US EditionTarget Faces Boycott Fallout as Sales and Traffic Decline
- Target's sales fell in February, with in-store foot traffic down 9.5% on February 28 compared to the previous year, according to Placer.ai.
- Civil rights activists launched a boycott against Target for rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
- National Black faith leaders announced a 40-day fast against Target, encouraging spending at Black-owned businesses instead, said Rev. Jamal Bryant.
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Expect More. Pay Nothing. Target And Amazon Boycotts Are ON!
Hey! You know what you can probably do for a week, starting today? Not give Amazon any money! Why? Because there’s a one-week “economic blackout” starting today, and while a lot of people live in areas that make it difficult for them to fully boycott something like Amazon entirely, pretty much all of us can do a week, right? I know I, for one, can certainly manage to fall asleep watching “Midsomer Murders” on a different streaming service, and I…
Local church to boycott Target after company drops DEI initiatives
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)-- A Springfield church has announced that their congregation will be boycotting the retailer Target in response to the company's change in diversity policy. Bishop Talbert Swan, National Director of Social Justice for the Church Of God In Christ, the largest Pentecostal denomination in America, and President of the Greater Springfield NAACP, said that his congregation at Spring of Hope Church of God in Christ are partic…
Delta Democrat-Times
Economic blackout was just a flicker
There was a nationwide “economic blackout” on Friday, Feb. 28 to protest economic inequality and the cutbacks in corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But if that day’s commercial activity was an electric current, the blackout was a momentary flicker of lights before the power supply returned to normal.
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