Target boycott: Shining example of the power of the purse

Backlash over Target’s bathroom policy is costing the retailer more than anyone expected.

4/6/17 – (Business Insider) The boycott cost the company millions in lost sales and added expenses. Shopper traffic and same-store sales started sliding for the first time in years after the blog post, and the company was forced to

Target boycott petition surpasses 1 million signatures

Support for boycott spreads; Target standing firm

More than bathrooms: Half a million pledge to boycott Target

Will “we allow people to say that they’re 65 when they’re 45 and get Medicare,” Dr. Keith Ablow, Fox News

4/28/16 – (Fox News) Target has found itself the subject of increasing uproar after announcing a bathroom policy that would allow transgender employees and customers to use the bathroom that they say corresponds with their gender identity.