After locking their products up in cases and eliminating DEI programs to appease the Trump administration, Target has been steadily losing customers and sales. The CEO says he’s going to stop the decline by using “technology and AI” to become “more agile.”
Target is in big trouble.
Target is in big trouble.
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I mean, all they did was shit on some of their most loyal customers in order to suck up to a fascist.
Real shame.
- current Target “strategy”
Brilliant
But then again, destroying successful companies and having them become hollowed out brands that consumers hate is apparently profitable to private equity so...whatever.
As far as I can tell it is a degree that only exists to reinforce white male privilege.
“I need to become more agile."
Menstrual products, baby food, and pain relievers, three products that any just society would provide at no cost to anyone who needs them.
Time spent working on pointless meetings.
It's middle management wanting progress numbers.
Middle management DGAF about that.
Agile is a buzz word for middle management to get numbers for micro managers and figure who lay off at the end of the fiscal quarter.
That all ended when they caved to Trump on DEI. They are now second behind Tesla on my list of businesses I would like to see disappear.
(Or maybe third behind Amazon)
"Racism is cool now" also not a great selling point.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/commentary-target-ceo-signals-potential-successor-as-retailer-battles-through-hosts-of-struggles-135538544.html
Oh, so you're gonna reverse those policies right?
Right??
But they'd already been getting pressure from anti-LGBT types for a few years, if they flip-flop now they'll paint an even bigger target on their back.
They're fucked.
Many products locked behind glass, then checkout lines stretching halfway down the store because there are no cashiers and only 4 self checkouts open
Miserable experience
I will improve the structural integrity of my home by setting off 50 pounds of dynamite in my basement
It’s when line go down, and keeps sinking where you find out who knows what they’re doing and who doesn’t
They're a retailer. GenAI can't drive their trucks, staff their stores, negotiate sourcing with vendors, sew their store-brand clothes, etc.
They might THINK it could do things like design packaging but it can't really even do that.
Well I know how to patch this up!
*aims at other foot*
What tech ? self-checkout ?
Why AI ? What would they use it for ?
*locks up merch and requires staff to unlock*
*severely understaffs stores*
Retailer: Why is no one buying from us anymore?
What kind of loser company flat-out ignores it's own customer base? Does Target really believe it's "too big to fail"?
Dumb-asses.
"let's make a baby... it'll FIX EVERYTHING!"
I will not buy anything locked away
“nahh, ai will solve this” -every out of touch business person.
i walk through target to the cvs pharmacy. i haven’t given them money since early last year.
May they go bankrupt ❤️
And they've really been bringing that energy back home, haven't they.
Aiee!
If I'm spending my money, you must have products and cashiers. Don't expect me to do the work of your employees.
I get that some people prefer self-checkout, but I don't.
But this is why I'm not a C-level. Non velocimetric six sigma day 1 agile alpha thinking.
If he thinks the path he's about to take will save his failing company, he should get his head checked.