r/Anticonsumption • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 2d 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
50.5k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/Global_Permission749 2d ago

LOL 8 weeks is NOTHING. Let's see a real boycott last until the midterms and let's see that influence Target to help democrats get elected and unseat republicans.

1

u/[deleted] 2d ago edited 2d ago

[deleted]

0

u/Global_Permission749 2d ago

Uhh, the premise was "is 8 weeks a long time for a boycott"

No, 8 weeks is not a long time for a boycott. 8 weeks is not a long time for anything related to consumer habits.

But yeah, call me dumb even though you think there will be any lasting financial damage to Target over its change to DEI policies.

1

u/[deleted] 2d ago

[deleted]

1

u/Global_Permission749 2d ago

No, nobody was making any new conversations.

There was a claim that 8 weeks is a long time. It's not.

There was the implication that Target is totally gonna be fucked by their decision to end DEI. They won't.

Consumers will slip on their "principles" when they are inconvenienced and Target's traffic and revenue will be right back to where it was.

Let's talk about boycotts when this has gone on for years and it's clear that people have in fact abandoned Target.

It's super "I live on Reddit" behaviour where you can never admit any of the things you said might be slightly off

Says the guy who keeps tripling down on "8 weeks is a long time" lol...

For reference, Occupy Wallstreet lasted about 8 weeks as well. What changed? Not a single fucking thing ;)