Tag: best buy boycott
I’m Off Target
by Jefe Von Stanley on Aug.20, 2010, under Politics, Theatre
Sorry, Target. You had me at cheap shorts but I didn’t realize you were anti-American. I mean anti-gay marriage. Same thing. I will no longer buy your inexpensive sweatshop threads. Best Buy, I already hated you so no surprise there. Go, guerrilla theatre. And Target, keep your cross-hairs out of our bedrooms, ‘k?
Shareholders weigh in on Target and Best Buy’s political giving
By Rachel Rose Hartman – Fri Aug 20, 11:27 am ET
Target and its corporate retail cousin Best Buy are continuing to suffer fallout from donations to a Minnesota group that backed a gay-marriage opponent for governor. On top of organized consumer boycotts and public pressure campaigns, some of the retail giant’s investors are up in arms, according to the Associated Press. The anti-Target effort among consumer activists, meanwhile, continues to draw a strong online following, with petitions and viral videos — even though one cable network has rejected a national ad buy from liberal group MoveOn.org urging a Target boycott. MoveOn’s political action committee has, however, placed a video of an impromptu musical protest at one Target store on YouTube, where it has already garnered more than half a million views… CONT’D>>
