I only think it's fair to note that this "no-solicitation policy" is not just aimed at the Salvation Army. These businesess are NOT anti-Slavation Army. Target donates a lot of money to the SA. No organization is allowed to solicit dotaions outside these businesses.
While I find it inconvienient that the SA has to follow the same rules as everyone else, I think the policy overall is a sound one.
Exclusive of the SA, I am sick and tired of getting hit-up by 5 different groups begging for money outside my local retailers. It would be discriminatory to allow the SA and not every hole-in-the-wall "charity" and local organization that wants harass shppers into giving them cash.
Since this is a long-standing Target policy, why was the Salvation Army allowed there in the first place? It's one thing to never allow any groups on the property in the first place. It's another thing completely to kick a charity off your property - especially a charity so closely linked with the Christmas season.
Hell, I'd take the storefront beggars any day over the busy-intersection beggars. They drive me NUTS. They don't even pretend to want to wash my windshield anymore - they just beg. Get a JOB!