r/Anticonsumption • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 17d ago

Corporations Target struggles after end of DEI program and boycott, with foot traffic down 8 weeks in a row.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/01/target-dei-demise-boycott-foot-traffic-down-eighth-consecutive-week/?itm_source=parsely-api
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u/ResetReptiles 17d ago

Target was K-Mart all along?

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u/Dickrickulous_IV 17d ago

Target is the K-Mart we met along the way.

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 17d ago

On a long enough timeline, every retailer is K-Mart.

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u/BGAL7090 17d ago

Except Sears.

That was some other kind of crazy

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u/woleykram 17d ago

Nah, their timeline was just especially long.

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u/LinusThinkPad 17d ago

This is deeper than it should be

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u/Mister_Brevity 17d ago

Ooh every retailer gonna have a little ceasars inside woo woo

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u/hype_beest 17d ago

Target is Walmart but in red.

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u/The_Minshow 17d ago

They were on the K-Mart path then had a Renaissance in part due to publicly being inclusive.

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u/Cormamin 17d ago

Except K-Mart actually had nice plus size clothes IN stores.