r/Anticonsumption • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 1d ago

Corporations Target struggles after end of DEI program and boycott, with foot traffic down 8 weeks in a row.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/01/target-dei-demise-boycott-foot-traffic-down-eighth-consecutive-week/?itm_source=parsely-api
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u/onacloverifalive 1d ago

Really underestimating grassroots disapproval I would imagine. My middle school and high school kids know that it’s uncool to shop at Target right now. And that’s going to absolutely crush them.

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

THIS. When my daughter was a teen, she and her friends loved Target. So much “cute” stuff. Now…she’s shopping thrift stores (not Goodwill or Salvation Army, we have ARC) for cute things.

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u/Starringkb 1d ago

The younger generations are all about thrifting and it’s giving me so much hope for us all 🙌🏻🥹💕✨🫶🏻

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u/angeltay 1d ago

It’s because new clothes are made of such crappy material and are way too expensive. Thrift stores are starting to raise prices and get filled with fast fashion crap, but there’s still enough older, nice quality clothes for a decent price. Plus, they’re often way more unique. Where else am I gonna get a shirt that says, “graphic design used to be my passion but now it’s realizing that all the people around me have their own complex lives”

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u/No_Fig5982 23h ago

I only own 12 shirts

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u/pluckymarmot 21h ago

I bought corelle plates at a thrift shop and when I went to a big store later the corelle plates were the same price. At least I reduced waste but it’s unfair that thrift stores are getting pricey too. 😭

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u/No_Accountant3232 1d ago

It's where I found my Darth Vader DJing a rave shirt!

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u/Owl_Queen9 1d ago

I definitely need to see this

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u/pajamakitten 6h ago

And because fashion is cyclical. 80s and 90s fashion is back in again.

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u/angeltay 4h ago

There’s not a lot of 80s and 90s stuff at my local thrift stores

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u/AdvancedTower401 1d ago

We all just broke lol, but we also hate corporations for shit like that so silver linings

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u/Vanth_in_Furs 1d ago

And broke or not, a $25 run to Target is now $60-$80 and shit is just RIDICULOUS.

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u/maneki_neko89 1d ago

And an armful of clothes bought at a thrift store is now $100+ 😩

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u/Melodic_Type1704 23h ago

A few years back before thrifting took off (late 2019 or so), I bought a vintage Kate Spade bag for only $4, then a Columbia fleece for $0.99 that was hidden in the children’s section because someone mislabeled it. This was in a rich Atlanta suburb. Last time that I went a year ago, shirts at the same store started at $5!

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u/posananer 1d ago

They should lower their prices to have traffic go back up. but who will think of the shareholders?!?/s

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u/Molotov_Glocktail 1d ago

CEO Glasses! For when you want to see the single financial quarter ahead of you and nothing else!

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u/idoeno 1d ago

And it's all tissue paper thin material that dissolves after a couple of runs through the washing machine.

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u/scarletwitchmoon 1d ago

Wait, my Target runs used to always be $60+ 🫣

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u/ImBatman5500 1d ago

The true cyberpunk generation

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u/austeremunch 23h ago

We all just broke lol, but we also hate corporations for shit like that so silver linings

It's almost like the latter is the cause of the former.

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u/Anal_Recidivist 1d ago

They’ve always been about thrifting.

I’m 35. Where did we get cool retro stuff when I was a teen? Thrift stores. Anyone could go buy expensive new clothes, it was always more special to have things you couldn’t just buy.

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u/kazoogrrl 1d ago

I'm 50 and have been thrift shopping most of my life. I still wear things I got in high school. I don't do it as much now because I don't have the time to dig for stuff, and the good items are often grabbed up by resellers or their prices are too high.

Clothing swaps can be a good option too. I've been to small ones friends held but there are larger community ones in my city.

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u/Electronic_Stop_9493 1d ago

Pit stains though…

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u/Objective_Economy281 1d ago

do modern clothes last long enough for that to be worthwhile? Or is the point of thrifting to buy stuff from before everything was shit?

