Target CEO Brian Cornell is finally stepping down after more than ten years of terrible leadership. The retail giant announced Wednesday that Cornell will leave his job in February as sales continue to crash and burn. This comes after three straight quarters of falling sales that have crushed the company.
The writing was on the wall for Cornell and his woke agenda. Target faced massive boycotts from patriotic Americans who were disgusted by the company’s Pride collection nonsense. Real families stopped shopping there when Target decided to push radical gender ideology on children instead of just selling everyday goods.
Now Target is paying the price for going woke. The company’s profits dropped a shocking 21 percent while stock prices fell 8 percent in one day. When you attack traditional American values, hardworking Americans fight back with their wallets. Target learned this lesson the hard way.
Cornell tried to save face by rolling back some of the company’s diversity and inclusion garbage. But it was too little, too late for millions of conservative shoppers who had already moved on. Once you betray your customers’ values, trust is nearly impossible to rebuild.
The new CEO Michael Fiddelke is taking over a broken company. Target operates almost 2,000 stores but cannot compete with smart retailers who focus on customers instead of politics. Fiddelke will inherit years of damage from Cornell’s failed leadership.
Target’s struggles show what happens when corporate executives put liberal activism ahead of business sense. Instead of serving all Americans, Cornell chose to embrace the radical left’s agenda. Conservative families took their business elsewhere and never looked back.
This should be a warning to every CEO in America. When you go woke, you go broke – just ask Target shareholders who watched their investments tank. Companies succeed when they serve customers, not when they push political agendas that divide the country.
Target may try to win back conservative shoppers, but the damage is done. Patriotic Americans have found better places to spend their hard-earned money at stores that respect their values. Cornell’s downfall proves that woke capitalism always fails in the end.