Target?
Target?
Dear Target Board of Directors, ya know it's not going to change until...well maybe never since y'all don't want black and brown customers.
Fuck 'em
I guess CEO 's only stay around when things are good and for atta boys and of course bonus checks! When the good times are sliding into hell, it's time to run, nice!!
Should have happened months ago.
Good lol suck it, nerd.
Byeeee.
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get fucked, brian!
Target blatantly lied to its core consumers about its companies culture with false narratives of promoting product lines by women of color, LGBTQ+ initiatives, women’s equality and more. Pushing a false narrative to create “community” in order to profit is disgusting.
Yeah, plenty of of companies have rolled back DEI and minority outreach that haven’t seen this level of backlash. Target’s unique because they were all-in and then turned on a dime. It’s the depth of the betrayal
Yep. I shopped at Target BECAUSE they were woke, they sold swimsuits that I did actually buy, and I managed to convince myself they were “better” than Walmart/Amazon. But there’s no fixing that image now. We know who they are, just a frivolous and cowardly version of the same shit
And can't be undone by replacing one guy, especially if another white dude is chosen as next CEO. I wonder if they have learned anything from this FAFO experiment, though.
It's another white dude. corporate.target.com/about/purpos...
His resume blurb doesn't have any of the words that as a shopper would make me want to return and spend my money there. They've learned nothing. The embargo continues.
Lol. Watch them be surprised when we don't care to return.
As usual, corporations just shuffle the chairs on the deck of the sinking ship, thinking that they're actually changing something. Once you're in the C-Suite club, you can never "fail" again.
They can’t just take it back. That ship sailed.
Narrator: No they haven't.
Their "pride collection" this year was an absolute joke and not even sold in stores. They lost my business two years ago before they walked back on DEI.
I always bought Target pride stuff because seeing it on the shelves made me feel seen. The pride stuff disappeared from shelves, so it also disappeared from my shopping cart. If it’s not visible, there’s no point and I’ll spend my money on queer artists instead 🤷
it went from being on the shelves to only sold online. and they downsized how much rainbow was on it. And it went to looking hideous overall.
That’s absolute garbage. When I shopped there in person (prior to 2020), there was a huge display labeled “PRIDE” in multiple places in the store. It wasn’t the best pride merch by a long shot, but it was very accessible, visible, and colorful.
yea i had a shirt from like 2021 and it was decent with bright letters on black. then they sold literal garbage clothes this and last year. I haven't stepped foot in the store for ages.
The results of boycotts may be slow in coming, but they do come. Keep it up. Boycott any company/university that bends to authoritarianism.
Go broke for being anti-woke.
According to AP News, “When Fiddelke takes over, Cornell will transition to be executive chair of the board.” Not much accountability for a reported a 21% drop in net income in the quarter that ended Aug. 2.
Good riddance. Bring back DEI and maybe those of us who have boycotted @target MIGHT come back.
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These responses are EPIC!!!😂🤣😂
I agree.
Nah I hope they go bankrupt, and become an example for every other store. They should fear us, and our wallets. I want it to go out of business. Stores like target/walmart aren’t good for local business anyway — it’s a win-win. Also turns out Target engages in mass surveillance, creepy shit.
they can stop giving their securty camera footage to the feds too.
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Wut?!
Target has been in bed with DHS for over a decade. privacysos.org/blog/target-... news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
FIENDS.
I’m never gonna be a Target customer!
They'll have to do more than that to get me to return.
Same! They followed the big bad racist misogynist leader hopefully to the house of bankruptcy.
He's still on the executive board though.
Nah. If they did it once they’ll do it again.
Amen
ditch woke, go broke 🤷♀️
Go anti-woke, go broke. Sucks to suck.
live by the sword, die by the sword. It will be the consumer who saves America from trump
womp womp
Today, I’ll be driving by Target to go to Costco. 🛒
As someone who worked there... Good.
NB: This is no reason to stop boycotting and destroying Target. No mercy. No quarter. The oligarchy and its power sources must be dismantled piece by piece.
Good. You reap what you sow
literally can't wait to see the faded target marks on empty red buildings looking like abandon k marts
Tagging the future r/UsedToBeATarget.
Target wanted to send a message by running over LGBTQ folks and ditching inclusion. We just sent a louder message. Target can fuck off all the way to hell.
Good. Corporate Profiles in Cowardice should all reap the same. That’s purchasing power at work, folks. You have it, and they fear it. But not as much as they will…
Lmao
turns out it was go woke OR go broke
Anti woke makes you broke. Ah ha!
No DEI makes them DIE. Just like they deserve. Imagine how effective a full-on national strike would be.
Add Target to the list along with Tesla of companies/CEOs who fucked around and found out who their customer base really is. MAGA aren’t the only ones who know how to boycott.
