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/Cold-Nefariousness25 1d ago

I stopped buy shoes for my kids there when I realized that they were the same price and fell apart twice as fast. When shoes fall apart before a toddler grows out of them, you know that's bad quality.

I still used to go for kids clothes (still a good deal and they are recycled fabrics) but I've avoided going since the boycott and don't miss it at all and realized I was buying more because I'd go 2-4x a month.

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u/omecca_creative 22h ago

Reminds me of K-mart Canada. Before it finally went under it became known as Kame-appart.

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u/MaAndOrder 9h ago

Yes! That's what we called it in Minneapolis too

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u/sweaty-pajamas 23h ago

I only ever go to look at clearance clothes for my kids. Occasionally get a deal. Literally never go to target otherwise though.

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u/charminglycomfy 21h ago

wanna preface this by saying it doesn’t justify shopping @ Target (especially right now) but their kids line Cat & Jack has a 1 year guarantee! Meaning pretty much when your kid outgrows or doesn’t wear anything from that line anymore, you can take it back to any store & get a refund or exchange (receipt proof is needed, but if you have their target circle rewards linked to where it tracks your purchases, it should be stored to your account already) I would also totally double check this info. just in case your local store doesn’t honor the warranty or something silly like that, but hope this helps! if a huge corporation has a loophole like this then others aught to know about it & take advantage!

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u/TheMillenniaIFalcon 12h ago

Send this. My toddler who is almost 3 has had her clothes funded from infancy using this program. We just take a bunch of shit back and get credit and get new shit when she grows out of its

It’s a massive loophole and saves us so much moneys