Posted on 05/31/2023 4:09:27 AM PDT by cotton1706
Target Corporation (TGT) - Get Free Report has decided to remove merchandise from its upcoming LGBQT Pride collection because of objections from right wing critics.
Fortunately, retailers have lots of experience getting rid of unsold apparel, whether by selling to off-price retailers like T.J. Maxx or Marshalls, both owned by TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) - Get Free Report, or just relegating clothing to landfills, which is not really good for the environment.
In Target’s case, the retailer will most likely -- and very quietly -- donate the merchandise to charities or foundations, possibly aligned with LGBTQ+ causes.
“I'm guessing that (the clothing will) end up being donated,” said Jane Singer, managing director of Inside Fashion and JDT Research in Hong Kong, which tracks the international apparel supply chain. “They can't sit in a warehouse because warehousing costs are very high. Also Target needs to get that inventory off of their books to free up 'open to buy' dollars so that they can buy new merchandise.”
“There are a lot of lessons in these recently failed collections for the industry,” she said.
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Meanwhile, they still ban the Salvation Army’s Kettle Drive at Christmas in front of their stores.
BURN it...and them!!! They're witches, BURN them!!! (Monty Python). No really, just burn the stuff.
What bullsh*t! Typical of The Crap on the Street..
This is like before any super bowl when licensees (and brand pirates) will crank out two runs of champion t-shirts, one for each team so they’re ready to sell the second after the final whistle. The t-shirts for the losing team end up on some 12 year old mining lithium in sub-Saharan Africa or a rice farmer on some remote Indonesian island who never heard of American football.
Yup. And they'll be laughing their a$$es off at taxpayers while they do it.
To your point and from last year...
Wow.
Ha! “Family Friendly” Target style. I still won’t go there.
I’ll never set foot in a Target store.
I saw no gender signs outside a Target dressing room a few months ago here in Florida. It was empty but seemed to be unisex. I didn’t ask for clarification. LOL.
The goal is the complete destruction of this company.
Stay the course...
Shut it down
Screw the salvation army....
I doubt the Salvation Army will take it.
That might have been a bad thing at one time but since the Salvation Army showed their woke, racist, and Leftist colors in 2021, let them be banned from everywhere.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/salvation-armys-woke-racism-guide-tells-white-americans-racism-is-systemic-and-colorblindness-is-harmful
And will they still be selling children’s books that blatantly push the gay agenda?
[living in America under judgment.]
Seems to be the logical conclusion. Unfortunately.
Don’t think they’ll take it?
You might want to check this out...
https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/the-lgbtq-community-and-the-salvation-army/
A unisex dressing room. What could go wrong?
And will they still be selling children’s books that blatantly push the gay agenda?
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Hadn’t thought of that. My bet is yes.
Virtue Grandstanding can be expensive.
I think there’s only one lesson.
Get woke... go broke
many companies have been doing pride events/merch for years with little to no pushback
this was different
the message is:
LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE!
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