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Target admits DEI rollback and boycotts contributed to sales decline
A new lawsuit claims Target misled shareholders about the risks of its diversity and inclusion initiatives, and now billions ...
Target's sales are tumbling — and its DEI moves aren't helping
Target reported a sharp drop in comparable sales in its first quarter and cut its outlook for the full year.
Target stumbles as tariffs hit earnings and sales fall amid DEI backlash
Target now expects a “low single-digit [percentage] decline” in sales for the fiscal year; it previously forecast 1 percent ...
Target reports dismal earnings amid DEI ‘headwinds’ and says two C-suite women leaders are on the way out
The retail giant Target continues to wander in troubled territory.
Target slashes outlook after tariffs, DEI boycotts slam sales: ‘We’re not satisfied with these results’
The Minneapolis-based retailer now expects net sales to fall by a low single-digit percentage, abandoning earlier hopes for a modest increase.
Ditching DEI hurt Target's sales in first quarter
Sales at Target stores that have been open at least a year were down 3.8 percent in the first quarter of 2025 compared with ...
Target Lets Go Pair of Executives Who Had Supported DEI Programs
Target Corp., facing financial headwinds and pushback over its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, has dismissed ...
Target’s leadership shuffle: Can a new strategy reverse sales slump and DEI backlash?
Michael Fiddelke, chief operating officer (COO) and former CFO, will oversee a new, multi-year “enterprise acceleration ...
Tariff uncertainty, DEI backlash hurt Target’s results. Price increases are ‘the very last resort,’ CEO says.
Target said that reaction to the rollback of its diversity, equity, and inclusion plans was a headwind in the first quarter ...
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Target's sales are tumbling — and its DEI moves aren't helping
Target sales fell sharply in the three months to May 3, in a period marked by its decision to roll back DEI initiatives in January. In an earnings call Wednesday, Target CEO Brian Cornell said the ...
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Target slashes outlook after tariffs, DEI boycotts slam sales: ‘We’re not satisfied with these results’
and the reaction to the updates we shared on [DEI] in January,” Target CEO Brian Cornell told analysts on an earnings calls. “I want to be clear that we’re not satisfied with these results, ...
Target cuts sales outlook as retailer blames tariff uncertainty and backlash to DEI rollback
Target will report its fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday, as the Minneapolis-based cheap chic retailer tries to get ...