Target lost its whimsy long ago, the DEI stuff just opened our eyes to it. I started shopping there bc it highlighted cool artists of color and new brands that needed a chance (ie dei…) Now it’s just another Shopko. It’s boring, expensive and made pride weird.
Good. He ruined that place.
womp womp womp 😂
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Next.
Trump's economy....📉
Target execs' hatred of Black people > their love of money. 🙃
They showed us who they are👇🏾
Let it die.
God, that was so disappointing
Suck it, losers
Good! I used to enjoy going there but haven’t been there in months due to them back stabbing the customers that actually kept them a float. I hope that go out of business.
Good riddance.
Lying. He’s “stepping down” into the position of chief executive, basically head of the board of directors. Nothing fucking changes except they put a new fall-guy in to act as CEO.
Target should have had a spine, stood up to the fascists and kept its customers. Adios!
Okay, so what, y'all tell them folks to release the Epstein files while they scramble and cry about target. Boo Hoo. #epstein #releasethefiles
Well then. Looks like people of color, disabled, women, LGBTQIA+, etc., has more power than Brian expected. Ppl, karma is real. And we can go harder! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #Target is the new Walmart.
maybe they shouldn't've acquiesced to fascism
imagine having all this wonderful general goodwill for your brand and a cute little nickname, then choosing to throw it all away to be more racist and homophobic
Target lost touch their long standing customer base. We continue to boycott...
Since Covid every store is a mess, not enough staff and stuff everywhere
Tough year for CEOs named Brian 😎
Haven't been to a Target in 8 months. It's the closest store so it's not been easy but fuck em'!
And that is how you do a Boycott
Took them long enough to make a baby. Ta- should be embarrassed
waaaaaaait, you mean it's CHEAPER to be a good and decent human being?!?!
yeah but they gave him mils in severance then just side stepped him down to a board position that actually came with a bump in pay overall. this was just more virtue signaling from them, smoke and mirrors
It always is
Here's hoping Brian Cornell steps down onto the tracks of a subway station and becomes a fine, red smear.
I love good news!!
Aww was it bad for them to call so many of us not good enough to work there, or design for, or consider human at all? Gosh, it's like saying they want most of us gone and then us going "ok bye" was a major miscalculation.
Where is his go fund me? I'm sure he will be struggling with that golden parachute. I'm sure he'll have to cut it back to 1 country club.
Target who?
Bloomin marvellous news, people power in action. Bravo humanity 👏👏👏
Golden parachuting over to the next company he can tank with his spinelessness.
100%...Wash, rinse, repeat...
He's moving to the board of Target.
Dumbass kicked his customer base in the teeth. My wife hasn’t been there in 7 months. That’s the longest she’s stayed away since its inception. Gfy @targetstores.bsky.social
Same. It's actually pretty impressive given how much she used to go.
Yup, freshman entering college shopping via anywhere but there. Impressive!
I'm never going back.
Bye Felicia
Target could have really made bank if they weren’t so fucking stupid. Look at Costco ffs
What's so hard about admitting DEI initiatives appeal to your customers?
"...faces slumping sales DUE TO backlash to its retreat on DEI"
Your ratings are terrible and your airwaves are filled with weasels enabling fascists
Maybe listen to the people and stop being hateful and disregarding diversity and equity of humans. Humans buy your goods and humans work for you. It's all you have. Why don't you respond to them according to their wishes?
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Ditch woke, go broke
Boycotts work!
Yeah, naw. Damage has been done.
Love this for him
Step into the guillotine.
Unfortunately he's just stepping down as CEO but remaining on the board. Target is still being shitty and mathing out that they'd lose more money from not bowing to Trump
Fuck Target and fuck their current, former, and future CEOs.
Parachutes for the cowards. No one less responsible or accountable than an American CEO.
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So the new CEO is just a 20-year younger version of the old CEO. That's sure to make a difference!
It's weird that the opposite of 'go woke go broke' is true, when all those weirdos who don't like beer keep saying it on twitter
Oh that reminds me, I forgot to get my target account deleted. Man, they make this hard. www.target.com/guest-privac...
I occasionally went to the nearby Target. Not any more.
When your whole brand is "we're Walmart for people who aren't Walmart people" and then alienating all the not-walmart people, what happens?
This might be the most apt description of Target ever.
Also why their expansion into Canada went poorly years ago. “We’re Walmart for people who arnt Walmart people” didn’t work there because there was no division or othering of Walmart people. Everyone went there.
This is a brilliantly succinct way of putting it.
Excellent. Deserved!
Go fash, lose cash
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“Stepping down”? He should have been fired for losing the company millions. But with the way of nonsense in American business, he’ll leave on his own accord and bank millions. Some ppl just fail up and that’s the problem with this society.
