Expensive lesson to learn. Well, I'm not sure they’ve learned anything so far actually.

but I’m sure gonna try to discourage others from supporting capitulation.

and other issues going back further.

My contempt for Target transcends merely political concerns.

Three years ago, Target extended Cornell's contract by three years and to accommodate that it dropped the age 65 retirement policy they had. That time is up, so this is definitely not unexpected when there are business and economic issues (under-performance) that have nothing to do with tRump.

Cornell becomes executive chairman of the board, so it is not as if he is being ditched.

Planned retirement, moving up not out, replaced by someone who worked for him. Nope, not "another Trump casualty".

didn't have an effect at all?

Here are the facts: They lost consumers during Covid. They needed to, not just get them back, but also attract more. But instead of changing their merchandise to bring in more ethnic customers, they intentionally pushed them away with the anti-DEI move that even angered their stockholders.

And, it's not just ethnic people who are not shopping there, but white people who have a conscience.

It's the lack of growth with customers that is going to end them.

If nothing else, Target shows what a department store of this size can expect if they only try to sell merchandise to white customers.

I disagree with your position and I explained why. Target is turning a blind eye to the real problem. They're losing customers, and they'll lose more now that they're not showing any interest in offering merchandise that will attract them.

You tried to negate that assumption by going off on a tangent. Saying no, it's not this, but that.

So, you ignored the real problem, in my estimation. Customers. The only reason why Walmart is doing better is because they offer the cheapest products for the lowest prices. If Target tries to follow that example, they'll lose their bread and butter base, in my opinion. The way I see it, their base is now the suburban mom. If they want to raise prices, they need to change their merchandise.

someone/some group were messing around trying to get it and did NOTHING to stop it. I think they ended up having 20+ Million CC data stolen by hackers.

Thanks for the information.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/target-settles-2013-hacked-customer-data-breach-18-5-million-n764031