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From the point of view of the boycotter, having a time limit helps mentally.

I think more people are ready to think "just buy somewhere else for a bit". If it becomes "forever" might seem daunting.

My two cents, not sure if this is the real reason.

Those are Christmas gifts. The parents are just showing appreciation for you already not driving their kids into a tree, not bribing you lol.

Not really. The explanation is somewhat complex.

Although target already has the money once a gift card has been purchased, they will not recognise the money as revenue until you use the card.

Suppose my lawn mowing guy charges $50 each time he mows my lawn, and he comes 12 times a year. In January I just transfer him $600 because I don't want to muck around with smaller payments all the time.

When he calculates his "revenue" for January, should he include the whole $600? It would be more accurate to set aside the $550 he hadn't really earned yet, and recognise that once he actually does the work.

There's more geaky accounting stuff I could say, but in summary if you want to send a message to Target management, refrain from using gift cards during the boycott.

I'll allow it.

We already get paid and it’s not like we’re going to drive the kids into a tree if we don’t get tipped.

You might not do it, I however am always looking for revenue streams. If it’s for profit, it can’t be illegal.

Looks at the health insurance industry

i can tell you why - because it's easy. this is slacktivism. it changes nothing about policy. it exists exclusively to make people feel better about capitulating and doing nothing to prevent their country from becoming a fascist dictatorship

Every Target I go to is nicer than Walmart and has a more curated feel of products. I agree on the last part but it's because Target was advertising itself as being more in touch with things such as DEI and then backtracked, where Walmart and Amazon never positioned themselves as much.

Same, I get major K-Mart in its final days vibes: lots of empty shelves, stuff in dented and torn packaging, hostile and surly employees etc. etc.

Browsing through the Target grocery section has always mystified me. Not great selection and everything costs about 50% more than the local grocery stores. I have never understood why anybody would shop there for groceries.

Our Target is in pretty good shape, always busy. Wonder what the difference is…locale? Management?

Just to build on this. No publicly traded company is an ally to any group but its shareholders.

Target is under more pressure than companies like Walmart, John Deere or Tractor Supply, because Target went further in its DEI efforts, and it has a more progressive base of customers than those competitors.

This is wild move for a company on its arse anyway.

That is the part that pisses me off so much about this. Yes. Target capitulated. Yes, Target needs to be told that's not good.

BUT WALTONS FUND THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION!

This can't be said enough, yet we can't get a days boycott on them for fucks sake!

Right? And why not just boycott all pubkically traded companies forever? 40 days doesn't do much

Join me, I’ve been boycotting them for years.

My partner and I had our first children (twins) about a year ago. They're great.

Before then, I rarely if ever went to this type of store. We don't have a local Target but we have K-Mart which I think is comparable in Australia.

Honestly I think we've done pretty well at buying most of what we need second hand, and then selling it on once it's no longer required. We also get toys from a local toy library which is amazing.

That said, I've sadly become a semi-regular K-Mart shopper because I require some of the cheap plastic junk they sell. A good example is shoes, I can buy a pair of shoes for the kids for less than the cost of a cup of coffee.

The thing is, everything about the store is repulsive. It's basically a plastic shop. They sell plastic. Even the clothing and shoes is polyester and nylon and plasticised rubber. Also, since we're here, if I'm really honest about it I would have to assume that the person who made my kids shoes is probably being exploited. That sucks.

Anyhow, I don't really have a point, just having a whinge and acknowledging that target / kmart is definitely the worst part of having a child.

When they took down all their pride stuff to appease the far right, I never looked back.