Target incurs wrath for Salvation Army ban

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 12/18/04 | Mike Tierney

[Glenn]

Those employees who do not donate to the United Way are remembered especially during ratings and raise time.

Lucky them. A clerk in a bank I used in Georgia was fired because she was the only United Way holdout. Bingo! 100% after she was escorted out the door. Right to work can sometimes be used in bad ways.

[OKIEDOC]

Actually the Salvation Army has plenty of money. The problem is that Mrs. Crock of McDonalds fame donated 1.4 billion to the Salvation Army. However, to get that money the Salvation Army must match the McDonalds donation penny for penny through donations.

However that still does not take away from the political correctness of what Target has done to themselves.

[mollynme]

You might be surprised at who collects the majority of their donated money.

If you check out Buyblue.com you will see that Target is a "red" corporation which donates 72% to Republican causes. Home Depot donates 94% so don't count them out either. While corporate might be a grinch right now, the employees deserve our support. The picture is more complex than the article implies.

[JakeWyld]

The parking lots in front of Target stores are quieter this Christmas season.

Huh? I go into work almost everyday and the quietest place in the store is the Pharmacy where the guests complain that they had to drive the Lot for 10 minutes to park.

Add that to the fact that we sold out of Christmas trees faster this year than we did last year.

[fish hawk]

We don't have a Target store here on Maui but I've been giving more to Salvation Army than usual because of this Target boycott. I hope others will too and offset the void of Target. Salvation Army, here, have a kettle at the U.S. Post Office. I'm surprised that no one has objected to that so far. Maybe because Maui is an "Aloha Spirit" place.

[It's me]

I still don't feet too sorry for the Salvation Army.
Remember they got $1.5 Billion from Joan Kroc this year.

[river rat]

"Target, which wouldn't comment for this story, has said it opted for blanket enforcement of its non-solicitation policy at its 1,300 stores."

BULL SQUAT...
There is ALWAYS an "ethnic" solicitor in front of our Target....collecting money to help get "our kids off drugs"...

Target has been HIT --- and deserves it.

Semper Fi

[Taffini]

I have managed to stay out of Target since it issued its boycott against the Salvation Army and I have not died yet.

I don't even miss Target.

Maybe i can live without target for life. I will put myself in target rehab and move my wallet to SA friendly stores. Target doesn't carry anything you can't get somewhere else.

I think I shopped there out of habit, but not anymore.

[AnnaZ]

Target has risen to lightning-rod status for some Americans angry at the state of year-end commercialism, said Atlanta marketing strategist Jim Neal.

"This has been unfair," said Neal, of Kurt Salmon Associates. "[Target is] taking the hit from the Christmas crabbies."

What?!! Once again, typical Left-wing projection.

 

Neal would urge Target to weather the barrage. "Their reasons are valid," said the consultant, who maintains Target's tepid holiday revenue is a reflection of a widespread shopping malaise. "They should stay the course."

This guy is really a donkey.

Uh huh, stay the course, Tar-jay, and even less people will shop there next year. Now that this is (finally) hitting the LSM, their sly-stick-it-to-us days are over.

[BigCinBigD]

"and Kroger"

Odd,there has been a bell ringer outside my neighborhood Kroger for weeks.

[TheDon]

"All it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing." - Edmund Burke.

It's about time Christians stopped doing nothing!

[t2buckeye]

Also.. the Salvation Army simply rings the bell and stands by the Red Kettle. They don't do as the Girl Scouts and other groups do....come up to you as you leave and ask for money. If people don't want to give, they don't have to nor do they have to say "no". That's why Target's decision was stupid. They come off as Scrooge.

[jimbo123]

Headquarters Address
Target Stores
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Main Switchboard
(612) 304-6073 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday)

Guest Relations: (800) 440-0680 (7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday)

E-mail for Guest Relations: Guest.Relations@target.com

http://www.targetcorp.com/targetcorp_group/contactus/contact_general.jhtml

[jimbo123]

E-mail financial inquiries: InvestorRelations@target.com

[Piranha]

Yeah, I would be interested in seeing who gets their donations. It would be nice to see whether they all are diverted to politically correct causes, and how much was given to the Salvation Army this year (probably more than they will give to the Salvation Army next year).

[Politicalmom]

There is a bell ringer outside MY Kroger, so I don't believe that "news report" is correct.

[Taffini]

my Kroger here in Michigan has a bell ringer

[Lizavetta]

Before jumping ship do some investigation as to where there donations are going and what they call charity.

That reminds me of the blurb on all the Paul Newman food products, wherein it says that after taxes all proceeds go to charity.

I suspect that the kind of "charitable" organizations Paul Newman donates to are none that I'd care to support.

[Smokin' Joe]

IIRC, that money was earmarked for building youth centers, and not available to the general fund. Granted, that frees up other funds, but there nevr seems to be a shortage of people in need.

[Feiny]

Christmas crabbies? Does RID take care of that?