Yes, Boycotts Work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boycotts have minimal long-term impact.

If anything, companies mention them in regulatory filings as a convenient scapegoat to explain weaker than expected earnings or to signal to activists that they’re “listening.”

What about boycotts of apartheid South Africa?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Target's mistake was ever pushing DEI in the first place.

Let that be a lesson. Don't venture in to that territory.

If a bisexual wants to buy a t shirt, it's on the shelf. If they don't, it's on the shelf.

It’s certainly not hurting Costco.

This. It's not hard to stay morally consistent with the stances you've taken and the customer base you've cultivated. The mistake is trying to have it both ways. They want liberal money (because MAGA is broke) but they also want Trumpism. Can't have both.

The "stances" are not moral.

Don't put DEI on one side of the equation and Trump on the other. There's a whole lot of people against it, not just Trump and MAGA.

When people know what it is, they are uncomfortable with the reverse racism.

No, it's definitely a moral issue. I support the uplift of people of color because I understand that we live in a white supremacist society that will not do so without specific effort to combat its natural tendency toward white supremacy. If you think reverse racism is real, you do not understand racism, or likely do not care to. And I very much find your stance as immoral as I do ignorant.

All BS. You see white supremacy under the bed.

And you play on it to extract monetary concessions from others.

You can't measure racism, and according to you, it will never end. The grift is all about the $$$ to you.

You are the ignorant one.

[Anonymous]

Of course boycotts can work. They just need a sustained effort and media attention. That’s also why a lot of them fail. For them to be sustained you probably need an alternative, and that alternative becomes the new default. It’s easy to boycott Target. It’s harder to boycott Amazon. So, I just order far less from Amazon than I used to and instead use Costco and other stores. I also sold my Amazon stock and bought Costco.

It’s really easy to boycott Tesla because not only are there alternatives, they are almost all better than Tesla.

It was easy for the MAGAs to boycott Bud Light over their sexual attraction to that trans person because there are a lot of beer alternatives.

[Anonymous]

I had no idea all of these boycotts were going on. That doesn’t bode well for them. As for Starbucks, their coffee is terrible. I hope they go out of business. The rest people mentioned don’t resonate with me so I’ll default to convenience over virtue signaling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course boycotts can work. They just need a sustained effort and media attention. That’s also why a lot of them fail. For them to be sustained you probably need an alternative, and that alternative becomes the new default. It’s easy to boycott Target. It’s harder to boycott Amazon. So, I just order far less from Amazon than I used to and instead use Costco and other stores. I also sold my Amazon stock and bought Costco.

It’s really easy to boycott Tesla because not only are there alternatives, they are almost all better than Tesla.

It was easy for the MAGAs to boycott Bud Light over their sexual attraction to that trans person because there are a lot of beer alternatives.

Our Costco is right next to a Target. It gives me great satisfaction as the Costco parking lot regularly fills up and we have to use the Target lot as overflow parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:who shops at target anyway? it's like a half step up from dollar general.

Maybe now, but it wasn’t always.

[Anonymous]

The two most successful boycotts in USA history was the Alabama bus boycott and the South Africa apartheid divestment. Target will be number three. I hope Tesla is sustainable and not just a blip. I wonder why Walmart was not included on the list for boycott. I don’t see much daylight between Walmart and Target

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Target's mistake was ever pushing DEI in the first place.

Let that be a lesson. Don't venture in to that territory.

If a bisexual wants to buy a t shirt, it's on the shelf. If they don't, it's on the shelf.

It’s certainly not hurting Costco.

YES! Every time I shop at Costco, it's packed!! People are voting with their feet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Target's mistake was ever pushing DEI in the first place.

Let that be a lesson. Don't venture in to that territory.

If a bisexual wants to buy a t shirt, it's on the shelf. If they don't, it's on the shelf.

It’s certainly not hurting Costco.

This. It's not hard to stay morally consistent with the stances you've taken and the customer base you've cultivated. The mistake is trying to have it both ways. They want liberal money (because MAGA is broke) but they also want Trumpism. Can't have both.

The "stances" are not moral.

Don't put DEI on one side of the equation and Trump on the other. There's a whole lot of people against it, not just Trump and MAGA.

When people know what it is, they are uncomfortable with the reverse racism.

No, it's definitely a moral issue. I support the uplift of people of color because I understand that we live in a white supremacist society that will not do so without specific effort to combat its natural tendency toward white supremacy. If you think reverse racism is real, you do not understand racism, or likely do not care to. And I very much find your stance as immoral as I do ignorant.

All BS. You see white supremacy under the bed.

And you play on it to extract monetary concessions from others.

You can't measure racism, and according to you, it will never end. The grift is all about the $$$ to you.