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u/Secure_Screen_2354 1d ago

Both. But also bigger thrift stores have caught on and have upped their prices, so it’s really that it’s popular and can be in better quality

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u/nigelfitz 22h ago

vintage has quality and "aura"

always have, always will

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u/Objective_Economy281 22h ago

My car is 20 years old, and my leather jacket is nearly 30. Both single-owner. Does that count as “aura”?

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u/jackparadise1 1d ago

My 21 year old won’t buy anything but socks and underwear new.

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u/TempleSquare 1d ago

Glad to see gen z and gen alpha embrace the true Macklemore spirit

"Only got $20 in my pocket!"

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u/Ready-Mountain-6427 1d ago

There is no hope.

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u/EnvironmentalHour613 1d ago

We all broke and fast fashion is horrible for quality and longevity.

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u/willingunicorn 1d ago

The younger generations are also red-pilled and like trump, so..

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u/yulscakes 1d ago

Millennials were also all about thrifting a decade and a half ago, and look at the hopeless hellfire we’re in today. :(

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u/Artemistical 1d ago

Awesome! I loved thrifting so much when I was that age. I've been getting back into it more, I forgot how fun it is to find an amazing piece of clothing that you know you're going to love for a long time for $5!

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u/your_dads_hot 1d ago

Yeah but they also voted for Trump! Don't give them too much of a pass.

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u/12stTales 1d ago

After tariffs there will be a lot more people at the thrift store

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u/MedalofHodor 1d ago

Every 15-26 year old has been into thrifting since you could smoke on an airplane.

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u/Cat_Peach_Pits 1d ago

Id be happy, but a lot of thrift stores are charging prices as high as buying it new, for trash fast fashion products.

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u/wbruce098 1d ago

Wait, does that mean thrift stores are cheap again? Or they gonna get expensive again soon?

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u/Reasonable-Wave8093 1d ago

🍀🍀🍀

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u/Coup_de_Tech 1d ago

Well, corporations are hollowing out thrifting as well.

Locusts gotta locust.

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u/comFive 1d ago

Yes, although vintage thrifting is really expensive these days.

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u/MadCybertist 1d ago

For now. Then they’re into target. Then Costco. Then Walmart. Then thrifting. This is nothing new haha. It’s just the cycle that happens.

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u/damagazelle 1d ago

Mine are getting into visible mending and other ways to make our belongings belong to us.

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u/runhomejack1399 1d ago

Every generation goes through their thrifting phase

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u/scarletwitchmoon 1d ago

I came here to ask: Where do all the cool kids ship now? Now I know.

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u/joebluebob 20h ago

They are conservative

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u/AnotherRTFan 18h ago

My mom and I were getting some new clothes for spring. Not overboard shopping, just a couple of things, and got my teen sister some new shorts as she requested. It's really nice to hear a parent say their kid has requested to not get the pricy stuff, just average cost and not much. (I love my sister and proud of her)

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u/TheChosenCasanova 14h ago

I can’t go to a thrift store to find anything remotely good looking without it costing just as much as retail. Just the other day I went with my girlfriend and I seen a nice carhart jacket that was worn out and had that washed look, it cost over $120. Thrift shopping has become the new hype thing to do so they up charge out the ass.

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u/crucifixgarden 12h ago

im being "that guy", but i started getting a little scared when thrifting started trending— not because i don't want people to thrift, but because i went from being able to find nice, affordable clothes to paying almost $50 every time i needed to get a filew things from the thrift store only to have it crumble into dust within a month because it ended up being fast fashion crud. ):

i recently (as in, around mid-february) bought what i thought was a nice generic print t-shirt that i was intending to wear to a party only for it to get shredded in the washer. im still finding bits of black microplastic fuzz here and there... 😭

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u/Immediate-Ad-8667 7h ago

I went thrifting this morning with my son my boyfriend and his son and we found so much cute stuff. There were 3 cool teens girls looking at clothes and they really gave me hope.

