Staff Reports
Last summer, a big store called Target got in trouble with some people because they were showing things that talked about ideas from the left side of things. There was a boycott against Target and the company lost a lot of money because of it. The store tried to move the things that were making people upset to different places in the store, but that didn’t work out well. Instead, it made some other people who liked those things even angrier.
We Are Winning Our Boycott of Target https://t.co/7NLhqtqFfs
— The Queen's shudder Ms. Blowana (@Msblowana) May 12, 2024
Even though Target was losing money and making customers unhappy, they kept on showing the left-leaning merchandise and ideas for the whole year. They even had special Christmas things that were related to LGBTQ pride. The leaders of the company thought it was best to wait and hope that people would forget about the problems and start shopping there again.
Despite people making it clear that they didn’t like the left-leaning stuff in the store, Target didn’t want to change their ways. However, they did make a small change recently. They decided to only sell some LGBTQ pride items in certain stores instead of all stores like they did before. This change happened after a lot of people got upset about some products and started a boycott.
Target used to have a lot of LGBTQ-friendly items in its stores, but now they are selling fewer of them compared to before. Last summer, people didn’t like some of the things Target was selling, like clothes for transgender people and items from a brand that some thought had bad ideas. The company had to take those things off the shelves because of the backlash.
Even though Target says they still want to support the LGBTQ community, it seems like they are taking a step back by selling fewer pride items in stores. This move shows that sometimes companies have to listen to what customers want or they might lose business. It’s important for customers to keep sharing their opinions to make sure big companies like Target know what is right.
