Target is decreasing the number of stores carrying Pride-themed apparel
Target is decreasing the number of stores that will carry Pride-themed apparel. Some have spoken out on social media about how merchandise can be found online but not in as many stores. NBC News' Maura Barrett reports on how companies are trying to find balance when it comes to addressing social issues.
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#Target #Pride #LGBTQ
Pride items for children is gross.
You afraid of rainbows? Brainwashed by republicans?
@@lumberjackdreamer6267 no she just not a groomer
@@nscastaneda Republicans are groomers. Sad.
Most people aren’t LGBT. Target is a business, with shareholders, and customers they need to please.
Seems like some of the "pride" items they were stocking were doing more to be controversial than they were actually helping or making money--a lose-lose
maybe if they stop trying to sell tuck swim suits in the woman's department they wouldn't have such an issue.
@@LA-rc7cw 😫
@@tommyl5319 It is fast fahsion using brand activism when it's trendy.
The problem is people are toxic in the LGBT community, specifically transgender people. Nothing against the LGBT community but as a whole, it's just toxic and they get offended with literally anything.
Why are we embarrassed about things we should be proud of and proud of things we should be embarrasses about?
Nice comment, Jerry.
Because the West is in a state of moral decay.
Well said Mr Seinfeld
I guess target isn't so proud after all😂
thank god ! stand up to the lgblt+++ bullies
Target sells stuff. If products don't sell and even cause problems, they get booted from the shelves real quick
Enough with corporate virtue signaling.
Truth that companies cannot be moral if profits don’t align. If moral and profits then moral. If not moral and profits then not moral. Also target is not moral or not moral because some lgbtq merchandise. What a pathetic display of morality if that the reason for their morality. What else is target doing that is disgusting?
You're using the wrong verbiage. Virtue signalling is claiming to have righteous morals that is above every one elses. How are they virtue signalling when they pander to all demographics? They'll sell Juneteenth merch and will have a patriotic collection trickling out to stores for July 4th soon after that. They're loyal to none but the Almighty dollar.
@@danielmcdermott3558 they're just trying to sell what they think will sell, and every store like this tries to cater to a wide audience. Ultimately, some of these items aren't really selling and are causing controversy, so there's no reason to keep them on the shelves. It's not that complicated, and you were right initially that morality really isn't involved
NBC pushes the garbage then holds everyone's coat while we fight!
trendy Brand activism fast fashion.
Never get involved in culture wars 😂
Target your customers, and dont push an agenda. Target lost billions last year.
They are doing just that. Should i be offended if the store sells Easter stuff or Biblical themed stuff during Christmas if I'm not Christian? Mind your own business. If the Pride stuff makes a loss naturally, the store would not carry them. So, its cool for stores to carry stuff you like but not stuff other people like?
To translate your words, if it doesn't align with your life it's wrong and it's an agenda.
@dquan731 with the majority of Americans celebrating Easter and Christmas, they are targeting the majority. Target makes the most profit by targeting the majority. LGBTQ+ is the minority and caused a major loss in revenue. Only a foolish company would value a loss in customers and profits.
@@dquan731I feel like that last sentence is a flawed way of thinking. Target is minding the business that pays them, similarly as you demand the commenter do. & apparently pride doesn’t pay. When demand diminishes, so does product. I remember learning that in elementary, idk if you do. It’s pointless for retailers to hold on to, let alone try to sell inventory they know won’t. Bad business 101. & I feel if that last sentence was the case, more topics of discussion would come up, for example: why don’t Target and other major retailers have exotic ingredients & foods for prominent but still minority communities? There are many Asian’s and Hispanic’s in my area, if they want something they normally get from their home country, they have to go out of their way to a local bazaar or market. But then what happens to those local markets? I know it’s not a perfect comparison, pride is only in stores for a month, meanwhile food is year round. But questioning “it’s cool for stores to carry stuff you like but not stuff other people like” is a broad question that opens up to broader topics. Yes, in a perfect world we’d have anything anyone could ever want just a short drive a way, but it’s not, and frankly shouldn’t be. It’s good to have those smaller retailers. So what Target doesn’t carry your rainbow mugs this year? If you’re in need of pride merch that badly, there are other options, local boutiques, mom & pops, even online Etsy shops. I’m sure at least 1 is selling that rainbow merch you or the one you’re advocating for want, plus it would be a better option to buy from one of them than a conglomerate like Target.
