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Target boycott has directly cost company $9.2 billion in market cap to date
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/target_boycott_has_directly_cost_company_92_billion_in_m ^ | may 25,2016 | sierra rayne

Posted on 05/25/2016 5:42:14 PM PDT by Babsig

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This boycott is really working....first hand report from my local Target here in SC. I went in to return an item...it was a ghost town. No one at the service desk...finally a woman can up and said "sorry for the wait. We are shorthanded tonight" I said,"are you hiring?" "No they are cutting us back and laying off. It that stupid bathroom thing" Its hurting them but cutting back on employees.
1 posted on 05/25/2016 5:42:14 PM PDT by Babsig
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I don’t get a kick out of seeing businesses do bad, but they sure asked for it.

Who gets hurt though. Their employees get screwed over big-time.

The CEO and other mucky-mucks just move off to another company and start destroying it.


2 posted on 05/25/2016 5:44:44 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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Wal-Mart for trophy wives.


3 posted on 05/25/2016 5:45:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Babsig

This is all anectdotal, doesn’t prove the claim that is made. Target has stated the reasons for a bad quarter, and the investment community believes it. You will have to wait several more quarters before anyone starts to disbelieve management. That’s just how these things work.


4 posted on 05/25/2016 5:45:58 PM PDT by bigbob
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Serves them right, brother D...


5 posted on 05/25/2016 5:46:12 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Babsig

Maybe Target should hire only transvestites.


6 posted on 05/25/2016 5:47:25 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I hope it's true that all of the illegal aliens intend to move to Canada if Trump is elected.)
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Target has blasphemed our culture and religion. They are going to be sued for facilitating the rape of a child IMO for 1 billion dollars and that is what will be awarded and collected . They are run by faggots and will drive this company in the dirt. That is not a hope. That is a fact IMO.


7 posted on 05/25/2016 5:47:42 PM PDT by WENDLE (Why is the FBI dilly dallying? LET'S GO!!)
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If Target goes under, which I honestly don’t mind for the sake of the company, it’s the employees that get hurt. I don’t like that. Should Target be boycotted? I think so. It still sucks the rank and file pay for the top level managements screw-ups.


8 posted on 05/25/2016 5:48:32 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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I say even if they relent keep it going. Put them down. This how it’s done Chick fil A- haters.


9 posted on 05/25/2016 5:48:53 PM PDT by CommieCutter (The only thing the smart phone really accomplished was bringing the stupid people to the internet.)
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Tell that to the employees that are getting cut...fortunately other retail in area is hiring. Yes it will take a few quarters for shareholders to realize it


10 posted on 05/25/2016 5:49:14 PM PDT by Babsig
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Good. I hope KMart buys them out and then closes them down.


11 posted on 05/25/2016 5:50:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer
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To: DoughtyOne

I agree that it sucks for the working guy.


12 posted on 05/25/2016 5:51:06 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Q2 will tell the story. I agree Q1 was not directly related to this issue since it became an issue in April. I suspect they keep cutting Q2 projections and try to play it off as a tough year for retail. Then, they’ll wait a bit and ‘update’ their bathroom policy before the holiday season.


13 posted on 05/25/2016 5:52:16 PM PDT by ilgipper
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I know a dozen people not going there in my small social circle. That’s thousands of dollars a year.

Maybe they’ll fire the CEO b


14 posted on 05/25/2016 5:52:35 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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-——Good. I hope KMart buys them out and then closes them down.-——

I doubt K-Mart ( Sears )can even buy one Target Store....

They aren’t doing so hot themselves...


15 posted on 05/25/2016 5:53:42 PM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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It’s crashing, with transportation business slowing way down and those stocks in retreat all retail stocks will pull back ss sales are tanking. Trasportation down means facrories and retailers as well as producers of taw goods are not getting orders.

By the time we get to the election we may look like Venezuela


16 posted on 05/25/2016 5:53:53 PM PDT by stockpirate (Flush Limbaigh a low information talk show host concerning Ted sCruz and Marco foamboy Rubio.)
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I drove by the lakeland fl store. Parking lot 33 percent full. usually you cant find a spot


17 posted on 05/25/2016 5:54:19 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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“Their employees “

Target carries one item that I can only get there.

Each time I check out, I give up on determining what sex the cashier is, not to mention all the body piercings, tattoos and dyed hair ...


18 posted on 05/25/2016 5:54:35 PM PDT by TexasGator
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I think Target’s failure is also serving as a public signal that Americans as a whole have common morals and our overlords are the fringe, not us.


19 posted on 05/25/2016 5:55:31 PM PDT by BiggerTigger
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I happened to go in one (first visit in forever) about a month before the tranny idiocy started up in earnest...even then it was remarkably empty. Haven’t gone back since but I imagine it’s only gotten worse.

The inventory carrying costs must be staggering. Walmart have their own problems with empty shelves but that’s partially down to sales continuing apace.

Target’s approach, on the other hand, has always been full shelves, blinding bright lights and wide aisles (psychological appeal factors for the female shoppers). So reducing stock reduces the draw even more.

Say it loudly and often: boycotts threatened willy-nilly by 20somethings with six figures of college debt still living under mom’s roof with no jobs, no prospects, no cars, and no buying decision making power are meaningless despite CEOs rushing to appease them. Boycotts by families with incomes, homes, and vehicles DO matter even if Target’s CEO responds with more boilerplate and blather about diversity and inclusion (two contradictoey terms by the way).

It’s also worth noting that lefties threatening boycotts get headlines but the media can always find an ‘expert’ to say that boycotts by conservatives won’t work.

If the stock and sales keep dropping he can take his PC golden handshake and naff off.


20 posted on 05/25/2016 5:57:33 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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