Target CEO Brian Cornell met with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the retailer’s decision to scale back its diversity initiatives. Target has not commented on the specifics of their discussion, but the meeting occurred amid a 10-week period of declining foot traffic. The rollback includes ceasing participation in external DEI surveys, shifting supplier diversity programs, and ending its Racial Equity Action and Change (REACH) initiatives by 2025. Local activists, who initiated a boycott against Target, criticized the meeting as an attempt to control the narrative without addressing their concerns.
— new from Star Tribune
