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jonstl08

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1. Have not shopped there since

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:21 AM

Aug 21

My CVS Pharmacy is in Target near my house. I have to go there for meds because the nearest one is about 10 miles away. I just walk in. Pick up my meds and leave. Do not buy anything else there. Have notice the foot traffic is noticeably lighter since they ended DEI.

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Target turned on a huge chunk of their market (DEI). MAGA says "go woke,go broke." Now Target is going broke. [View all] Swede Aug 21 OP

Have not shopped there since jonstl08 Aug 21 #1

Me too! wolfie001 Aug 21 #9

MAGA: Making America Go Awry RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Aug 21 #2

Good one! calimary Aug 21 #17

They're building a huge new Target Mossfern Aug 21 #3

You snooze, you lose Iris Aug 21 #4

Hit them in the wallet, where it really hurts. twodogsbarking Aug 21 #5

Boycott worked. Once the habit is broke they aren't getting their customers back. Blue Full Moon Aug 21 #6

Started as a boycott Chi67 Aug 21 #8

Ask spacenazi kkmarie Aug 21 #7

Space nazi turned on his own environmentally conscious buyers wolfie001 Aug 21 #11

We did it! JustAnotherGen Aug 21 #10

"Go fash, lose cash!". keep_left Aug 21 #12

Ironically, Target's customer base was comprised in large part by the very people DEI was intended to help. patphil Aug 21 #13

True, I think there are multiple things at play. LisaM Aug 21 #15

This CEO caved into trump and lost LetMyPeopleVote Aug 21 #14

That'll teach them to drink the Kool-aid Vogon_Glory Aug 21 #18

He didn't lose... berksdem Aug 21 #19

And they could have been heroes. miyazaki Aug 21 #16

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