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u/Cynoid 1d ago

You mean that younger generation that all voted for Trump?

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u/ThePoetofFall 1d ago

Some goodwill locations are fine, it depends on the region.

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u/Few0Nectarine 1d ago

The point is Goodwill sucks as a company

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

Yes. This is why.

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u/Adezar 1d ago

I remember when my GenZ daughter started going to thrift stores with her friends. And they learned the absolute best is to go to thrift stores in very high COL areas, end up with a ton of brand name products for pennies on the dollar.

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u/ilovemycat3000 1d ago

ARC ❤️😢

I used to live in Denver. Fuck the Rockies I miss arc lol

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

They’re great. Fair prices, 50% off on Saturdays, no BS online market. I’ll miss them too 😢

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u/Arthurs_librarycard9 1d ago

My grandpa held a grudge against Salvation Army from the 1960s until his death.... whenever I see the name, I always think of that. I have never supported them, but I am glad to see more people are not as well.

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u/Brett__Bretterson 1d ago

Uhhhh millennials did this during the Great Recession. I remember the complaints about millennials “ruining” thrift stores.

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u/MyFireElf 1d ago

I'm starting to think we got singled out for being the weird kid who didn't have a letter? For like two seconds we were Gen Y, and maybe we wouldn't have caught so much shit from both ends if that hadn't changed.

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u/Brett__Bretterson 1d ago

We got singled out because we are one of the most rational, reality-hardened generation. We are who the boomers etc wish they were. We actually experienced (and continue to experience hardship). My first computer was a used $2,000 box of metal dropped off in a cardboard box. We just had to figure shit out. There were no instruction manuals or let’s play videos. We know what life was like before 2001 and many of us had our innocence crushed watching thousands of people die on TV while sitting in a classroom. Boomers were given the world on a silver platter and are pissed the platter isn’t gold. They’re just damaged. Sorry, I’m high.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 1d ago

From like 8 to 15 years old, Target was the absolute fuckin' best. The TV-too-high N64, franchise food court, cheap and readily available art supplies you could just walk into the store and buy to chill and draw with your friends.

I hope they lose every customer.

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u/BeetleChe13 1d ago

ARC is the best thrift store ever!

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

Yes! I wish they were in more states. But lucky to have a lot here in CO.

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u/brokegaysonic 1d ago

Also to be fair, Target has way less cute stuff than they used to it feels like?

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

Yes. Last time that I was in there, a while ago, I bought Epsom salts and nothing else. I used to end up with unplanned purchases. Bath bombs, home decor, whatever.

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u/unlocked_axis02 1d ago

I honestly have a rather punky style so I’ve been mixing thrift stores with military surplus like I literally bought a pair of pants that fit me well made in the 90’s and aside from loose threads I’ve had to trim off it’s in damn near perfect condition plus I get compliments on them fairly often since it stands out it’s genuinely built to last which I never see on anything new

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

OMG. She’s a little Goth/emo sometimes. I totally forgot about Army surplus stores! There used to be one on Broadway in Denver. Idk if it’s still there, will check. She would love it, thank you!

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u/unlocked_axis02 1d ago

You are very welcome happy hunting

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u/Miami_Mice2087 22h ago

goodwill went evil too?

no honor amung thieves...

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u/Same-Development4408 1d ago

Salvation army is scum and a big trump supporter. Please relay that to her

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

She doesn’t shop there. She knows.

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u/Same-Development4408 1d ago

Oh I misread your comment, my b

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u/Additional_Cap72 1d ago

Hoping thrift-shorts and old marathon T’s are the Summer fashion trend this year …

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u/LoHudMom 1d ago

My daughter (18) has been trying to avoid purchasing new clothes since she started HS and learned about fast fashion and sweatshops. She loves thrift stores. I teach HS age kids who are into thrift shopping too.