@@rileyrat6065 I made this comment in regards to the haters who were offended Target had the audacity to even put out this line of merchandise to begin with. Or have you selectively forgotten all the hateful media last year? Even now, I don’t know if they are cutting back because of lack of demand or if they want to avoid haters going into the store and causing problems. My point is, buy or don’t buy. Why do you care what the store decides to sell?
Bring that Lego collection back people actually liked that!
I'm appalled at the lack of clothing at Target that make me feel especially straight
I get the disappointment but people forget that last year their employees were being harassed for ignorant reasons 😔so I see why this year they moved most of the merchandise online and just have a few select store with the physical merchandise in it.
@phoenixr6811. Not to mention the huge amounts of $$$ that were lost due to their stock price plunging. Stupidly handled mess. Babies with pride clothing!
Only in ur mind
@@JeanneOlson-vv9tl Woke ideology is hard to stand up against when you haven't faced it before. They immediately label you evil and "over react" to anything you say or do in an attempt to cancel you. Anyone at Target who tried to say this clothing was a bad idea would have been immediately labeled a bigot by their "professional" co-workers and written up to HR about their "unsafe and dangerous" behavior.
Yeah, but the problem is that by caving Target is sending the message that violence gets people what they want. Now they'll do more of it because they know it works.
😂😂they don't care about employees being harassed. They had their first sales drop in years in the second quarter of last year after this, and they assumed correctly that it would be worse this year
DOn't want it? Don't buy it! Market economy 101.
We dont have to buy anything from a company that pushes toxic ideologies...thats the beauty of a free market! Target lost 12% of sales (24 Billion dollars) because we (the consumer) decided that we dont want to support the woke nonsense anymore...
People don't want to buy it - don't cry about it!
That's why they're pulling it, the people don't want it.
Stop. G r o o m i n g!!!
How do lgbt people groom
Yes ... stop forcing republican and bible crap on people !!!
Maybe the pride community can beef up those sales and support those companies that tried to represent. Just like all women's rights groups supported the wnba.
You are trying to inject morality in capitalism. Capitalism is neutrally moral because profits is what drives decisions not morality. If morality then bankruptcy l. What company in capitalism will willingly go bankrupt for a good cause?
The senate chamber aide video made everyone a little less proud I guess? I think the oncoming backlash is sorely underestimated, as we're all becoming wise to their "lifestyle" choices.
ONCE AGAIN PATRIOTIC AMERICANS ACHIEVE VICTORY AGAINST THE WOKEST MOB!
Girl 💀
Budlite sales have been flat? Its always tasted flat. Ive boycotted that for decades on the sole basis it tastes like crap. Lol
KZhead can keep erasing my comment but ill keep posting it
It's always about the money.
Thank goodness
I've boycotted Tarsh*t for over three years because they treat their employees like trash. A relative of mine worked there for a little while, and the stories they told of yelling, verbal abuse by managers in front of customers, physical violence like grabbing the employees, and "pay raises" of 8 pennies for all employees made me never shop there again. They even recorded the store manager's verbal abuse once and let me listen to how they were treated. I hope both sides boycott them!
I worked there for almost a year and they were so kind and if they talked to you they did it in a private place… I miss the people I worked with
@@mariarosales6044 Lucky you! It's great when we enjoy the people we work with. I've formed some solid friendships over the years with coworkers.
Finally! Maybe they realized that their profits were tanking
Morality should rarely ever be sacrificed for profit but you speak of a recognition of losses as an indication of immorality. Recheck this logic.
