Business
See other Business Articles
Title: Target bathroom boycott is costing the company $20million and shopper traffic is down for the first time in years
Source:
Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... hopper-traffic-time-yeras.html
Published: Aug 25, 2016
Author: Ashley Collman
Post Date: 2016-08-25 18:56:22 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 1057
Comments: 3
Target's decision to take a stance on a social cause appears to be bad for business. Shopper traffic has been declining for the first time in years, ever since the company issued a statement in April, saying transgender customers were free to use whichever bathroom they wanted at their store locations. The statement was in response to a North Carolina bill that was signed into law in March, requiring students at state school to sue the bathrooms of their birth gender. Same-store transactions at Target stores are down 2.2 per cent in the second quarter, likely due to a boycott against the company In addition to same-store transactions dropping 2.2 per cent in the second-quarter, the company is also losing millions in building single-occupancy bathrooms for customers who were uncomfortable with Target's transgender-inclusive policy. While the majority of stores have solo bathrooms, the company is spending $20million to create new single-occupancy restrooms at stores that lack them. 
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
#1. To: cranky (#0)
Only sickos shop at target.
There are no replies to Comment # 1. End Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Replies to Comment # 1.
[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Mail] [Sign-in] [Setup] [Help] [Register]