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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 07:56 PM Aug 2016

Target Invests $20 Million For Single-Stall Bathrooms Following Transgender Policy

Source: CW33 NewsFix

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Retail giant Target wants all shoppers to come in and "go."

That is, go to the restroom in the new single-stall bathrooms.

The retailer recently announced it is spending $20 million into adding new single-stall units, which critics said is the price of Target's transgender bathroom policy.

Target has a big bulls-eye on it thanks to boycotters raising a ruckus over the retailer's policy which states people can "use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity."

Read more: http://cw33.com/2016/08/18/target-invests-20-million-for-single-stall-bathrooms-following-transgender-policy/

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drm604

(16,230 posts)
5. Unfortunately, my local Target's men's department is awful.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 09:10 PM
Aug 2016

There's a very limited selection of styles and sizes. I can buy generic things like socks and underwear there, but for any other clothing I have to go elsewhere. I wish I could shop there more.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,142 posts)
6. I don't really buy clothes there much either.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:10 PM
Aug 2016

I'm fat and their us size department ain't all that. But home goods, pet food, hair care, those are all good.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
7. I do use them for home goods.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:31 PM
Aug 2016

But how often do you need a new frying pan or whatever? I have no pets, and the only hair care I need is shampoo.

For groceries, the local Wegman's is much better. I don't think Target has much in the way of fresh produce.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,142 posts)
8. Yeah, I've never found their grocery section all that great
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 11:54 PM
Aug 2016

Apparently others felt the same way. It's one of the areas that's been losing money. I think they started building the Super Targets with the grocery section to compete with Walmart Supercenters and they just never caught on.

I also think it was a mistake to sell their pharmacies to CVS. It may not have been a big money maker, but it did bring people into the store. CVS raised prices, so now many people have gone elsewhere.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
9. 30 years ago the Right in America had visions of going global....
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 03:02 AM
Aug 2016

They had Thatcher on their side and Japanese businessmen were dressing like Wall Street bankers.

Now they're unable to control the toilets in Target.

Alkene

(752 posts)
10. Target is WalMart with better public relations.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:48 AM
Aug 2016

Having worked for this oppressive and virulently anti-union corporation, I experienced what "Expect more, pay less," actually means.

 

Honest.Dem

(30 posts)
11. I hope they do not raise prices to cover it.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 12:11 PM
Aug 2016

If they do, then it suggests to me that they're okay with doing this a long as someone else pays for it. Not very progressive in my book.

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
13. Who the hell else is going to pay for this nonsense and why shouldn't the customer pay?
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 02:22 PM
Aug 2016

Nonsensical scatt like this will have it's consequences, indeed.

romanic

(2,841 posts)
12. They need to invest that money in service and employee wages.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 01:35 PM
Aug 2016

All of this PR-friendly progressivism doesn't mean jack shit if the people working there are underpaid and stretched thin across the store.

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