And I've not missed Target-a few weeks ago I had some spare time before an appointment and decided to walk around. This location is almost always busy, but it was very quiet. (It's also in a town with a Tesla dealership in walking distance that had over 500 anti-Elon protesters last week, so maybe not surprising).

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u/Go_Pack_Go1 1d ago

What’s wrong with Salvation Army?

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u/ElodieNYC 1d ago

Anti-LGBTQIA+

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u/Subterranean-Phoenix 20h ago

If you're up for a read or a skim, here's twelve answers.

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u/PAXM73 1d ago

The way it used to be… The thrift store!

(Though they aren’t what I remember from my youth those many many years ago)

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u/longinthetaint 1d ago

Arc is okay but some of their politics are problematic

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u/ElodieNYC 4h ago

They’re the lesser evil of the bunch. They don’t have insane prices or sell stuff online, AFAIK.

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u/PinkyZeek4 1d ago

My daughter thrifted during high school at the Goodwill “boutique “ next to the wealthy neighborhood and was the best dressed girl in school

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u/momo098876 1d ago

Yeo it's been all about thrifting with my kids for a while now. Another fascinating thing to watch has been the shift in many thrift shoppers who no longer consider Goodwill to be a bargain because their prices went up significantly! It's all about local and/or church thrift stores now.

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u/Doug_E_Fresh69 23h ago

Plato's Closet

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u/Lumbergh7 23h ago

Arc?

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u/ElodieNYC 4h ago

Thrift store chain in CO. Not sure where else they are. Their sales benefit the developmentally disabled.

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u/Lots42 19h ago

Thrift stores just have what big name stores refuse to stock.

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u/picklesandmatzo 1d ago

I think I shopped there maybe twice in the last two months. Found everything I need elsewhere. My 16 and 20 year old kids are totally on board. It’s saving me money too.

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u/7ddlysuns 1d ago

I joined Costco. Not saving money with that one though. Will soon

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u/AnArisingAries 1d ago

Really wish the closest Costco to me wasn't almost an hour away. 😪

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u/kkpatsd 1d ago

Can you order delivery? Mine is only 10 mins away but the parking lot drives me insane so I just order 2 day delivery.

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u/AnArisingAries 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nope. When I tried, it's said that it was too far away.

Which is weird to me because of the whole two day delivery thing.

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u/kkpatsd 1d ago

That’s really weird because my aunt in LA (CA) sends Costco stuff to my Nana in AZ and there’s no Costco in the small town she lives in. Maybe the nearest one is closer than yours though. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/AnArisingAries 1d ago

It's legitimately only an hour away, I don't know why the website said it couldn't do it. 😭 I understood the cold stuff cause those typically have a safety time of about 45 minutes outside of the coolers.

The rest, I dunno.

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u/grandma_millennial 1d ago

Wait, Costco has delivery? That and no curbside pickup are what’s stopping me from joining

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u/Pretend-Marsupial258 21h ago

They'll ship nonperishable items.

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u/Hatdrop 1d ago

I know folks that travel over two hours to get to the closest Costco, they bring a cooler for the frozen items.

I mainly just get frozen meats and shelf stable items in bulk, then shop at local groceries for the produce.

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u/smolstuffs 1d ago

Costco delivers :)

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u/AnArisingAries 1d ago

I tried once, and they won't do it. Website said it's too far away or smth

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u/smolstuffs 1d ago

What about just their regular online shipment? Rather than the same day delivery. You won't be able to get everything, but you can usually get the staples.

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u/TheVermonster 23h ago

I can promise you it's better than having one 10 minutes away. I swear I'm there 2-3 times a week and every time it's a few hundred dollars.

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u/Prestigious-Wolf8039 21h ago

Mine is on my route home from work. That can be a curse. 🤣 I love it, though. And am getting impulse buying under control.

