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https://apnews.com/article/target-ceo-brian-cornell-succession-dei-1d87a977b4869d4bace9ff85e6da427d
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https://apnews.com/article/target-ceo-brian-cornell-succession-dei-1d87a977b4869d4bace9ff85e6da427d
cousteau
Womp womp.
jappie348
I find that hard to believe
pixelsauras
I haven't shopped there since they bowed to Dumpy Donvict McRapey Felon, but it's not clear how much of an effect the boycott is having.
YeastInfectedWhiskerBiscuit
The sack of shit is falling upwards. Right into a cushy Chair of the board seat.
woozle
Tumescentpie
Go woke or go broke.
hotaru251
as many saying in comments: he didn't step down he fell upwards w/ promotion.
FizzyBacon
Look up Greg from around 2000
codenameRadical
Didn't he essentially take a step up? Also, I don't think it'll help. I'm not sure what would. I mean, at this point, they betrayed the trust so hard that everybody knows they can't be trusted. If anything, it feels like he just wants to wash his hands of responsibility for it.
DidItForScience
So they have no indication of changing their anti-DEI policies. The boycott continues. Costing these corporations money is unsurprisingly powerful when money motivates so much of the bullshit people endure to begin with.
fumptrucker
Moving him into the COB position is not a punishment but a recognition that he is unable to direct the day to day operations. The CEO is responsible for actually determining the policies and direction of the company, the COB is a different job and has less direct control. Sometimes both offices are held by one person, but that will not be the case here. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/ceo.asp ">ceo.asp">https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/ceo.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/chair-of-the-board.asp
PhailRaptor
If by "steps down" you mean "pulled his golden parachute", then sure
Grimlinnan
Luigi cut the lines on the parachute.
Goatfer
He's a career CEO, they never step down, they just dodge responsibility and move to the side.
flordelasantillas
Anti-DEI racist got promoted to chair Target's board
gobbin
wannasee
Too bad all that colored DEI money has no value at target, lol. FAFO time has commenced!
SuperFerret
Go the way of K-Mart already.
DarkAlleyDanceoff
All I'm seeing in the article is that Cornell stepped down to be promoted to executive chair of the board? I don't think he's doing so bad for himself as the title seems to suggest.
halkeye
I saw elsewhere the downturn has been going for years so nothing to do with the recent dei stuff
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
CEOs almost always fall up.
cinquecento
Do Amazon next
STGxDante
Bezos did a similar move a few years ago.
Thefreeeezian
Boycotting Amazon is a great idea! Buy local. Support small businesses more again.
cabalin
No, first Avelo, airline to American concentrations camps.
DC1123
He looks like Lee Mack and George Bushes love child.
dragoncloud9
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eHp2YzkwNmN1aXVxeHlkN3Zra2hnN2xlNHFxbmdvbTVxd3RjdjN2aiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/xT0xeIbYVQcBFDSdVu/200w.webp
zoltarpanaflex
I don't care, I have not, will not, will never spend a penny there
metroid2
Is that 12 billion in projected profits or something?
khora
I assuming it's the valuation, so it didn't cost the company anything.
GrandmasterSpank
THIS is the only peaceful way to get rid of the fascists. You have to hurt them economically. It's the only thing they care about. If Americans want to get rid of Trump, shouting, flags, discussions on TV or even 'voting' will not work. If you want to get rid of billionaires, Trump, fascists, workers have to go on strike. 10% off the Dow Jones and suddenly the GOP hates Trump. 20% off the Dow Jones and Trump 'falls out of a window'. MONEY is the only way to get America out of fascism.
Margrave9000
Money is also the way to get back America onto the road to progress.
Your company has no permanent DEI program as attested by independent watchdog NGOs? You won't see my money.
The company doesn't finance and participate in human rights campaigns? I'll have no business with it.
The company does business with dictatorships? I'll boycott it.
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
They will send the military after us for striking. There's no peaceful way to get rid of fascists. We have to kill them all.
Margrave9000
Yup. Like a surgeon excising a cancerous mass, progressives must knowingly err on the side of caution as well. Make the cut within healthy tissue so that not a single diseased cell remains.
Then comes chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
5inchFury
How do you think of facism from the Target CEO stepping down?
tzahtman
Target took a massive hit in sales when this CEO bent the knee to the Trump administration and removed what they called DEI merchandise and company programs.
BananaParagon
No, actually. You can also use incredible violence to get rid of the fascists. They stop being fascists when they stop breathing.
mechscientist
Sadly, this isn't a good example, because this man just got a different high ranking role
Forensickle
No, it's only a bad example if everyone goes back like this man didn't just get another high ranking role. Strikes end when demands are met, not when capitalists pretend to say sorry
jasondeslin
This is a perfect example. Boycotts are just a part of the solution, but don't actually hurt anyone responsible for making the shitty decisions. The workers that just picked any job that would hire them are actually harmed.
I'm not saying don't boycott. It helps send a message. But if we want real lasting change, well, after years of dealing with bullshit excuses, suddenly all of my medical procedures and expensive meds are being approved, so do the fucking math on that one.
rbudrick
The only peaceful way, yes. I would add hurting their power, in ANY way, not just their money, while being super cereal legal is also fair game. However, my hat is green as Mario's brother.
GrandmasterSpank
Money and power are the same. "Power" is an abstract and money the currency in which power is expressed. As I said: IF people want to try to go back to democracy in USA and IF they want to do it peacefully, the only way to do it is by hurting the billionaires in their billions. It's the only thing they care about. But America is not a society of social people. They are all individualists after decades of indoctrination (pull yourself up by bootstrap, communism is evil etc). So realistically 1/2
GrandmasterSpank
speaking I think the only way for America to get out of fascism and back to democracy is the Green method or the French method. But lets be honest the 2A people with the guns have always been the fascists waiting for the day their dictator would rise. And that day has come Jan 20th. 2/2
rbudrick
Money is just a form of power. So is violence, blackmail, position, and many other things. Money is just a big one.
Raventhief
If by step down you mean took over as chair of the board.
theworldcouldbeflat
This comment has more upvotes then the misleading post, bots work because people don't actually participate.
newsguycraigevans
Failing upward is a very real thing.
coothlesscthulhu
The old lateral move switcheroo
rbudrick
As ceos often do. It's more profitable and less risky there. It is never a step down when they do this.
Snooj
When you're at the top of the ladder one step down isn't so bad.
haruspex
It was a step up, though
FukcTedCruz
Stepped to the side*
thedoorman42
You better run and hide.
pullingsixty
And then up to his new corner office. Chairman of the board is the highest rank in corporate governance.
Arenlor
Yep, the board appoints the CEO, the Chairman runs the board. He literally only answers to shareholders and his id now.
MaleekTheFreak
Yeah he got a promotion:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/business/target-ceo-executive-chairman.html
FlatPlutoSociety
Chair of the board is definitely not a step up from CEO.
makesense
No....CEOs are still usually paid more than Board Chairman because the board members aren't the day to day people.
SJBSavageInk
Yes, they do nothing but occasionally vote on things and will collect a 100k+ salary every year for 30 min of voting to give themselves bigger salaries.
justfiguredoutimc4azyanddumbb
Let's all agree he got quite a nice severance package. Golden parachute if you will
RedLetterMediaReactionGifs
The boycott will continue.
mikeatike
Until DEI improves.
ugopb4me
Heck yah