You are the ignorant one.

Probably someone who got mad at Hallmark Mahogany cards or finding an entire section of hair products marketed toward Black people. How dare they!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I admit I was wrong about Target. I never thought there would be enough boycotters to impact their bottom line.

I don't use Target, so I probably misread the type of consumers who shop there.

They spent years cultivating a diverse queen friendly liberal leaning customer based, then flipped us all the bird when Trump got elected. The real lesson here is to know your customers, pick a lane, and don't flip flop.

I know what I'm getting and what I'm supporting on the rare occasion I shop at Walmart. Target pretended to be better, and it was supposed to be justification for the higher prices for essentially the same products. If they're basically going to be Walmart but with higher prices, I have no reason to shop there. Haven't been since the DEI rollback, and it would take a lot to get me back in the doors.

I'm having a much harder time quitting Amazon, but I'm getting there. Once I find adequate replacements for everything, I won't be back. And I'm sure the same is true for many. Once the boycotts go on long enough that people have altered their shopping habits, it won't be a simple thing to get them to return as customers.

Amazon is a monopoly, and we consumers need to break it.
Do it a step at a time:
Go to your account, and cancel the automatic renewal of Amazon Prime. You have to click around because they make it hard to cancel.
It won't cancel immediately though. They only let you cancel on your renewal date.
Then slowly wean yourself from Amazon.

I look at the reviews on Amazon, then I google the product and find it in a local store or on the mfr's website. Sometimes I have to pay shipping. Oh well, it's a small price to pay to save our democracy.

If everyone who cares about America's future just QUIT Amazon, Jeff B. would lose his power. We gave it to him, and we can take it away.

Ditto for Tesla (sell yours if you own one!) and Zuckerberg's businesses like FB, Instagram.

Google the oligarchs' businesses -- they include Abe Books and Zappos! I'm doing my best to boycott them all.

We, the little people, do have economic power if we will just use it!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Republicans buy sneakers too."

The best option is just to stay out of the political fray entirely.

That said, I just buy the best product, at the best price, with the best shopping experience for my needs at that specific time. If that has me at Target and Chick Fil A occasionally, I don't worry about it. I'm not driving the 15 extra minutes to Walmart or Costco to make some political statement if I wasn't going there anyway.

Maggot. Who cares what you think? This is a thread about how SUCCESSFUL the boycotts are!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Target's mistake was ever pushing DEI in the first place.

Let that be a lesson. Don't venture in to that territory.

If a bisexual wants to buy a t shirt, it's on the shelf. If they don't, it's on the shelf.

It’s certainly not hurting Costco.

It didn't hurt Target either until it did, correct?

You can't control all aspects of the landscape.

DEI is inherently racist and bigoted. It's just racist against an "approved" race.

Everyone knows exactly what it is, but is afraid to call it what it is. Approved racism and theft in the name of social justice to a minority.

It should be treated as the pariah it is and it should be systematically attacked and dismantled.

effing Trumputin trolls have taken over DCUM!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Target's mistake was ever pushing DEI in the first place.

Let that be a lesson. Don't venture in to that territory.

If a bisexual wants to buy a t shirt, it's on the shelf. If they don't, it's on the shelf.

It’s certainly not hurting Costco.

This. It's not hard to stay morally consistent with the stances you've taken and the customer base you've cultivated. The mistake is trying to have it both ways. They want liberal money (because MAGA is broke) but they also want Trumpism. Can't have both.

The "stances" are not moral.

Don't put DEI on one side of the equation and Trump on the other. There's a whole lot of people against it, not just Trump and MAGA.

When people know what it is, they are uncomfortable with the reverse racism.

STFU with you "reverse racism" BS!!

There is no "racism" against White folks like you and your white supremecist ilk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also haven’t shopped at Target for months and see no reason to go back. I’ve also quit Amazon, using bookshop.org for books and looking at who’s selling what I need on Amazon and then buying directly from the company instead of Amazon. I’m willing to pay more to avoid Amazon. There are lots of us out here.

I think we get an Amazon box every day. We get free shipping where delivery is never more than 12 hours from purchase. The convenience factor is off the charts.

You willing to pay for convenience by living in a fascist country?

Not me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea all of these boycotts were going on. That doesn’t bode well for them. As for Starbucks, their coffee is terrible. I hope they go out of business. The rest people mentioned don’t resonate with me so I’ll default to convenience over virtue signaling.

No, you're voting with your dollars for an authoritarian crackdown on human rights and constitutional rights in America.
You're voting with your dollars for the oligarchy, who supports the white supremacist Trump government.

Eventually, you will pay for your "convenience" with a loss of your constitutional rights.