BTS shopping - not Target or Amazon

[Anonymous]

Time to boycott Staples.

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Anonymous wrote:Are we still mad at target?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Dollar Tree has a ton of cheap school supplies right now.

Staples is much cheaper.

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Anonymous wrote:Are we still mad at target?

I stopped shopping there and now don't want to go back.

Such a waste of money in impulse purchases, even if you aren't still mad at them for not really caring about women, minorities, LGBT, or disabled people.

Staples is good.
Also Costco if you are already a member.

+1, I haven't been back and don't miss it. I don't fault anybody else (I'm still shopping on Amazon as a non-member, we all do what we need to do) but Target is the facebook of retail stores. Once you quit it you feel so much better.

Same PP, Same. I won't ever go back. I stopped shopping there a very long time ago way before this current "boycott."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for you op.

How about cvs, riteaid, grocery stores or dollar tree for supplies. You can buy a few custom things from Etsy or michaels.

rite aid closed.

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Anonymous wrote:I stand with OP, no Target, no Amazon, no Walmart. There's so little in life we have control of these days, if I can control where our money goes to, it makes me very satisfied

+100000

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Anonymous wrote:I stand with OP, no Target, no Amazon, no Walmart. There's so little in life we have control of these days, if I can control where our money goes to, it makes me very satisfied

Weird stance because your "control" has zero impact. But whatever makes you feel better.

That's a lie:
"Target also said customer boycotts did some damage during the latest quarter."

"Target’s shares have fallen more than 37% in the past 52 weeks."


https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/15/target-stock-and-sales-fall-as-ceo-brian-cornell-contract-ends.html

https://apnews.com/article/target-first-quarter-earnings-tariffs-ed5765bac92257a0bab3815ece31f5c1

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/05/21/target-warns-of-lower-sales-in-2025-blaming-tariffs-and-dei-rollback-backlash/

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Anonymous wrote:I stand with OP, no Target, no Amazon, no Walmart. There's so little in life we have control of these days, if I can control where our money goes to, it makes me very satisfied

You do you but you’re not making the impact you think you are.

Have fun driving to multiple stores.

That's not true!
"Target also said customer boycotts did some damage during the latest quarter." Target July 2025.

So it's working. And OP only needs to drive to staples. One store.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I stand with OP, no Target, no Amazon, no Walmart. There's so little in life we have control of these days, if I can control where our money goes to, it makes me very satisfied

You do you but you’re not making the impact you think you are.

Have fun driving to multiple stores.

Why are people so defensive of these brands? Agreed the op is likely not making much of a difference but something must be happening as Target's sales are down and thebopening day for prime day this year was lower.

I express my values with how I spend my dollars sounds like OP does too.

Clearly they work for target and are worried about losing their jobs due to lack of sales.

[Anonymous]

Democrats are so fragile

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats are so fragile

go woke or go broke

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Anonymous wrote:hobby lobby has lots of school supplies, walgreens, cvs have more limited selection but usually have the basics in stock.

lol. If OP is not shopping at Target and Amazon, she’s definitely not going to Hobby Lobby!

This is OP and lol. You bet I don't shop at hobby lobby (though I don't think MoCo has any stores so it's easy).

Thanks for all the comments, even those who don't agree or understand my anti-Target stance. You do you, but I greatly disliked their DEI retraction (it was literally within hours of the EO) and so I'm avoiding spending money there when I can (which is most of the time - except BTS). If I do have to purchase there (baby registry gifts) then I make sure to put BIPOC brands in my order. Amazon and Walmart have always been generally terrible so Target felt different, particularly with all of their inclusive branding/history (breastfeeding in fitting rooms, using models with disabilities in their ads, pride month, BIPOC brands etc etc etc).

You don't have to get it, just sharing what my goal was. Like PPs, I am seeing enough evidence of the boycott's impact to continue avoiding shopping there.

In the end, I ordered all their supplies from our school's supply site. I had previously heard the selection/quality was low, but then talking with other parents realized they quite liked their products, even at greater cost since the school gets a cut. Win win! FWIW, Staples was best in terms of selection/DEI policies (which wouldn't have been my deciding factor a year ago, but is now especially since they're remaining committed since January despite the pressure).

Im out of the loop. What is OP's political tribe and what did Target and Amazon upper management do to piss off OP's tribe? Also what did Hobby Lobby do that is somehow worse?

[Anonymous]

sorry what did Target do? I always found them very pro DEI and still do

[Anonymous]

I haven’t shopped at Target or Amazon at all in 2025.

We just go to office supply stores - staples or office max.

[Anonymous]

Target or Amazon are the only places I shop now for school supplies. Best prices and easy. I used to trek to Staples years ago but they closed down.