@@danielmcdermott3558wonderful principle... For running a charity
@@danielmcdermott3558gain some
@@danielmcdermott3558yeah because a lot of people don’t agree with lgbt for biological reasons. Which is fair cos it doesn’t really make sense biologically. Plus they are minority and they shouldn’t expect everyone to accept it by forcing it down peoples throats
Another Bud Light moment in history
Yes!! keep trash out!!!
Ok karen
@@SherlockHolmesAnimeAFFIRM ME!
@@SherlockHolmesAnimeits trash
Go Woke, Go Broke
If you aern't woke you go broke
Price and service issues need an appropriate solution
We need Mike Myers back
If you don't want to wear Pride gear, don't buy it. It's abhorrent that so many were being harrassed and threatened over items for sale in a store. There are plenty of things there that I personally would not buy. I JUST DON'T BUY THEM AND GO ABOUT MY DAY!!! I don't harrass or threaten anyone because the store is selling something I don't like. People seriously need to grow up and get over themselves.
Its not about buying or not buying, its about pushing back and exposing this disgust so that the world can be a little better for kids
@@ZackSilver77 So threatening store employees makes the world better for kids? I think you and I have VERY different definitions for how to make the world better. I spent six years working with the LGBTQ+ community. I even brought my kid around them starting at age 4. It was one of the best communities that I could have raised my kid in. The people are so kind and authentic. It was the polar opposite of the judgemental, uptight, emotionally manipulative and abusive religious community I myself was raised in.
Yea I’m not gonna buy it but that doesn’t mean I want it in my face when I go shopping either
Flat globe
@@fairywingsonroses if you’re ok with having kids being shown by that sort of stuff, doesn’t mean other parents are comfortable showing these things to children. It’s fine that YOU feel ok with sharing these things around YOUR kids. Not all religious people are like that, there some LGBTQ people can act just like the “angry manipulative conservative Christians”. I don’t think that sort of mindset can make the world better either
It's a reciprocal relationship. If 1% feels reciprocated, then 99% will not. Who is your customer? You can't be everything to everyone.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 ITS ABOUT TIME!
Now it's time for Disney to do the same thing!
They not only targeting DEI…. They targeting pride too!!! This country is becoming more and more conservative
You said that like its a bad thing 😂 Trump 2024 🇺🇸 ❤
Awesome!
Cry more
Yuck
One time, I saw the Target 🎯 store 🏬 EMPTY and TJ Maxx PACKED.
Target ceo has learned something finally😂
I guess morals do have a price
Sick!!! Boycotting Target!!!!
No pride month, no clothes, and no online sales of Trans clothing or we Americans are going to boycott Target again. Take it from Budwiser, you will never come back from this mistake. I myself will not shop target
Apple might be next?
Well good kids don’t need pride anything.
TRUMP 2024 🇺🇸
20-24
Target finally learning from their mistakes
I ain’t surprised
Cool... Doesnt matter to me at all
Good. People need to stop idolizing pride.
The free market has spoken!! And we've decided we dont want the pride crap 😂
The free market didn’t speak the ignorance threatened employees and they have to protect their employees from people like you
@@mariarosales6044 the threats came from your side... cry more
Shame on you Target.
Probably TNF too
I'm not sure what I missed. I haven't gone into a target since March 2020. I'm a curbside-atarian.
Conservatives started freaking out about the Pride merchandise after decades of Target selling it. So much so that it got violent and they were boycotted. It's weird and immature
We need Austin Powers 4
I stopped shopping at Target. Too expensive. There are other alternative stores that are much cheaper. Well, I guess I could continue to shop at ones in California. Fill the cart up and not pay. It’s not like there arresting folks for shoplifting in Cali. They even do it in front of Newsome so it must be ok.
Did you just watch like 2 news reports about shoplifting in SF one day and profile the whole state accordingly?
Go woke Go Broke. its really old and repetitive.
