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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: West Allis, Wisconsin – 20 November 2015
1. Various of shoppers in a Target store
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Costa Mesa, California – 26 November 2021
2. Exterior of a Target store
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: New York – 19 December 2013
3. Various of shoppers inside a Target
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: New York – 5 March 2019
4. STILL of Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell (AP Photo shot by Mark Lennihan; ID: 25232394982584)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: New York – 2 March 2016
5. STILL of Cornell speaking to a group of investors (AP Photo shot by Mark Lennihan; ID: 462721045572)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: New York – 19 December 2013
6. Various of shoppers outside a Target
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Minneapolis – 30 January 2025
7. Various of protesters calling for a Target boycott
8. Various of signs
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: San Leandro, California – 3 September 2019
9. Exterior of a Walmart store
10. Walmart shoppers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Minneapolis – 30 January 2025
11. Target shopper walking
12. STILL of a person holding a sign calling for a national boycott of Target stores (AP Photo shot by Ellen Schmidt, ID: 25046614100667)
13. Protester holding a sign
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Clifton, New Jersey — 22 November 2021
14. Wide of Target sign
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Costa Mesa, California — 26 November 2021
15. Shoppers inside a Target
STORYLINE:
TARGET IS COUNTING ON A COMPANY VETERAN TO REVIVE ITS MAGIC AS IT STRUGGLES TO COMPETE WITH RIVALS LIKE WALMART.
TARGET SAYS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND 20-YEAR COMPANY VETERAN MICHAEL FIDDELKE WILL BECOME CEO FEBRUARY 1ST.
HE SUCCEEDS BRIAN CORNELL. WHO HELPED ENERGIZE THE COMPANY WHEN HE TOOK THE HELM IN 2014.
HOWEVER HE STRUGGLED TO TURN AROUND WEAK SALES IN A MORE COMPETITIVE RETAIL LANDSCAPE SINCE THE COVID PANDEMIC.
TARGET HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF CONSUMER BOYCOTTS SINCE LATE JANUARY, WHEN IT SCALED BACK ON CORPORATE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES.
ALTHOUGH WALMART RETREATED FROM ITS DIVERSITY INITIATIVES FIRST, ORGANIZERS HAVE SAID THEY VIEWED TARGET’S ACTION AS A GREATER BETRAYAL BECAUSE THE COMPANY PROMOTED ITSELF OUT AS A CHAMPION OF INCLUSION.
TARGET’S SALES HAVE LANGUISHED AS CUSTOMERS TURN TO DEPARTMENT STORE CHAINS LIKE TJ MAXX IN SEARCH OF LOWER PRICES.
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