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   On 13 Nov 2021, Iobaties  posted some   
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   > Lee wrote   
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   >> Brian Cornell needs his ass kicked for allowing it to happen in the   
   >> first place.   
      
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   Target has lost $9 billion in market value since angry social media users   
   called for a boycott of the Minneapolis-based retailer over its rollout of   
   the “PRIDE” collection featuring LGBTQ-friendly clothing for children.   
      
   A week ago Wednesday before the controversy erupted, Target’s stock closed   
   at $160.96 a share, giving the big-box chain a market capitalization of   
   $74.3 billion.   
      
   As of early trading on Thursday, however, shares of the company were   
   trading off 1% at $141.76 — capping a weeklong tumble that has shrunk the   
   “cheap chic” discount retailer’s value to $65.3 billion.   
      
   That amounts to a 12% drop that has shaved a whopping $9 billion off the   
   company’s market capitalization.   
      
   Target said on Tuesday it was removing some items from its stores and   
   making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride   
   month after intense backlash from some customers who confronted workers   
   and tipped over displays.   
      
   “Since introducing this year’s collection, we’ve experienced threats   
   impacting our team members’ sense of safety and well-being while at work,”   
   Target said in a statement on Tuesday.   
      
   “Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our   
   plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most   
   significant confrontational behavior.”   
      
   Target said that customers knocked down Pride displays at some stores,   
   angrily approached workers and posted threatening videos on social media   
   from inside the stores.   
      
   That was just days after Target CEO Brian Cornell had defended the LBGTQ-   
   friendly merchandise, saying it was “the right thing for society.”   
      
   Target declined to specify Wednesday which items it was removing but among   
   the ones that garnered the most attention were “tuck friendly” women’s   
   swimsuits that allow trans women who have not had gender-affirming   
   operations to conceal their private parts.   
      
   Designs by Abprallen, a London-based company that designs and sells   
   occult- and satanic-themed LGBTQ+ clothing and accessories, have also   
   created backlash.   
      
   The Pride merchandise has been on sale since early May. Pride month is   
   held in June.   
      
   Target confirmed that it has moved its Pride merchandise from the front of   
   the stores to the back in some Southern stores after confrontations and   
   backlash from shoppers in those areas.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/target-loses-8b-in-week-since-boycott-calls-   
   over-pride-collection/   
      
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