Its hypocritical for anyone who claims that they aren't homophobic because either 1. Its supposedly a "meaningless insult" or 2. They aren't literally scared of the gays to be celebrating this. Its also hypocritical for people who claim to be against cancel culture
It's not hypocritical at all. You don't understand what the word means. I am an anti-woke homosexual who can't stand "Pride". Also, "cancel culture" refers to individuals, not corporations.
@@ribbrascal1065 I am an anti-woke homosexual who can't stand "Pride"., In other words, a homosexual who cant be bought by trendy Pride brand activism consumption. Isnt it insulting? that corps feel they can buy your dollar by waving Trendy pride month poorly made merch.
I wish they would get rid of all their religious products as well. Fair is fair.
Morality is not compatible with capitalism. Capitalism seeks profits morality does not. Religion seeks profits.
Religion doesn't indoctrinate young children to believe that there's something wrong with their body parts and that they should self-sterilize and self mutilate themselves before they've reached the age when they can decide for themselves how to deal with their body dysmorphia. Why do you want religion off the shelves?
Yeah… because it is so full of them. Get real.
@@justing42It’s literally a section. Stop being sensitive
@@microscopic.caterpill What Target you be going to? Where you at?
What killed it for me was the devil's approval of pronouns. So yeah, why is that okay? Is the embodiment of evil itself seen as Joyful? Even if it were another form of evil, it still won't be okay.
Ive BOYCOTTED them for a couple YEARS. DONT MISS EM!
I shop at Target sometimes if they have a product I want, despite me disagreeing with them. I shop at Walmart, despite me disagreeing with them. I love a sammich from Chik Fil A even though I disagree with them. Trade is one of the things that transcends boundaries . You are annoying and I don't like you.
@user-rh8fl8qz2z I don’t like you either. Companies under capitalism are morally neutral. capitalism supposes endless profits. If morality conflicts with profits morality has to go.
@@danielmcdermott3558 Your opsec is bad. Real bad.
Butt blasting doesnt belong on products
You can find butt blasting products in adult stores im sure.
FUN FACT: Those threats turned out to be coming from the wokest mob warning Target against pulling the LGBT merch
Who is the woke mob?
@@waterbaby7808 get a mirror
Perverse ideological intent...
They lost me for good last year. I haven’t missed it as Walmart has really stepped up their game in our area.
You realize Walmart sold pride stuff last year as well?
🙌🏻
Finally
Not surprised here! Good Riddance!
Serious question. If you are not the target of the product why Do you care ? How does it affect you ?
@@mrpartsask yourself that…pretty sure there is one thing in the world that you dislike that doesn’t affect you
@@justing42 Target sells bibles and religious paraphernalia. And somehow, I dont screach like a raging Karen because I spotted religious crrrap in their stores. See how that works??
A reply in a comment section isn’t a screech. An adult going into a store and knocking down merchandise like a 5 year old having a tantrum meltdown IS. See how that works??
@@justing42 I don’t go around stores destroying the merchandise I don’t like. Only religious lunatics are obsessed all day thinking about rainbows and peoples genitals when they go to Target.
There's no longer enough room because of all the space needed for the plus-size women's clothing used to signal their commitment to another trendy social agenda.
Oh no. Where would i buy dresses for my vegan, transgender dogs and cats!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂
Side note, cats are obligate carnivores.
In the Circus 🎪 you clown 🤡
Petsmart have all the rainbow pet gears on clearance
Boycott Target!😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
never , you people are anoying , nobody cares who sleep with
You're too late.
We already did
Get rid of it entirely. Then the company will do much better.
Why are you on a multi global corporations side exactly? Haha
@@danielmcdermott3558 I hate WOKE culture and Agenda pushing but that doesn't mean I have to hate corporations.
Yeah you don’t have to both dislike what a corporation stands for and hate a or all corporations. That’s not what I said. I actually said you are standing up for a corporation because they are seeking profits rather than because they are doing something moral. I think that’s stupid. All companies do that and you are merely stating that morality doesn’t matter.
