “celebrate, all year long.”
The general response from Target’s customers has been pretty specific on this subject.
Calls for Target boycotts on Twitter have been going on for over a week, condemning pride messaging and LGBTQ clothing for children and even babies, TheStreet reported.
That was the straw that broke the woke camel’s back. Mothers went into Target to get items for their children and spotted all this woke, pro-groomer crap and basically exploded. The CEO, who seems to have missed the classes on not pissing off your customer base in business school, inserted his foot so deeply into his mouth, he has to drop his pants to tie the shoe laces.
It started March 17 with Target CEO Brian Cornell hailing its LGBTQ friendly products.
“When we think about purpose at Target, it’s really about helping all the families, and that ‘all’ word is really important,” Cornell told Fortune’s “Leadership Next” podcast. “Most of America shops at Target, so we want to do the right thing to support families across the country.
“I think those are just good business decisions, and it’s the right thing for society, and it’s the great thing for our brand.”
Cornell hailed DEI initiatives as being a moneymaker.
“The things we’ve done from a DE&I standpoint, it’s adding value,” he continued. “It’s helping us drive sales, it’s building greater engagement with both our teams and our guests, and those are just the right things for our business today.”
So, just how is that cunning plan actually working out for you Cornell? Stock price skyrocketing to the high heavens?
Target closed at $160.96 on March 17 (topping at $162.43 at 11 a.m. ET that day) since Cornell’s remarks and has only closed lower since, including $147.16 on Tuesday.
I just checked Target’s stock price as I pasted in that quote. As of 1PM EDT Wednesday May 24th, it’s running at $143.45/share. That’s down a good $20/share since they announced how Woke they were and customers noticed the things a groomer might want to get children.
According to the Newsmax story, Target’s twitter account has been basically inactive since Elon Musk took over. It looks like they decided to protest Musk’s upholding the right of Free Speech on HIS platform by not speaking. I don’t think anyone actually noticed. Meanwhile, others weren’t so shy about posting about Target.
“BREAKING: Target is holding an ’emergency’ meeting over its woke LGBTQ merchandise and tuck friendly bathing suits in the kids section, trying to avoid a ‘Bud Light Situation,'” Charlie Kirk tweeted Tuesday.
“Target hates you. Stop shopping there. Make them suffer!”
Other stories I read about the attempt by Target to walk back their woke move indicated that a number of stores in the southern states took all the groomer merchandise and moved it to the back of the store. This was to try and “Hide” the fact that target’s management is made up of of morons, moonbats, meatheads and idiots who don’t seem to understand that people have had it with corporate woke attitudes.
Now Target is desperately trying to fix things. I don’t know if they can turn it around. Bud Light is still loosing market share, and Budweiser’s competitors are actually a bit worried that they won’t be able to keep up with the demand. Frankly, if Target should end up imploding, it won’t bother me a bit.
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Don’t worry, the FBI and the DoJ will give a thorough colonoscopy to those people involved in this protest at the behest of DNC Groomers under the (dubious) authority of the Commerce Clause.
It’s not new. Years ago they fell in with the whole trans bathroom thing, and have been promoting Wokist stuff like “love is love”.
On a personal observation, an employee there back at the start of the masking insanity was wearing a BLM, Inc mask, and apparently no one thought that was a problem (though this was before the “mostly peaceful protests” over the death of Saint George of Fenatyl, in 2020, wherein at least one store was trashed).