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Target admits DEI rollback and boycotts contributed to sales decline
After announcing a rollback of DEI initiatives, a boycott of the retailer has led to a decline in sales and foot traffic.
Target’s leadership shuffle: Can a new strategy reverse sales slump and DEI backlash?
Target is shaking up its leadership team. The retailer continues to experience lagging sales and foot traffic, due in part to ...
Target stumbles as tariffs hit earnings and sales fall amid DEI backlash
Target now expects a “low single-digit [percentage] decline” in sales for the fiscal year; it previously forecast 1 percent ...
Target's sales are tumbling — and its DEI moves aren't helping
Target reported a sharp drop in comparable sales in its first quarter and cut its outlook for the full year.
Tariff uncertainty, DEI backlash hurt Target’s results. Price increases are ‘the very last resort,’ CEO says.
Target said that reaction to the rollback of its diversity, equity, and inclusion plans was a headwind in the first quarter ...
Target cuts sales outlook as retailer blames tariff uncertainty and backlash to DEI rollback
Target will report its fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday, as the Minneapolis-based cheap chic retailer tries to get ...
Target reports dismal earnings amid DEI ‘headwinds’ and says two C-suite women leaders are on the way out
The retail giant Target continues to wander in troubled territory. In an earnings call today, CEO Brian Cornell told ...
Target sales fall, guidance lowered in first results since it dropped DEI programs
Target has reported a drop in sales and lowered its guidance for 2025 in its first results since dropping its diversity and ...
The Target boycott movement is impacting sales. More protests are around the corner.
Target said reactions to its DEI moves have adversely impacted sales, and protesters say they're not yet satisfied with the ...
Ailing Target Boots Legal Chief Amy Tu After Just 9 Months
A boycott launched by Target shoppers unhappy with its DEI retreat has added to the retailer's sales headaches, prompting CEO ...
Target slashes outlook after tariffs, DEI boycotts slam sales: ‘We’re not satisfied with these results’
The Minneapolis-based retailer now expects net sales to fall by a low single-digit percentage, abandoning earlier hopes for a modest increase.
Tariffs, DEI backlash take toll on Target’s Q1 earnings
The company cut its guidance for sales and earnings and now expects a low, single-digit decline in sales, down from a ...