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u/AnArisingAries 12h ago

I am honestly super jealous. 😭

The whole reason I even looked it up to begin with was because I wanted to possibly apply for a job there. And then later figured I would save money if I could get delivery from them.

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u/Cardocthian 1d ago

We have a close costco to our house, we go weekly. Eventually once we are out of room we finally eat all of our stuff, and it is like a huge money boon to the bank account when we dont make a trip for a few weeks :D

You will save money in the long run! :)

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u/illy-chan 11h ago

Especially for anything shelf stable but even the chicken comes in those cells that freeze quite well.

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u/Persistent_anxiety 1d ago

Second Costco! My partner and I haven’t shopped anywhere else almost at all (1 Safeway run because I like their house made pasta salad and it’s cheap where I am) and it’s genuinely so much cheaper long term

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u/PocketGddess 1d ago

It takes a while for new members to figure everything out and stop buying $700 in one visit.

Now I’m down to about $200 a month at the absolute max, and it will go down even more now that I have enough foil and pantry basics to last seemingly forever (I live alone.) Will just be buying bagged salad, wild wonders tomatoes, Orgain protein shakes, etc.

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u/Direct_Wind4548 1d ago

Hell, just switching to them for prescriptions was a game changer for me. A single month's refills there has enough saving for me to cover the year. Then there's gas, cheaper/better produce, etc.

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u/erix84 23h ago

I think i got my membership in December and just between gas and my heartburn meds I think I've at least broken even. Oh and the JustBare chicken at Costco is like $18 for a 4lb bag compared to $11 for 1.5lb at Meijer and I'm hooked on that stuff, so good.

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u/nigelfitz 22h ago

t-mobile had a promotion where the membership was technically just $35 a year

jumped on it

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u/ChasingObama 13h ago

Switching to bulk buying is expensive at first BUT does get cheaper over time! I also find Costco has less junky buy temptations, not that it’s temptation free, but not as predatorily designed as target

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u/FITM-K 1d ago

Yup. When I saw the Target news I joined Costco. Haven't been to Target again since, nor will I ever again unless they reverse their decision.

It's easy to avoid them when literally everything they sell can be purchased elsewhere pretty easily.

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u/ceilingkat 1d ago

Same. Costco family now. Everything is in bulk, sure. But we’ll use it all eventually! Lol

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u/EnvironmentalSinger1 18m ago

If you buy the right things in bulk you will AND that cash back at the end of the year!

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u/BearButtBomb 1d ago

I use to be a regular shopper and am an ex employee. I'd completely stop going but my toddlers booty reacts best to their target brand cucumber wipes. They also took away my cash back for purchases and that legit also made me mad lol.

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u/NewNewark 1d ago

So even though you found everything elsewhere, you felt the need to break the boycott twice?

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u/Adorable_Raccoon 1d ago

Not OP but everyone’s situation is different & progress isn’t all-or-nothing. Someone could need something from the pharmacy and the local store closes early. In rural areas, Target and Walmart are often the only stores for miles around. Boycotts are most effective because of the combined action of 1000s of people. Individual purchases don't make a meaningful dent if the collective stays intact. What matters is that more people are making conscious choices overall, even if they aren’t perfect.

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u/NewNewark 1d ago

Fair enough

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u/ElectricJellyfish 1d ago

Yep, I ran in for a $4 pharmacy item that wasn’t in stock elsewhere but that’s about it. I used to shop there for most supplies.

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u/neurospicygogo70 1d ago

Aldi rolled back DEI too. I would be boycotting them as well.

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u/clap_yo_hands 1d ago

I read they didn’t roll back their policy, they changed the name to “inclusive” to avoid government scrutiny, and all the internal employee access still had their policy unchanged. I did read this on Reddit, but that’s where I read most things, so you might find different information if you google.

