{"id":2255248,"date":"2024-05-29T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-announces-pride-always-collection-as-target-scales-back-lgbt-merchandise\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:57:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:57:02","slug":"walmart-announces-pride-always-collection-as-target-scales-back-lgbt-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-announces-pride-always-collection-as-target-scales-back-lgbt-merchandise\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart announces \u2018Pride Always\u2019 collection as Target scales back LGBT merchandise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwalmart-announces-pride-always-collection-as-target-scales-back-lgbt-merchandise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/walmart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Walmart<\/a> could be the next target of criticism from conservatives, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shopping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shopping<\/a> giant has unveiled a new collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lgbt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>LGBT<\/a> merchandise by partnering with gay- and lesbian-owned companies.<\/p>\n<p>The items, which range from clothes and hats to school supplies and pool floats, are part of the retailer\u2019s Pride Always collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be prouder of this year\u2019s LGBTQIA+ founders &#038; designers,\u201d a social media post from Walmart reads. \u201cToday. Tomorrow. Always.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C7Ekc88p6eh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C7PaWSHJ6Xm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of the items available for purchase can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/INK-MEETS-PAPER-Pride-Greeting-Card-Sharing-Your-Journey-single-card\/5400487109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>only be bought online<\/a>, while other items are being made available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Ink-Meets-Paper-White-Tote-Bag\/5129928154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>both online and in stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The unveiling of Walmart\u2019s collection follows rival Target\u2019s announcement that it plans to scale back its LGBT products this year to mostly online sales. The retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3000535\/target-scale-back-pride-collection-select-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em><\/a> that the collection \u201chas been curated based on guest insights and consumer research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1334438\/targets-quarterly-sales-fall-for-first-time-in-six-years-following-pride-collection-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Target\u2019s Pride collection generated controversy\">Target\u2019s Pride collection generated controversy<\/a> largely because some of it was marketed toward children. As a result, the company either moved its displays of LGBT merchandise to the back of its store or removed them entirely.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anheuser-Busch is another brand that has received pushback over its embracing LGBT marketing, as a social media post featuring transgender activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2920488\/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-ad-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dylan Mulvaney<\/a> resulted in major controversy for Bud Light. The iconic beer brand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2024\/05\/09\/bud-light-boycott-sales-impact\/73630487007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>still has not fully recovered a year after<\/a> the post was made online, as many called for a boycott of the drink.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Walmart for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart could be the next target of criticism from conservatives, as the shopping giant has unveiled a new collection of LGBT merchandise by partnering with gay- and lesbian-owned companies. The items, which range from clothes and hats to school supplies and pool floats, are part of the retailer\u2019s Pride Always collection. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be prouder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2255249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24120842272985-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24120842272985-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}