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Target’s 2025 DEI rollback sparked organized boycotts that coincided with measurable declines in foot traffic and sales and big losses in market value: Placer.ai and news reports show February–March s...
Target’s January 2025 rollback of major DEI programs — ending three‑year DEI goals, stopping external diversity reporting and curtailing a supplier‑diversity initiative tied to a $2 billion REACH comm...
Consumer boycotts in 2025 have demonstrably affected some companies’ sales and stock prices — most strikingly Target, which has been repeatedly reported as suffering traffic declines, missed sales exp...
The 2025 boycott of Target, triggered by the company’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, produced sustained consumer pressure that depressed foot traffic (as much as 9.5% ...
Target’s sales have been declining through 2025 and company reports show quarterly net sales fell 1.5% to $25.3 billion in Q3 2025 and fell ~2.8–3% in earlier quarters; comparable/same-store sales wer...
Competitors reacted unevenly to the 2025 boycott of Target after its DEI rollback: some publicly reaffirmed DEI commitments (Costco and, in reporting, Walmart was named alongside Target as scaling bac...
Target’s 2025 boycott was triggered primarily by the company’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs — including ending certain DEI goals, pausing supplier-diversity commitments a...
Target executives and board members issued few direct, public statements during the early 2025 boycotts; company filings acknowledged that Target “modified and concluded” certain DEI programs and warn...
Target’s rollback of DEI programs in early 2025 triggered repeated, organized boycotts that corresponded with declines in foot traffic and a tumbling stock price — analysts and reporting link traffic ...