She even walks behind him. What do progressives think of that?
Posted on 11/18/2024 12:34:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of British retailer Boots, has seen its stock decline during a turbulent week after facing backlash over its allegedly "woke" Christmas advert.
The stock closed Friday at $8.48, down 3.75 percent from Thursday, continuing a broader downward trend. Walgreens-Boots shares are down 66 percent over the past year and trading at their lowest since 1996.
Last week, Boots stirred conservative anger after releasing its Christmas commercial featuring actor Adjoa Andoh as Mrs. Claus and a scene referencing gender-inclusive pronouns, where Mrs. Claus uses they/them pronouns when referring to one gift recipient.
Newsweek has contacted Walgreens-Boots Alliance via email for comment. Andoh was the subject of criticism in 2023, when she said King Charles III's coronation ceremony was "terribly white." She made the comments during British channel ITV's coverage of the coronation.
Broadcast regulator Ofcom received over 8,000 complaints about the comment, but decided not to take action.
Following Andoh's inclusion in the Boots ad, many online critics have accused the company of promoting "woke" values and promised to boycott the brand over Christmas.
Darren Grimes, a presenter on conservative British television channel GB News, posted on X, formerly Twitter, "Look at the share price of Boots since their Christmas ad came out with the 'terribly white' race baiting actress. People power." The post garnered 631,000 views by Sunday morning.
Another user @InevitableWest, a self-described "Defender of Western values and culture," who has 61,800 followers on the site, also made a link between the advert and the stock price.
In a Friday X post, the user wrote, "BREAKING: Walgreens Boots Alliance inc's (owner of Boots UK) has had $800 MILLION WIPED from their share capital following anti-white advert. Go woke, go BROKE. This is just the start." The post was viewed 2.6 million times
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Et tu, Walgreens?
Glad I don’t use Walgreens.
DEI marketing departments test their advertising in an echo chamber. Idiots.
Even AOC has removed her pronouns from her social media.
Maybe SOME are getting the message.
“McCarthysGhost
DEI marketing departments test their advertising in an echo chamber. Idiots.”
Don’t point to incompetence. It is agenda driven. They don’t care about about the company as long as they get their message out.
Did Riley tell her to do it?
She even walks behind him. What do progressives think of that?
Progressives will chalk it up to short legs and a tight dress.
They hate Christians and every value we hold, but demand we change our holiday celebrations to include their sexual perversions.
No, no and if you didn’t hear us, no.
“She did? Wow.”
Yes. The Chicks On The Right were showing side-by-side screen shots. The earlier one had her “preferred pronouns” at the end of her TweetOrWhatever. The new one ... all reference to pronouns was gone.
Not sure but he looks like he’s thinking of plan A how to get out of it.
...with one flaming homosexual...
...were they selling "Walgreens"?
What a fail.
Glad I cashed out of my Walgreens stock when the company was still on the upswing about 20 years ago.
The left hates the English language and wrecks it to command the terms of any debate.
When I fill out paperwork that asks for my “gender” and mark the word out and write SEX - male
Can’t do that to the online forms I have to fill out for medical bureaucrats, unfortunately.
I NEVER respond using their bastardized terminology.
Well the Oreo ads in the US feature a Santa of color in a bathtub.
bye
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