{"id":395983,"date":"2021-04-07T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=395983"},"modified":"2021-04-07T11:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:29:11","slug":"target-whose-stores-were-ravaged-in-blm-riots-will-spend-over-2-billion-with-black-owned-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-whose-stores-were-ravaged-in-blm-riots-will-spend-over-2-billion-with-black-owned-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Target, Whose Stores Were Ravaged In BLM Riots, Will Spend Over $2 Billion With Black-Owned Businesses"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ftarget-whose-stores-were-ravaged-in-blm-riots-will-spend-over-2-billion-with-black-owned-businesses%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=395983&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-704.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, Target, which had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/09\/10\/target-pledges-to-increase-number-of-black-employees-by-20percent.html\">stated last September<\/a> that it would increase representation of black employees by 20% over the next three years, followed by asserting that it would spend over $2 billion with black-owned businesses by 2025. Target stated it would add products from over 500 Black-owned brands to its shelves or website.<\/p>\n<p>Target\u2019s chief growth officer Christina Hennington stated in a news release, \u201cWe have a rich history of working with diverse businesses, but there\u2019s more we can do to spark change across the retail industry, support the Black community and ensure Black guests feel welcomed and represented when they shop at Target,\u201d chief growth officer Christina Hennington said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong Target\u2019s changes, the retailer said it will more actively seek out advertising firms, suppliers, construction companies and other kinds of businesses that are Black-owned. It said it will create a program called Forward Founders for early-stage start-ups led by Black entrepreneurs to help them develop, test and scale products to sell at mass retailers like Target,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/07\/target-to-spend-2-billion-with-black-owned-businesses-by-2025.html\">CNBC<\/a> reported. \u201cIt will be modeled off of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/targetaccelerators.com\/\">Target Accelerators<\/a>, a program for start-ups that the retailer uses to foster up-and-coming brands and ultimately, to sell fresh and exclusive products that attract customers and help it differentiate from competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcements by Target follow a series of riots, some of which impacted Target stores. In the wake of the death of George Floyd, one Target store in Minneapolis had to be totally rebuilt after being destroyed by rioting. Other Target stores were also damaged during rioting, causing the retailer to close numerous stores in Minneapolis, where Target\u2019s headquarters are located.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTarget, headquartered in Minneapolis and with a strong presence in the city, announced Thursday night that it was temporarily closing 24 stores in the area,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supermarketnews.com\/retail-financial\/update-target-temporarily-closes-more-two-dozen-stores-riot-torn-minneapolis\">SupermarketNews<\/a> reported on May 29, 2020. \u201cAs of Friday morning, all but six of those stores had reopened. Some of the retailer\u2019s locations were damaged and had been the site of looting, according to news reports and video. By Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Target had once again closed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.target.com\/press\/releases\/2020\/05\/an-update-on-temporary-target-store-closures-due-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at least 20 more stores<\/a>, according to a spokesman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One video captured how a Target store in Minneapolis was trashed during the riots:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Trashed Target Store: Minneapolis Riot Aftermath #2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_fMzmPcy3A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/target-s-lake-street-store-heavily-damaged-in-riots-will-officially-reopen-tomorrow\/573031391\/\">Star-Tribune<\/a> reported last November 11:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><em>The Target store on E. Lake Street in Minneapolis reopens Wednesday for the first time since shutting down in May following riots that destroyed the business and many others along the normally bustling commercial corridor. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the preceding months, store managers listened to store employees and surveyed neighbors while rebuilding a store that was destroyed down to the studs because of looting, vandalism and sprinkler damage. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While Target\u2019s Midway store in St. Paul reopened a week after it was damaged by the May riots, the destruction of the Lake Street store was far more extensive and took longer to rebuild. Hundreds of thousands of products had to be replaced during a rebuilding process that cost Target Corp. \u201cmillions\u201d of dollars, said Target spokesman Joe Poulos.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Target, which had stated last September that it would increase representation of black employees by 20% over the next three years, followed by asserting that it would spend &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311788,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-704.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Target, Whose Stores Were Ravaged In BLM Riots, Will Spend Over $2 Billion With Black-Owned Businesses","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-704.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Target, Whose Stores Were Ravaged In BLM Riots, Will Spend Over $2 Billion With Black-Owned Businesses","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395983","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}