Is the Target Boycott Really Effective?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Yes.

The boycott has been effective. Huge losses and CEO stepping down.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/08/20/target-ceo-brian-cornell-will-step-down-as-sales-continue-to-fall/

Earlier this year, Target announced it was rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining several other companies which have scaled back such efforts amid pressure from the Trump administration and several conservative groups. However, this rollback triggered a backlash and a boycott against Target and criticism from civil rights activists. The boycott appears to have had an impact, as RetailBrew reported that foot traffic at Target was down 3.1% in Q2 2025. While announcing the previous quarter’s earnings report in May, Cornell acknowledged the backlash to company’s DEI rollback was one of the factors behind a revenue decline.

For all those people who said it wouldn't work. Here you go. Now we have to get serious about boycotting other brands. I don't even miss Target.

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They want you to believe you’re powerless. You are not.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Now, we need to repeat the results with Amazon. Jeff Bezos is a traitor. Quit Amazon if you have not done so already. I did, and I don't miss it a bit. Life is better knowing I'm not sending ANY of my money to a corrupt, evil oligarch.

[Anonymous]

Fleas don't bother elephants. You're wasting your time in indulging your sense of moral indignation, one shared by too few to matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fleas don't bother elephants. You're wasting your time in indulging your sense of moral indignation, one shared by too few to matter.

I mean, obviously shared by enough people to matter this time. Or did you not read the article because it hurt your feelings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fleas don't bother elephants. You're wasting your time in indulging your sense of moral indignation, one shared by too few to matter.

Capitalism requires consumers. Lots of what we buy is optional. We have power.

Either you have bad intentions or you have been influenced by those with bad intentions.

[Anonymous]

The Starbucks boycott has been very effective.

Boycotts work and anybody telling you that your individual efforts don't matter is a cynical naysayer.

[Anonymous]

I think what companies are learning is to never try to appease the left. Target wouldn't be in this position if they'd stayed neutral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fleas don't bother elephants. You're wasting your time in indulging your sense of moral indignation, one shared by too few to matter.

l Like voting right? Why bother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what companies are learning is to never try to appease the left. Target wouldn't be in this position if they'd stayed neutral.

Conservatives got mad at bud light, currently at Cracker Barrel. Target decided to be two faced about it and folded with no pressure. If you want to stay neutral that would have been fine, but you can’t spend years presenting yourself one way and then flip flop. It just isn’t smart business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what companies are learning is to never try to appease the left. Target wouldn't be in this position if they'd stayed neutral.

Target will likely never get these customers back. It isn't about appeasement. It is about not bowing to racism and dictators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what companies are learning is to never try to appease the left. Target wouldn't be in this position if they'd stayed neutral.

That's exactly true. Target was chasing politics, both left and right. A very stupid thing for corporations of that size to do. Target made its name for delivering reasonably good products at a reasonably good price. That's a win. But then they went all in with the politics of the day. Not a win. Now everyone hates Target. Some real brainiacs in the Target C Suite. Idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what companies are learning is to never try to appease the left. Target wouldn't be in this position if they'd stayed neutral.

Stores have a target audience(s). (Pun intended.) People who fall outside of that may still shop there. Target betrayed its primary audience. What’s so difficult to understand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Starbucks boycott has been very effective.

Boycotts work and anybody telling you that your individual efforts don't matter is a cynical naysayer.

Anyone telling you your individual efforts don’t matter has an agenda. Truly the only power for many in America right now is the power of the purse. The more people the right can convince otherwise the safer they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what companies are learning is to never try to appease the left. Target wouldn't be in this position if they'd stayed neutral.

And yet Costco is absolutely cleaning up. The lesson is don’t be feckless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Starbucks boycott has been very effective.

Boycotts work and anybody telling you that your individual efforts don't matter is a cynical naysayer.

Anyone telling you your individual efforts don’t matter has an agenda. Truly the only power for many in America right now is the power of the purse. The more people the right can convince otherwise the safer they are.

THIS