Target’s CEO is stepping down as sales continue to plunge

[Yinny]

Looks like we getting those tangibles family

 

[BaileyPark31]

Ive shopped Target once in about 18 months. And thats only because a doll my niece wanted i could only find there.

 

[Yinny]

I got a baby so Target and Amazon have remained staples. But beyond tariffs and DEI, Target has made it incredibly hard/annoying to shop in-store with the amount of shyt locked up, and out here, taking away self checkout in many locations. I do order pickup which is great for me, because I no longer make impulse purchases - another thing lower sales for target. You’re supposed to go there for paper towels, laundry detergent, and sparkling water and walk out with that stuff plus 3 candles, a new workout outfit and water bottle, and some trail mix you didn’t need.

That part, I specifically used to spend extra there because they prominently featured Black-owned products.

Now I go directly to the business’ or brand’s site, but I used to get 90% of my son’s toys there.

That said those diaper deals are unmatched so I still be bopis my butt off.

 

[The ADD]

i don't think it is shortsighted.
Many of their regular shoppers did not walk away from the boycotts.
They were dropping customers year over year before the boycott.
You can't take annecdotal evidence of just yourself and try to think its national.

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

Target has been in decline for 4 years.
They can't sell as a mid - upper level brand, but have stores with the same detail as Walmart.
Ulta is leaving them, everyone is leaving a sinking ship
TJ max has better growth over the last 4 years.

It’s not anecdotal. If you don’t think that they have lost foot traffic because of the boycotts and that it’s impacted business then you are being shortsighted. It’s not the sole factor but to think it’s had no impact after close to 8 months is silly.

 

[daemonova]

They went out their to be in Uber white areas only, wasn't hard to avoid them.

 

[Yinny]

Dbl

 

[Rekkapryde]

Likely a combination. Amazingly stupid to alienate your primary demographic though. Middle class liberals.

Incredible ain't it.

Funny how Walmart was the first to jump out cancelling ALL of their DEI initiatives, but they made sure not to target and say "black" specifically like Target did.

Let Trump and stupidity fukk up your money brehs. Even then, at least in Atlanta area, they didn't even remove the fukkin products from the shelves. So what the fukk was the point of saying that dumb shyt?

 

[Rekkapryde]

Costco’s stock is booming. I assume they predict that alienating a vast swathe of your costumer base is not beneficial long term when very unlikely Trumpism lasts past his life.

Costco doubles down on DEI — and benefits

Despite boycott threats from conservatives, Costco reported that net sales for April were up 7% from last year.

www.marketplace.org

Targets name may never recover.

And that's why I'll always prefer them to Sams (Walmart) even though we still got a Sams Membership.

Costsco
BJS
Sams

 

[David_TheMan]

It’s not anecdotal. If you don’t think that they have lost foot traffic because of the boycotts and that it’s impacted business then you are being shortsighted. It’s not the sole factor but to think it’s had no impact after close to 8 months is silly.

You ignore 4 years of failure and decline and try to ascribe it to an issue in the last 6 months.
This is a bigger deal than a boycott, which is why they let the CEO his contract wasn't renewed in March I believe.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Combination of recession, unforced dei errors, and everyone being broke these days.

Yep square biz

The DEI shyt was the death rattle to a problem that could have been on life support.

 

[Rekkapryde]

More and more people do their grocery shopping now on Amazon as well believe it or not.

It’s been especially great for people who don’t know how to select fresh items or want to go through the trouble. The Amazon grocer does that for them.

Amazon is siphoning major and small brick and mortar businesses more and more.

short sighted decisions favoring convenience is going to bite all of us in the ass in the long term.

 

[Loose]

You ignore 4 years of failure and decline and try to ascribe it to an issue in the last 6 months.
This is a bigger deal than a boycott, which is why they let the CEO his contract wasn't renewed in March I believe.

Anyone noticed this agent always in every thread trying to downplay black issues ?

 

[Premeditated]

i was at Target last weeks
stilled looked packed to me full of black folks

 

[ThrobbingHood]

I agree with this but I will say this boycott Target shyt is just being amplified online. My local Target stores have plenty of black people as they normally do


Target was also at the Essence festival and black people were going there as usual

I don’t like indefinite boycotts with no end goal. Offer an alternative? Cool. Until certain changes/goals within the company are made? I’m all for it.

Boycotting for the sake of boycotting is stupid. You’re asking a group that is collectively impoverished to make their life even more difficult with no viable alternative solutions.

GTFO!

 

[ThrobbingHood]

That's not feasible for a lot part of the country especially those that live in small towns and rural areas along with the elderly.

Walmart is still the main option for a lot of those people.

I’ll put my mortgage on the fact that the people who came up with this boycott are far removed from that reality. BLM 2.0… at least they aren’t begging for donations I guess.