Why is Target closing stores across the country? I can see in MN, Mnplis but why in MO, OK, etc.

[bobbieinok]

Do they feel those stores have 'guilt by association'?

I thought that particular store got hit b/c of its location.

Does Target think it's done something to cause serious anger?

[mucifer]

1. They had stores ransacked in Chicago

[bobbieinok]

6. Thanks. Hadn't seen that.

[FreeState]

10. In La Mesa too (San Diego Suburb)

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/east-county-news/thousands-of-demonstrators-take-over-la-mesa-streets

[Dream Girl]

2. Aren't they headquartered in Minneapolis?

[bobbieinok]

3. A spin-off of Dayton's dept stores

[judeling]

9. Actually just renamed from.

Target became the main revenue generator and they renamed the corporation to reflect that. Later they sold Dayton's and Hudson's to Macy's.

At the same time they are targets.

[bobbieinok]

11. Didn't realize my info was so out of date. Thanks

[EllieBC]

4. Didn't they say to protect their employees?

They aren’t fodder for “the cause”. The destructive morons and trashy looters have done a lot to attempt to ruin the protests.

[BamaRefugee]

5. I'm curious about TARGET being "targeted". They're based out of Minneapolis. Why would hometown

folks hold such animosity towards it?
Unless they know something we don't know. Political contributions, whatever...

[bobbieinok]

8. Saw somewhere that particular store was set up to super closely monitor customers

People felt they were being treated as if they were criminals

[FreeState]

12. Mother Jones article

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/05/local-target-store-was-no-angel/

Today, big-box retail stores are no more a part of the community than fast-food chains. Minneapolis, corporate home of Target, a $77 billion company, is still deeply segregated, and the poverty rate for Black people in the city is more than three times that of white residents. The downtown Minneapolis Target store was built with a public subsidy of $60 million. Nearby Brooklyn Park gave $22 million in tax breaks for Target’s headquarters. In 2015, the company laid off 1,700 people. Who exactly is looting whom?

[judeling]

16. That Target has a slightly higher level of Shoplifting

but not excessively so. It also has a large percentage of the workforce drawn from the neighborhood. In particular from South high school.
While I'm not trying to defend anyone it should be noted that Target is willing to put stores in urban locations like that and that a percent of corporate giving is a the discretion the local store to help directly with the community.

[lame54]

7. Their employees LITERALLY have targets on them

[rickford66]

15. Yes. So obvious. Why would one ask ?

[SharonClark]

13. One Des Moines Target was boarded up

"Local 5 has confirmed the Target at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines has closed early Friday.

Details are slim, but a company spokeswoman confirms the store closed early at 5:00 p.m. for the safety of shoppers and employees.

Target has been in the spotlight recently, with the company closing its stores in its home area of the Twin Cities, in the aftermath of George Floyd's death."

[Runningdawg]

14. Target in mid-town Tulsa was open an hour ago. Business as usual. No stores anywhere near protest.

[brooklynite]

17. Target stores in NYC were being threatened last night...

[cwydro]

18. "Guilt?"

What exactly are they guilty of?

Being looted?