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u/VictrolaFirecracker 1d ago

Yall got me curious so I looked it up. It seems that dei is only scrubbed from their US site and if you look at gender equality in this link, the US is specifically excluded. Big yikes.

https://sustainability.aldisouthgroup.com/focus-areas/diversity-inclusion

Wondering if this is some optics game to avoid maga scrutiny or ???

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u/fanOfFiftiesFashion 1d ago

aldi has removed dei references from it's website. it's not a good look at this time. https://www.advocate.com/news/companies-abandoning-dei#rebelltitem15

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u/Unhappy_Plankton_671 1d ago

Shopping/eating local tbh for most else. I'm going to put more money into local businesses going forward than I did in years past. It's been growing, but I haven't stepped foot in a major chain grocer in a long time now. And rarely a chain restaurant.

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u/ammybb 1d ago

I'm honestly just shopping way less overall and sticking to groceries. I did move recently and I've been able to get all my new furniture so far off of FB marketplace.

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u/Enchelion 1d ago

You can get citric acid in the baking aisle (or online for bulk) of most supermarkets. A quick google it looks to be a similar bulk price online at Safeway (your supermarket brand will vary).

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u/steamedpopoto 1d ago

Thanks for the tip, I'll try next time I'm out at the grocery

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u/RainbowMagicSparkles 1d ago

Depends what you were buying, but my locally-owned Ace hardware has subbed in well for Target hardlines puchases.

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u/BottleTemple 1d ago

My grocery store.

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u/KellyGreen55555 1d ago

Agreed. My daughters and I were all boycotting for different reasons and didn’t know it. Target is not cool anymore.

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u/vanlearrose82 1d ago

I love hearing this because it stops the shopping behaviors early. If they never get attached to the brand or the concept of browsing Target mindlessly then the brand will be less likely to recover.

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u/PunctualDromedary 1d ago

I don't think they realized how much of their brand value came from being the "Anti-Wal-Mart." Now they're just another big box store, with slightly higher prices. No reason to go there anymore.

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u/Snowwpea3 1d ago

It’s never been cool to shops at target bud. It’s a slightly less trashy Walmart.

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u/Grand-Pen7946 1d ago

You have apparently never hung out with a middle class white woman between the age of 20 and 35. Target's entire strategy was selling designs that seemed niche or upper class at a budget. Theres a ton of people who would go shop at Target as like a way to relax.

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u/Snowwpea3 1d ago

Middle class white women over 20 are cool?

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u/Aquaeverywhere 1d ago

O please lol

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u/lllaser 1d ago

Target used to be a smaller but cleaner/ better presented walmart, now since covid they cut back on staff, and they're constantly behind on restocking and cleaning to the point where I think walmart is actually beating them out on that.

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u/OkFan6322 1d ago

I think everyone is figuring out that shopping local isn’t that hard after all. I know that’s not the case for everyone, but I’ve been able to avoid all big box stores and Amazon since the new year. I’ve even found local alternatives to most of my bulk goods.

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u/BizaRhythm 1d ago

I used to pop in to target every so often when I wanted something. Haven’t been in months now, and I’m not hurting from it at all

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u/sirduckbert 1d ago

I’m a Canadian and I’m spending a significant amount of both time and money to ensure that as little of my $$ crosses the border as possible. When someone is determined to have their actions make a statement, and you get a reasonable chunk of people doing the same - shit happens

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u/Such-Membership4784 1d ago

That's awesome. My local target is overrun with high schoolers on the daily, so this ^ catches on!

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u/Cardocthian 1d ago

yup, when they gave into right winger terrorists demanding rainbows be removed because it hurt their fee fees. I stopped going. I think I went twice since then because of necessity.

Once people break their shopping habits or change them, just like when they find different alcohol, they tend not to go back.

F Target for constantly bending over to right wingers. Now lets see if the right can keep them from collapsing. (The problem is a lot of the right hate them anyway, so really, target just put a target on its back for both the left and the right trying and failing to be an enlightened centrist. )

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u/MarzipanThick1765 1d ago

And this will last for the rest of their life, they may even forget why they stopped shopping there, but they just don't.

