Target is the latest US company to retreat from policies designed to enhance racial and ethnic representation in the workplace.
Target is ending its DEI program this year, the latest corporation to step away from such policies in the face of scrutiny from conservative groups.
This year’s top 50 ranking of the World’s Most Admired Companies from Fortune magazine omits some big brands that were included on previous lists. The sole Minnesota company left? Target Corp.
Target said that it was ending its diversity, equity and inclusion goals as it tries to align itself with an “evolving external landscape.”
Target’s rollback on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is raising questions about the retail giant’s philanthropic commitment to fighting racial disparities and promoting progressive values in liberal Minneapolis,
Target gave local filmmaker Leonard Searcy a $35,000 grant in October. Searcy was set to meet with the Minneapolis-based retail giant again Thursday to talk about another grant. The company postponed the meeting indefinitely,
The group’s decision is a response to the retailer’s plans to roll back diversity and inclusion initiatives, Executive Director Andi Otto said Sunday.
Consumers who want to boycott Target should instead spend their dollars on products from Black-owned businesses at the retailer, said April Showers, founder and chief executive of toy, apparel and home goods brand Afro Unicorn, which has been sold at Target since 2022.
Do I uninstall the Target shopping app or keep it? I’ve been overthinking my Target spending since last week when the company’s memo to employees about the conclusion of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts made headlines in the national news and my hometown newspaper,
Anger at Target surged after it abandoned DEI programs, but Black-owned businesses that struggled to earn shelf space urged critics to focus on buying minority-owned companies' products instead.
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