the bossman
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Would've happened anyway if Kamala won since both sides are the same
Damn, a girl I know just got her lip gloss line pulled from Target because they bushed their DEI initiatives
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blues_funk_reggae
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Yeah but da Coli said that
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the bossman
Superstar
Your homegirl must be white since DEI was only for white women
Retail works on thin margins. I honestly doubt they’re taking products off the shelves that sell. Now will you see Shea Moisture in Helen Montana? Probably not
Elim Garak
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This is my point though.
target took a massive stock hit during that situation last year, they really havent recovered. they even stopped celebrating gay month
CreepyMcCreeperson
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Carol’s Daughter has been sold to L’Oreal for years. I’m not sure about Shea Moisture. But for a small business to be picked up by Target is a big deal. You usually need connections, and fewer black people have those connections. I remember when the Honey Pot lady did a commercial, and white people were mad.
What I HAVE been doing.1. Continue to get my money up so I can insulate myself and my girlfriend as much as possible if these broader things start to push too many dominoes in the economy.
2. Continue to shop local. There is a blackowned comic book shop I need to return to in order to get some more swag and support the breh. My girl will do the same with a few black-owned local brands that might not survive this.
The breh
His business: Welcome to Third Coast Comics | Third Coast Comics
3. Donate some more cash to Evanston Reparations. What about you? Brought to you buy: Democrats who care.
The donation link is in the above. Don't be a sucka, donate.
4. Look into my nearest Cook County Democratic Party event so I can get a bit more involved but events dry up during this time of year. The local stuff is literally found on local papers.
bourgeoisie tall freak
Superstar
I get what you are saying but just want to point out that shea moisture changed formula and has been acquired a few times over so its not even a black brand at this point. They will be everywhere, I saw them in walmart in cheyenne wyoming which isn't far from montana lol.
Just want people to talk educated on this topic.
fukk tagert. Ever since they became a one entrance store they been on some hoe shyt.
Sbp
Superstar
1. Continue to get my money up so I can insulate myself and my girlfriend as much as possible if these broader things start to push too many dominoes in the economy.
2. Continue to shop local. There is a blackowned comic book shop I need to return to in order to get some more swag and support the breh. My girl will do the same with a few black-owned local brands that might not survive this.
The breh
His business: Welcome to Third Coast Comics | Third Coast Comics
3. Donate some more cash to Evanston Reparations. What about you? Brought to you buy: Democrats who care.
The donation link is in the above. Don't be a sucka, donate.
4. Look into my nearest Cook County Democratic Party event so I can get a bit more involved but events dry up during this time of year. The local stuff is literally found on local papers.
Same shyt I been doing because that's the only thing I really can control. All that other shyt is not concerning to me.
O.T.I.S.
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And it could be a new product.. how well was it supposed to sell?
Being at Target was probably a part of marketing. Get it more exposure while splitting those profits with Target.
People not thinking
Field Marshall Bradley
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Respect… You said what I wanted to reiterate… Big corps pick up small businesses to buy them out, not to help them grow into their own mega corp…. All that being said, I know that most black owned corps develop their product in hops of getting an extreme bag to be bought out… Target and Wal Mart have done this several times…… They gave black innovators a bag for their product….they were stealing our IP centuries ago…. Now they just buy us out, and I can’t blame nikkas’s for selling…. The narrative of this thread is misleading
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I honestly want to hear targets response, from what I’ve seen over the years Target has went above and beyond dei to work with and support black brands. Not only that Target is well aware of their black dollars to risk it for this.
A couple of years ago a young Black entrepreneur tried creating Purchase Black, a platform to for Black businesses to let people know about their brands and sell them. Black people don’t support independent Black owned marketplaces in large numbers. If enough of us had gotten behind them, they wouldn’t be hyper dependent on the Target and other major retailers. The founder of Purchase Black talked about why it didn't work in his closing letter in 2016:
"There's the elephant in the room, and I have been living with it for years. Black people, simply, are not very motivated to support Black owned businesses. We see it as a "favor" sometimes, something that's novel to do, but not apart of our cultural existance. Buying Black is not apart of who we are as Black people. We make excuses that do not make sense given the fact that many of us know that no one except us are going to support our communities."
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"There's the elephant in the room, and I have been living with it for years. Black people, simply, are not very motivated to support Black owned businesses. We see it as a "favor" sometimes, something that's novel to do, but not apart of our cultural existance. Buying Black is not apart of who we are as Black people. We make excuses that do not make sense given the fact that many of us know that no one except us are going to support our communities."
PurchaseBlack.com - Supporting Black Owned Businesses
PurchaseBlack.com - Final Goodbye & Appreciation
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