However, foot traffic, or the amount of people entering Target stores, is a proxy for sales. In February 2025, the first month of boycotts, Target's foot traffic was down 9.5%, according to Placer.ai.

While fast-food chains always had a handful of seasonal items, it wasn't a major trend. Burger King and Wendy's would add ...

Target’s sales at stores open for at least a year tumbled 3.8% last quarter. ... Target faced a 40-day consumer boycott during Lent led by Rev. Jamal Bryant, ...

Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott ... The boycott, which begins during the start of Lent, comes more than a month after Target made changes to its DEI programs and at a difficult ...

Customers of Target and other major retailers have been asked to boycott Target for 40-days during Lent as a form of protest. Here's why.

A 40-day boycott of Target starts Wednesday as Black faith leaders call on members of their congregations to protest the retailer's retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The ...

Are you shopping at Target? Well, that is a question being posed across social media, also in family group chats after the retail giant announced it's rolling back DEI programs. Well, Pastor Jamal ...

Bryant's group is calling on 100,000 Black Americans to take the pledge not to shop at Target for 40 days. So far, Bryant said 110,000 people had signed the pledge and "legions more" have also ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church about leading a movement to swear off shopping at Target for Lent. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...