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Target Retreats from (Some) LGBT Merch after Year-Long Profit Bloodbath"CEO Brian Cornell is discovering that customers do 'expect more' now that many consumers are spending less at Target because of its LGBTQ fixation. By avoiding Target, consumers are getting the woke corporation's attention, but not necessarily their behavior. They should continue spending elsewhere until their behavior meets consumers' expectations." -Tony Perkins, Family Research Council President
If you asked conservatives two years ago, stopping the woke at major brands would've been a victory. But reversing the woke? That's a tectonic shift in the power structure of Big Business. For once, CEOs—who for years have thrown their radical agenda in the face of shoppers—are feeling enough pain in their profit margins to stop and ask if appeasing the far-Left is worth it. Target's CEO Brian Cornell, who flaunted the stores' chest binders and tucking swimming suits for kids as "progress," finally counted the cost of his social extremism late last summer. By the end of a dismal August, he didn't apologize, but he did admit that it was time for some soul searching. As his first and second quarter earnings tanked, he hinted at changes ahead. "As we navigate an ever-changing operating and social environment, we're applying what we've learned to ensure we're staying close to our guests and their expectations of Target." What Cornell learned, Americans will be pleased to know, is that trans activism is the fastest road to financial insolvency. After thumbing his nose at Christmas shoppers with shelves full of LGBT pandering, the full weight of consumer outrage started to sink in. Like his counterparts at Anheuser-Busch, Nike, Disney, Planet Fitness, RipCurl, and Doritos, he sent shoppers running for the exits. But the activism has obviously gotten to an unsustainable point for his business, forcing Target to announce what would have been unthinkable a year and a half ago: a significant reduction in Pride products. On its website Thursday, the company wanted people to know that this summer's LGBT merchandise will not only be limited but designed with adults—not children—in mind.
Naturally, the company's course-correction didn't thrill the corporate hostage-takers in the LGBT movement, who immediately blasted Target's decision to put profitability first. Kelley Robinson, president of the extreme Human Rights Campaign, said Cornell's move was a disappointing betrayal of their progressive values. "Pride merchandise means something," she insisted. "LGBTQ+ people are in every zip code in this country, and we aren't going anywhere." The company's PR team rushed to reassure Robinson and other activists, saying in a statement, "Target is committed to supporting the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month and year-round," headquarters wrote. "Most importantly, we want to create a welcoming and supportive environment for our LGBTQIA+ team members, which reflects our culture of care for the over 400,000 people who work at Target." So while Americans can (and should) celebrate the difference they're making with their money, the work isn't over. This muted approach to Pride is still an effort to play both sides. As Family Research Council President Tony Perkins told The Washington Stand, "CEO Brian Cornell is discovering that customers do 'expect more' now that many consumers are spending less at Target because of its LGBTQ fixation. By avoiding Target, consumers are getting the woke corporation's attention, but not necessarily their behavior. They should continue spending elsewhere until their behavior meets consumers' expectations." FRC's Meg Kilgannon also chimed in, pointing out that Pride Month's celebration of "unnatural lifestyles, proclivities, and identities has become more and more obnoxious over time." The idea that Target is "setting a limit on Pride merchandising and marketing is remarkable for a corporate America too willing to bend the knee to HRC's fake business scores," she agreed. "As American shoppers endure rising prices and lower wages, retail stores suffer—not only from Bidenomics—but their own ridiculous investments in social justice and culture war issues that have nothing to do with profits and everything to do with virtue signaling to shape public opinion." "I haven't shopped in Target recently and don't plan to," Kilgannon said. "But it is nice to think that the June rainbow radicals might be dialing things back. If people stop shopping in June, or at least stop spending money in stores and with businesses with rainbow logos and beyond, more retailers will get the message." Americans haven't won the war, FRC's Joseph Backholm points out, but this is "a significant concession." "In the past," he told TWS, "Target indicated they were fine losing money because their support of the Sexual Revolution was a moral one. This seems to be an indication that money is still their greatest value. Clearly, the public response and the decisions by many consumers to simply avoid Target has made an impact." As Perkins said on Mike Johnson's (R-LA) "Truth Be Told" podcast before he was elected speaker, "This is not a gray area" for most people. Even non-believers understand the difference between males and females. "And I actually think this is why we're seeing such significant pushback across the nation..." When Americans are silent, he warned, "we are playing right along with the deception that is destroying the lives of many young people." At the end of the day, he acknowledged, "What we have is not our own. ... God has entrusted you with the resources to buy food, clothing, the necessities of life. Do you think He would really want you sending that to an entity that uses the profits [to attack] the Biblical truth that He expects us to live by? So it really comes down to a stewardship issue. It's not about boycotting. [It's about using money] in a way that would honor God. ... And I'll have to be very, very clear. I do not think being caught in a Target store is honoring God." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Suzanne Bowdey serves as editorial director and senior writer at The Washington Stand.
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