@@danielmcdermott3558 Morality is very important but it's not exactly good for business. I mean all business are guilty of that but when agenda pushing is more important than the consumers that is a problem.
@NormanAlexander-lc6ss Go back into your cave already
It’s interesting to see companies in capitalism playing by capitalist ideology while trying to be moral. Capitalism presupposes a neutral moral consideration. While we can’t say something is moral because it makes profit so to can we not say a company is moral because it does or does not make profit. But we can say for certain a company under capitalism will not chose to remain moral among a loss of profit.
Good.
Disgusting. Anticipation of a possible second Trump term isn’t even mentioned in this piece but no doubt it’s a factor. Target’s anticipatory surrender to intellectual Neanderthals is vomit making.
😫😫 But Trump😫😫😫
Trump derangement patient...go get some help
The reason was 100% financially motivated, child mind.
@deebee4575 Maybe so, but half of America is still behind the times thinking that by granting lgbt community basic rights somehow takes away from their own.
@@asha8443 What basic rights are this group being denied? What does that have to do with stores not participating in grooming?
target management must be related to the genius who did the ads for bud light.
Stepping off of courageous actions just makes it more taboo I wish target would have never tried
#BoycottTarget
Well done
Nice.😂😅
Modelo is king
Migrants buying that
over wokeness has gone too far as it is, it needed to slide back a bit...
Perhaps then we should ramp up civil rights protections for minorities then also
@@asha8443 nah, we wont be doing that, they got enough protections as it is...
@@asha8443there isn’t a single thing a white person in this country can do that a minority can’t. Minorities have an ADVANTAGE. Re: affirmative action.
@@asha8443- Which minorities? In both the DEI and CRT constructs both jews and asians are the oppressors. Hypocritical much?
Thats good news AGS rules
Honestly their products were ugly so i didnt buy anything.
😂😂😂😂😂
No more of my $. You blew it target bad call.
Bud Light 😀
hehehehe
Thank You
Advice: Don't even go there. Once you go there nothing you say can back track. For now I will hold onto your stock. Already up 50%.
Doing this lets the thugs win stand strong show your pride don’t be bullied
where is the evidence there were thugs?
No ones acting like a thug. They just calmly saying keep it out of kids stuff and you guys freak out like weirdos. I guess when the party you vote for is failing the country and funding wars, you need to find a way, anyway to make yourself the good guy still.
@@rasputinspickledpeepee1976I am very perplexed that you don't know the word "pride" has more than one definition. Never tell your kids you're proud of them. They should have humility instead of love.
@@chelseagirl278They just said that their employees received death threats. 🙄
It's motivated by profit, nothing more.
if target hides from pride day & let others shame them for what they put in their stores then they're weak & have no balls
Maybe they identify as female. Females don't have balls.. im offended 😒
What a #shame.
respect everyone
Exactly…including the people that disagree with you.
Devils don’t respect God why should the Godly respect the devils
Do other controversial underselling products get dropped also, or is this just an excuse to give in to bigotry?
Ok “victim”
Haha /anti-woke homosexual
Goooooo kidrock!!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌈👨❤️👨
Because Target is a republican stores 🙄
😂 No, it's NOT.
if pride merchandise bothers you maybe consider therapy not taking it out on the staff or sugar coating your bigoty in the comments to pass the hate speech algorithms
For any Trump supporter who is in here and dont support this during election year, you have every right to leave the country, deal with it..we’re just people like anyone else around this world we live in.
I preferred to just leave Target.
Fun fact: DEI
Fun fact: Boycott
Disgraceful. Don't give in to right-wing extremism.
Go cry somewhere else sweetheart....we're all outta tissues 😂
@@thetruepatriot7733 no you are not.... Biden lost! Tissue Hillary... tissue Bud light... tissue Hunter.... tissue Maga babies
Good