business report, i am monica miller. we begin the quarterly earnings of us retail target which has become the latest corporate victim of america s culture wars. the company saw sales fall in store and on line for the first time in years after a backlash over its pride month offering. those reactions were so negative that target felt it had to remove items from some of its stores over concerns about staff safety. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. between april and june, sales target of 5% compared to year ago. e commerce sales fell 105%. the boss of the so called big box retailer said it was hard to tell how much it was because customers were feeling pressure from higher prices and how much had to do with the boycott and backlash it based over its pride month offerings that lead to items being pulled from the shop floor to protect the safety of its staff. despite the sales decline, the retailer
am monica business report, i am monica miller. we begin the quarterly earnings of us retail target which has become the latest corporate victim of america s culture wars. the company saw sales fall in store and on line for the first time in years after a backlash over its pride month offering. those reactions were so negative that target felt it had to remove items from some of its stores over concerns about staff safety. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. between april and june, sales target of 5% compared to year ago. e commerce sales fell 105%. the boss of the so called big box retailer said it was hard to tell how much it was because customers were feeling pressure from higher prices and how much had to do with the boycott and backlash it based over its pride month offerings that lead to items being pulled from the shop floor to protect the safety of its staff. despite the sales decline, the retailer
could get something a lot more damaging. i do not think that is going to be the outcome. i certainly hope not, i think a mild recession in the near term and off we go. steven blitz, chief us economist, globaldata. staying in the us, where the latest figures from the retailer target suggest it s the latest victim of the so called culture wars. the chain, which sells everything from home wares, to toys and and clothes, saw sales fall in store and online for the first time in years. it follows a backlash over products sold under the banner of pride. there was such a backlash from conservatives that some items were removed from sale because of concerns about staff safety. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. between april and june, sales at target fell 5% compared to year ago. e commerce sales fell io.5%. the boss of the so called big box retailer said it was hard to tell how much it was because customers were feeling pressure from higher price
in the us, the latest figures from the retailer target suggest it s the latest victim of the so called culture wars . the chain, which sells everything from homewares, to toys and and clothes, saw sales fall in store and online for the first time in years. it follows controversy over products sold under the banner of pride. there was such a backlash from conservatives that some items were removed from sale because of concerns about staff safety. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. between april and june, sales at target fell 5% compared to a year ago. e commerce sales fell io.5%. the boss of the so called big box retailer said it was hard to tell how much was because customers were feeling pressure from higher prices and how much had to do with the boycotts and backlash it faced over its pride month offerings that led to items being pulled from the shop floor to protect the safety of its staff. despite the sales decline, the retailer
rollen over in their grave, they were patriotic. people who drink beer, i think they are your common folk, i think they are the blue collar worker, last thing they want pushed down their throat are to be drinking is beer can with that kind of message on it. let s face it, the transgender topic today has become very, very political and it is not wise for a beer company to get into that game. ashley: anheuser-busch saw sales down 27% year over year last week. carley: interesting comments from the heir. donald trump free speech defense could be working. the judge in his january 6 hearing just ordered.