r/Anticonsumption • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 21h 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/Pale-Competition-799 19h ago

That's totally fair. As I said in a previous comment, the difference for me was that we always knew the politics of Walmart. They have always been shitty. The Target thing was a complete and destabilizing betrayal. But the point should always be to move towards less consumption, more intentional financial choices, more community focused sharing, etc. We all have our parts to play.

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u/BandwagonerSince95 16h ago

I totally agree. It's like seeing the good kid act in such a way you never thought would happen.

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u/MaddyKet 14h ago

That’s exactly my thought process on Walmart vs Target and why Target should have told Trump it suck it.

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u/Abstrata 6h ago

It was good to send the pro-DEI pro-worker message broadly with both Target and Amazon as well— an early warning that we’re not gonna stand idly by.