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J. Pharoah Doss: Will Rev. Jamal Byrant’s boycott hit the wrong target?”

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by J. Pharoah Doss Rev. Jamal Bryant, an Atlanta-based pastor, launched a nationwide 40-day boycott of Target retail stores on March 5th in response to the retailer’s decision to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion program. When George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, Target launched REACH (Racial Equity Action and Change) and pledged to invest $2 billion in Black-owned businesses by December 2025, but in January of…

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Target can't get its footing after its DEI program demise and a 40-day boycott against the retailer. Foot traffic at stores is down for the eighth consecutive week

For the week that began March 17, foot traffic fell 5.7% YoY for Target, according to data from Placer.ai.

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J. Pharoah Doss: Will Rev. Jamal Byrant’s boycott hit the wrong target?”

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Target suffers eighth week of foot-traffic losses since caving on...

Link. 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 …

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Baller Alert

Target Foot Traffic Keeps Dropping After Ending DEI Program

Target is feeling the heat after walking away from its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program, and shoppers may be responding with their feet. For the eighth week in a row, foot traffic at Target stores has fallen, according to new data from Placer.ai. During the week starting March 17, visits dropped by 5.7% compared to the same time last year. That follows a 7.1% drop the week before and brings the average decline over the past two mon…

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Boycott Logo — EU

submitted by Blaze to buyeuropean32 points | 1 commentshttps://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/a52f867b-8328-4fbf-8846-099e63d216e1.webpcross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/26669877 A logo I made in support of this movement. It’s simple, but it gets the point across, lol. More are to be posted in the future!

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There’s a Boycott on Target Right Now – Let’s Talk About It

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UFL chapter. Since I was a little kid, Target was always the motherland. From basic necessities (shampoo, toothpaste, body wash, etc.) to the newest Barbie dolls, the department store seemingly had everything and held a special place in my heart. So, you can imagine my disappointment when Target recently announced it was shifting its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policie…

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