Posted on 01/29/2021 7:53:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Amid a boycott in response to its politically motivated decision to drop Mike Lindell’s MyPillow products, shares of Bed Bath & Beyond plunged 36.4% at the close of trading Thursday. The retail chain suffered its biggest one-day loss since going public in June 1992.
Article by Art Moore originally published at WND.
The consumer organization Media Action Network launched the boycott of Bed, Bath & Beyond after the retail chain stopped selling Lindell’s products due to his support of President Trump’s claim that fraud affected the outcome of the 2020 election. Retailers Wayfair and Kohl’s also have stopped selling MyPillow products.
Lindell, famous for his TV ads, employs more than 1,500 people at his Minnesota plant. He recounted to WND last May the remarkable transformation in his life through his faith in Jesus Christ.
“This isn’t about pillows. It’s about the continual punishment of conservative speech,” Media Action Network founder Ken LaCorte said in an announcement of the boycott.
“And we’ve had enough.”
Media Action Network has a petition online in support of the boycott with nearly 24,000 signatures so far.
“Every time we turn around, another conservative has been silenced under false pretenses of ‘hate’ or ‘isms’ or the most recent offense-de-jour,” said LaCorte. “We’re fighting back.”
Protesters at Bed, Bath & Beyond’s store in Larkspur, California, on Tuesday left checkers with a $20 tip and a statement for CEO Mark Tritton.
“Stop promoting ‘cancel,” they wrote. “You buckled to pressure, removing MyPillow products … because of Mike Lindell’s politics. It’s un-American.
“Our country was founded on the principle of free speech and open debate,” the wrote. “These days, censorship and suppression are far too common, and you’re now part of the problem. You have that right, of course, but realize you’re antagonizing half of your customers. And Mark … we’ve had enough. We’re tired of corporate big-shots looking down on our beliefs. Reverse this decision now and get out of politics, or we’re done with you forever.”
The next thing is, if any Trump voter is unfortunate enough to own Bed, Bath and Beyond shares, is to sue them for tanking your shares for political reasons.
What’s sad about this is that it will effect some stocker or checkout far more than the arrogant upper management.
Pretty Woman!!
Ordered 2 last week...
The gay ones need something to BITE!
LOL!!
Ours did as well. It had been there for some time, but I rarely shopped there
Never going back to Kohl’s, which is very popular here.
75 million Trump voting, mostly middle and upper class consumers carry a heck of an economic of clout in the consumer market. Vastly more than far left dictators like Zuckerberg or Bezos. Bezos can only eat so much meat, or sleep on so many pillows. He can't buy and sleep on 75 millions pillows. He may have a big ugly bald head, but its simply not big enough. Chuckle.
You buy cleaning supplies and household small appliances for her birthday?
"Here dear, here's a new ironing board for you!" LOL
That NFL model really works.
Hogwash - BBY shares are still up considerably over 2020 levels. Not sure how the author is reading the markets.
President Trump won. Anyone barely comfortable with numbers can see that.
See Peter Navarro’s chart
Agreed. Indeed, the so-called boycott has had a nominal effect, if any, on Kohl's and Wayfair.
Caused my wife to rip up all those BB&B 20% discount slips in the junk mail...
Said the old lady: “Never more!”
I ordered 2 a few days ago.
“Big Mistake...Big...HUGE!”
“You buy cleaning supplies and household small appliances for her birthday?”
Funny. If I could get away with that, I’d be the man!
In the one near me, they have lots of fairly unique items. A lot of sharper image stuff. And some interesting cookware she likes.
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