When they started the anti pride shit I stopped shopping there so when the anti dei shit started I was already not shopping there. Don’t miss it at all.
When you bite the hand that feeds you. You go hungry.
I will not shop there again. Nothing worse than using LGBTQ and other minorities to get revenue then throw them under the bus at first chance to try and gain more revenue.
It’s as if… there’s an easy obvious fix here
Good. Keep that boycott up, folks!
I stopped shopping at target because the quality of their children's clothing is horrible (literally no cotton of any kind, all cheap, synthetic garbage.) and they have the worst refund policy in the retail market. Don't need em have lots of other choices.
Go fash, bleed cash
Too bad so sad
I know Me and about 30 of my family and friends stopped shopping there. Nope. Good bye TARGET.
Abandon woke, go broke.
The old CEO or the new CEO will never get a penny of my black money. Am done forever!
Awww shux 😂🤣😅
I’m not sad. Quit Target when they quit DEI.
Poor guy. Tesla board gave their CEO a multi-billion $ bonus for running sales into the ground. Steeply and worldwide. So unfair. Witch hunt.
Go woke go... not broke ?
Go fash, lose cash.
Spurning your demigraphic to kiss this admin’s ass. Its much deserved
We are required by our insurance company to get our meds from CVS, but we haven’t shopped Target for quite a while.
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I believe that is called "being off Target"..
Not knowing your Target customers?
as a former Target team member who got laid off and "promoted to guest", and who has met Brian Cornell in person, I can safely say, fuck Brian Cornell.
Do they acknowledge that the boycott has hurt them?
This is the question that I would like to see Target answer. Dont just pivot. Acknowledge why you had to pivot. Come clean and let the customer base know that a mistake was made. ...And give us 15% off.
I would argue that this news is Target's way of saying that.
is insanely weird that these corporations pretended like DEI was anything more than a marketing/branding exercise to include all races and genders in their customer base. Oh wow, when we only market to white people and say it out loud, people who aren’t white racists are less interested in shopping!
And the white racists aren't really interested either, they have their own brands to be loyal to!
they had a whole anthem about not going there already too (because i lead a cursed life, i still get snippets of fuckin “target is targeting our kids” stuck in my head lmao)
no woke, go broke
Looks like the Target boycott is working. Target’s MAGA, racist CEO Brian Cornell is finally out. But don’t go back to Target yet. First, let’s see if Target recommits DEI & pushes back against Trump. Target better hurry up. Before it goes under. #BoycottTarget www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...
Not out.. just moving to "the board" in Feb 2026. And being replaced by another white dude. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/t...
Here comes another one just like the other one.
Yeah. Not going back if they’re just bringing in New Boss Same As Old Boss.
*Something about the position of deck chairs on the Titanic.*
They're not allowed to seek out the best candidate. They eliminated their DEI policy.
good. fuck target. Why would I shop in a place that I feel unsafe? Also, they share their security camera footage with the government for facial recognition training. Fuck target.
Real shit fuck target
FAFO
@acollierastro.bsky.social
The board finally woke up.
No, he's moving from CEO to chairman of the board. They most definitely have not woken up.
The failure steps down instead of reversing course and addressing the plainly presented problem. Amazing. Predictable. @target hire me as CEO I'll bring woke back its your only chance
*laughs in Canadian* How is this company even still around? 🤣
Companies that respond to the political winds of change are going to lose. Just look at Tesla and even the small used car dealer that displays Trump flags. Businesses must look long term and not react to the short term political winds.
I like when they announce their doucheyness. Lets me know where to skip.
DEi is good policy for society and makes the whole community stronger.
The trump slump.
Too bad. So sad. Will never shop at Target again.
I hope the next CEO does the right thing because I do miss Target, not enough to compromise on it though.
Target is right near my daughter's college apartment. It would be really helpful to her if they would return to their old ways: like when they said years ago trans people could use whichever restroom they identify with, even in red state Targets. That was COOL.
Ha ha ha get wrecked loser
Our boycott is working. Keep it up.
So once again it seems alienating customers is never a good idea.
I don't really care about DEI programs which I see has both helping and hurting employees. I saw many people helped and damaged by affirmative action programs in the 60s and 70s. I do care about people/companies wimping out and giving in to Trump's bullying -- and even worse bribing him.
I don't think I've ever been. I DID go to a Walmart just once; as it was the only place I could find that had a line trimmer part I needed. 🤷♂️
🤷♀️ oh well
I used to shop at Target at least once a month, and weekly during back to school shopping. I think I have been there twice this year. As a mom with a disabled child, DEI is a top issue for our family. They chose the FAFO path.
Hell yea. Eat 💩, Target.
DO NOT SHOP at TARGET or WALMART or PUBLIX or HOME DEPOT.....buy American, shop vintage stores/thrift, don't support trump supporters.....