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u/boomrostad 1d ago

White suburban 'nasty' women also are scorned. They sold us a brand... then said, 'just kidding.'

So we're all giving them a collective, 'fuck You, then'

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u/Dramatological 1d ago

It's been a bit of an adventure, figuring out how to replace Target.

Local hardware stores for pet stuff, Ulta beauty for personal care, Costco for ... well, anything you need 4 pallets of, but I particularly like their leggings.

I was NOT a shopping/mall kid, so I was two weeks ago old when I figured out department stores sell bath mats and bedding.

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u/DrRudyWells 1d ago

Good! Glad to hear it.

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u/beambot 1d ago

Target is the KMart of your kids' era.

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u/MontyAtWork 1d ago

We been telling people to vote with their wallets for decades.

Turned out, we just needed egg prices to get so high that everyone collectively realized they can and absolutely should vote with their wallet. Much easier to convince people to do that when times are bad, versus when times are good.

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u/ItsSadTimes 1d ago

I used to get a few small things from Target at least once a week cause it's pretty close, but I stopped during the big boycott, found alternatives, then just never went back. A small change in my routine for a couple weeks just cut them out completely.

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u/rptx_jagerkin 1d ago

They’re learning the difference between the vocal minority and the majority who actually used to shop there until they turned out to be stupid and cowardly

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u/ihatemytruck 23h ago

Ahhh yes. The high spending, not likely to steal, every mind changing youth.

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u/Doug_E_Fresh69 23h ago

The same thing GenX did to K-Mart.

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u/__O_o_______ 18h ago

Their attempt to enter Canada was a DISASTER. So many incompetent people in huge corporations that hurt so many people.

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u/yuekwanleung 13h ago

but the dei thing is stupid nevertheless

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u/ExtremePrivilege 11h ago

They’re sort of screwed either way. Bud Light lost 33% of American sales after their trans can promotion. Tesla is down 44% since January due to Musk’s politics.

We’re so polarized that even consumerism is now partisan. Hobby Lobby and Chic Fil A are both fundamentalist Christian and have been undergoing boycott by the left. Meanwhile the right is boycotting “woke” Disney releases.

If Target reins in their DEI programs they get boycotted by the left and if they expand trans and minority access they’d get boycotted by the right.

It’s imperative companies stay as apolitical as possible right now or they risk losing 30% of their consumer-base.

We almost need different supermarkets, restaurants, hobbyist stores and car manufacturers for liberals and conservatives. Frankly, we almost need separate countries.

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u/lilcoold12345 1d ago

Lmao nobody in high-school thinks targets is "uncool" what kind of out of touch shit is this? If anything younger people are getting bombarded with right wing talking points online on a daily basis. Do you not see most of the anti-dei rhetoric online is from young people? Have you seen an Instagram comment section?

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u/AcaciaBeauty 1d ago

Perhaps you should speak with actual highschoolers off of the internet.

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u/lilcoold12345 1d ago

I'm in my early 20s and litteral nobody gives af about any of this besides yall perpetually online people. Nothings gonna happen to Target lol.

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u/jesus_earnhardt 1d ago

The article is literally saying something is happening to target

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u/AcaciaBeauty 1d ago

Well that’s odd, especially since the first time I heard about the boycotts were offline from teenagers.

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u/speakingofdinosaurs 1d ago

Maybe by the time you reach your 30s, you'll have learned to read before writing comments that betray your ignorance.

As the Fortune article points out, something is already happening to Target. Foot traffic is down consistently. They've also lost billions in value.

Add tariffs to that and they are going to be feeling it for quite some time. I mean, we all are, but it's going to be bad for a chain that already lost a lot of its customer base to Costco and Aldi. Can't see people returning when the prices are even higher.