{"id":14733,"date":"2016-05-21T18:20:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T23:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=14733"},"modified":"2016-05-21T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T23:20:24","slug":"see-whats-happened-to-targets-stock-since-the-bathroom-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2016\/05\/21\/see-whats-happened-to-targets-stock-since-the-bathroom-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"See what&#8217;s happened to Target&#8217;s stock since the bathroom boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/71478735\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 61.616162% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/71478735?et=rbm-nyOrQCtPJWAqi1lDsw&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=USfucF3b3IvwpSbEHSMl_gBQmklw_V-Xyap8IOj433g=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Target is learning the hard way that if you alienate a majority of your customers, they\u2019ll find somewhere else to shop. It\u2019s quite possible that Walmart is their new target.<!--more--><br>\nSince the controversial policy change of allowing men in the women\u2019s restroom was instituted at the retail giant, Target has been hit with huge losses in its stock prices and has published an abysmal quarterly report. Billions have been lost, and it could be due to a\u00a0customer revolt that called for a boycott that has attracted at least one million people.<\/p>\n<p>Target CEO Brian Cornell doesn\u2019t appear the least bit concerned, further thumbing his nose at his customers by blowing off the boycott. He told <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/05\/18\/data-sheet-wednesday-may-18-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Fortune<\/em><\/a> magazine that only a \u201chandful of stores across the country have seen some activity and have been impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he\u2019s just not listening.<\/p>\n<p>But a funny thing happened on the way to Walmart\u2026 Here\u2019s what the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWal-Mart Stores Inc. posted surprise revenue growth in the first quarter and offered an upbeat view for the second, indicating that the company\u2019s efforts to improve stores and make operations more efficient are starting to pay off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, there\u2019s no way to tell for sure if all of those customers banning Target made their way to Walmart, but it\u2019s an interesting correlation, nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/injo.com\/2016\/05\/609406-targets-stock-continues-to-plummet-after-its-transgender-bathroom-crusade-meanwhile-at-walmart\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=owned&amp;utm_campaign=morning-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Independent Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, over a million Target customer boycotted the store after they decided to let men into the women&#8217;s bathrooms.  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