The right hasn't shopped there for years because they support Planned Parenthood. The Left won't shop there because they dumped DEI eight months ago. EIGHT MONTHS. Changing CEOs won't help.
Misleading headline CNN. Shame on you. He fell upwards. He is not out. So these are cosmetic bullshit moves. The boycott lives onward until that fucker is gone.
and after. they may as well close up shop now
Good.
We ain't coming back
Why go to Target if not to virtue signal over walmart goers - gets rid of virtue signaling. Stupid. The people trashing those LGBT stands were never shopping there.
It wasn’t just virtue signaling. The vibes were different. Keyword WERE. I haven’t been back since January and I honestly have missed it at times. But they can continue to miss me with their anti-DEI bs!
The shopping experience was different. At least in my neck of the woods, everyone wants to murder you in the Walmart parking lot. The store is a little less pleasant, but honestly it's mostly the parking lot that keeps me out of Walmart. Their delivery is better than Targets!
I couldn’t walk through our Walmart without a panic attack. Target had aisles you could actually pass someone.
Stay woke or go broke.
I did boycott them for 60 days.
The Woke Remembers
I don’t buy sh*t at Target. And I used to buy a lot of sh*t at Target.
Go maga, go broke!?
huh, so capitulating to insane reactionary babies poopin’ their Pampers over seeing a Pride display is a bad business strategy? no way!
bwaaaahahahahahaha (takes breath) mwaaahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa
As usual, #ETTD. Get fucked, Target.
#ChickenShit CEO who caved to #TrumpTheFascist will walk away with #$$$$$$$
Boycott target for perpetuating the idea that minorities hurt sales... Boycott CNN for talking about their nonsense.
Good.
Target had the “progressive woman” millennial demo who for some reason felt “better” going into “TAR-shjay” than Walmart. Now that good feeling is gone. This stupid man ruined his company by refusing to lean into his customers. Leaning away from DEI, or vocal plurality…? inexplicable
For some reason? Dude, the clothes from Target lasted. Unless they were Dickie’s, I’d go through a pair of Wal-Mart pants in like 3-6 months when I worked in physical jobs.
For some reason is the fact that Walmart is well known to underpay their employees and force them to use social services to supplement despite being full time employees. It’s easy to live life without either of these stores
Sadly, most of the money is going to Amazon, who causes more environmental damage per unit sold. They also routinely hire people as seasonal without benefits, and at lower pay. Many are seasonal for longer than a year. The billionaires from all 3, awful
Agree. Amazon however for better or worse has positioned themselves to weather retail backlash with their AWS business
For some reason? Have you seen the people who shop at walmart?
More proof that "Go woke, go broke" is a myth and it's actually "Go Fash, No Cash." Should have just kept the DEI initiatives, Target.
Now, the Board. They approved this Nazi azz kissing.
he's going to be on the board. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/t...
So, they learned nothing.
Already still not going back but putting this clown on the board enforces my decision.
Further proof that our money is our voice. Stop supporting the companies that support the regime, which includes Amazon.
You could instead reverse the decision that caused all the money to go away. No?
Hard to convince customers you "care" and support them after you put a knife in their backs.
Precisely
That's going to be the problem in the long-term. Trust takes a lot more time and effort to build than lose, and there's no way a ceo has the guts to do much of anything that will rebuild trust in this political environment.
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He put the target on himself (no pun intended) bc he didn’t have to do any of this. The anti DEI dummies didn’t know Target even had DEI initiatives. All he had to do was leave things as they were. Terrible leadership.
Damn that reminds me I need to go to Costco this weekend
Brand ruined. I imagine it will take years for them to either bring the brand back or go full fash and be K Mart
I'm sure their decisions to try to be "cool," with "designer" clothing, and inflating their prices to "prove" they're "more upscale" has had an effect. I don't shop there because they've priced me out.
Good riddance!
Fucked around, found out. Buh bye.
Some good news. Hopefully, the board won’t appoint some Fox News brained racist to double down on the cowardice and bigotry.
Womp, womp. Why didn't right-wingers rush in to keep them afloat? I mean, since the policy change was so popular...?
Right wingers shop at Walmart, which a lot of minorities abandoned years ago due to its owners being pure evil.
“Cornell will stay on as executive chairman.” 😩
Brian Cornell is dumb.
i love this song!
They did it to themselves. They had a great thing going. But they want to be aligned with the Trump administration and save a few bucks. Young people like diversity. More people want it than not. Maybe MAGA will pull you out of your slump, but don't hold your breath. I wouldn't shop at Target.
Another one bites the dust. Don't spend your money where you are not wanted🤷🏾♀️
womp womp 🤡
Who’s the next target?
He’ll be given a nice severance and a cushy job in the trump regime