Thoughts and prayers
thier prices have always been more expensive and close to walgreens prices, they pride themselves as the bougie walmart version. they have also gotten rid of thier own in-brand items, in favor of cheapflationed items.
I’ve never understood the appeal of Target. There’s a huge Target 60 seconds down the street from me and I never shop there except to get one or two items. It’s expensive, has a ridiculously small grocery section while clothing takes up half the store, and they’re so worried about shoplifters that they have multiple security staff standing at the door giving everyone leaving the stink eye.
It’d a status thing. If you feel shame or whatever buying cheap kids clothes from walmart, cause other parents will judge you or something, then you would feel better shopping at target. Its a way of saying “we aren’t poor”. I think people that dont associate their identity with items like that dont see the appeal of target.
I’m like you, its too expensive and they have a poor selection of groceries.
Dam well when the feel like making money again they can stop implying they want all their non white and straight customers to be erased.
The “Target experience” for me has always been “find product, wait 30 minutes for a cashier”. Couldn’t pay me to shop there anymore. Such a hostile environment.
I was just at a Costco over this and tbh, I fucking hate all these stores and it’s a shame because at least Target around here was the most tolerable of the big box options, at least before they put everything behind glass with no personnel to open it.
What was it like in the before times, before the Walmarts and Targets of the world took over?
I remember when department stores ruled, and had actual pull. The “right” store could anchor your plaza/mall and they could demand aot. One of the oldest, but fun ones, was Service Merchandise. Even within the store you found what you wanted and filled out a ticket and brought it to a counter, your item would then come out of the warehouse on a conveyor belt which as a kid was like magic lol. Also going to a Kmart or similar store and putting that “must have” item on layaway was also cool.
This place was the cats pajamas!
When a Ma and a Pa fell in love, they coupled in a steamy limited liability relationship. Then they made love—back then we called it “making love”—and three fiscal quarters later, they would welcome a newborn shoppe into the world. Then everyone watched PBS and went to bed without locking their doors.
I called to specifically inform them that I was a decently regular shopper, as someone who avoids many “mega-corps”, and that in the wake of their anti-DEI move, I would never buy anything from them ever again.
Granted, I live in a city with many shops of various local varieties, and have other options. I’m aware the same chances aren’t available to everyone else.
Did you call their corporate offices? Because if you just called your local branch, I can assure you that the person you spoke to could not give less of a shit lol
Once you take away the veneer of civility, Target is just an overpriced Walmart.
Target flip flopped in the stupidest way possible. It’s like their top guys don’t read any reports or that they already removed their diversity and thus anyone that could tell them who exactly shops their before they announced this. lmao 😂 and they can’t backtrack it!
40 days should be indefinitely until management changes. As in, those who “kissed the ring” must leave.
Neat we are gonna be stuck with Walmart… That’s better?
This shit is dumb
Costco works well to replace Target so far.
I’ve not stepped inside a Walmart in over 10 years, I had shopped almost exclusively at Target, but that stopped after they bent the knee.
I still haven’t gone inside Walmart, but, they have curbside pickup. Do all my shopping through the app and they bring it out to my car. I don’t like that I’m supporting Walmart, but fuck, I’ve gotta get my shit from somewhere and it’s either Amazon, Walmart, Kroger or Target.
Thanks for doing what you can. Unfortunately we live in a world of compromise, too many of us on the left let perfect ideals defeat good practices.
It’s not “not perfect” to pick Walmart over target. It’s like picking Hitler over some dude who killed two people.
Did you read a word I wrote? Many don’t have a good choice. Often doing the best you can, is all you can do.
They said they were choosing Walmart over target. So maybe you yourself did not read?
You could try smaller, local businesses if Walmart and Target have not pushed them out in your area.
At 3 times (minimum) the cost!
I’d still say Walmart is objectively worse. Target may have dropped DEI, but Walmart has too and they have multiple known practices to push out small companies, predatory practices and tricks to force their workers to live near poverty levels by denying them insurance and decent pay.
The Walton Family has heavily put money into The Heritage Foundation.
A dramatic downturn of profits at Target immediately after they dropped their DEI policies sends a message. A downturn in Wal-Mart’s profits as they conduct business as usual does not.
Oh, I know… but they’ve always been shit and never pretended otherwise. Boycotting Target is to send a message to hopefully get then to stop being as shitty.
Honestly, it all really just seems pointless.
Have to agree. The Waltons are scum of the Earth.
Walmart thanks you for ignoring the many 10,000 times worse horrifying business practices they perfected. Good for you though, the cause du jour stands.
Kroger has better produce.
I just want to take tbis moment to thank Target for their thoughtful removal of DEI policies. You see I’ve wanted to move for a really long time and my wife always had a requirement that anywhere we moved to would have a target nearby. It complicated the process. But now, I don’t have to adhere to that requirement anymore, because we don’t buy anything from them anymore. It’s great. So thanks Target for showing my wife you were a lousy bunch of scum sucking greedy pigs. I’ve known for years, but it’s nice to have proof.
I used to like Target, but they suck these days. Even without the DEI stuff.
Boycotting and striking work we should be organising more of them world wide.
Boycotts work. The naysayers are wrong once again.
