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☆ Target slashes full-year earnings forecast as retailer struggles to win over thrifty shoppers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article TGT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTwatch nowTarget on Wednesday missed quarterly sales expectations and slashed its full-year forecast, as it again had trouble convincing shoppers to buy more than necessities. Target's struggling shares rose 3% Wednesday despite the soft forecast, as its fiscal second-quarter earnings topped expectations and inventory levels improved. CEO Brian Cornell said Target's sales and store traffic improved in July. Comparable sales, a key metric that tracks sales online and at stores open at least 13 months, declined 5.4%. Digital comparable sales dropped 10.5% Sales softened in the second half of May and into June before recovering in July, Cornell said.

Persons: Target's, Brian Cornell, Cornell, Michael Fiddelke, Clawing Organizations: Investors, Amazon

☆ Target acknowledges the Pride backlash hurt sales in June and says it will rethink its approach to 'heritage moments' going forward
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Target said right-wing outrage over its annual LGBTQ Pride Month merchandise hurt sales in June. Unlike boycotts against Bud Light, the anti-LGBTQ reaction included threats against workers. "The reaction is a signal for us to pause, adapt and learn," Target's chief growth officer said. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Cornell said Target would continue to celebrate Pride and other heritage months, noting that the company would be "mindful of timing, placement, and presentation."

Persons: Target, Bud Light, Michael Fiddleke, Brian Cornell, Cornell, Christina Hennington Organizations: Pride, Service, Disney, Target Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Starbucks to issue 'clearer' decor rules after pride month clash - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Starbucks Corp FollowJune 26 (Reuters) - Starbucks (SBUX.O) plans to issue centralized guidelines for in-store visual displays following a union's allegations that managers banned Pride-themed decor, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing an internal memo shared with employees. Starbucks store leaders can decorate stores for heritage months such as Pride in line with safety standards, the company's North America President Sara Trilling said in the memo, according to the report. More than 3,000 workers at over 150 Starbucks stores in the United States will walk off the job, the union said on Friday. Starbucks, NLRB and the union did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Rashmi AichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sara Trilling, baristas, Akanksha, Subhranshu Sahu, Rashmi Organizations: Starbucks Corp, Bloomberg, North, Starbucks, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, U.S, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

☆ Starbucks promises ‘clearer’ guidelines after Pride Month decor clash with union
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Starbucks will clarify its policy on Pride decorations following criticism and strikes at unionized stores. Earlier this month, Starbucks Workers United, the union representing organized stores, claimed that Starbucks has restricted decorations celebrating Pride Month in locations in multiple states. Starbucks workers attend a rally outside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle, Washington, on June 23, 2023. Starbucks workers outside of the Starbucks Reserve Roastery. Matt Mills McKnight/ReutersThere are roughly 9,300 company-operated US Starbucks stores in the United States, so unionized locations are relatively few, at this point.

Persons: ” Sara Trilling, ” Trilling, Matt Mills McKnight, ”, “ We’re, Michael Rosas, “, Starbucks, Rosas, — CNN’s Jordan Valinsky Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Starbucks Workers United, Reuters, National Labor Relations Board, CNN, Pride, Twitter, Starbucks Workers, NLRB Locations: New York, Starbucks North America, Seattle , Washington, United States, Buffalo , New York, Buffalo

☆ Starbucks files labor complaint against union over Pride decor allegations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Protesters in Seattle join a Starbucks Workers United strike over what the union alleges is a change in policy over Pride décor in stores. More than 150 stores pledged to join the strikes around the country, representing nearly 3,500 workers, Workers United said. In the NLRB complaint Monday tied to the union's allegations, Starbucks said the "union and its agents have engaged in a smear campaign that includes deliberate misrepresentations to Starbucks partners." "The union's violations have ignited and inflamed workplace tension and division and provoked strikes and other business disruptions in Starbucks stores," Starbucks said in the filing. "While attacking the union that represents its own workers, Starbucks has now changed its policies in response to worker actions.

Persons: baristas, Sara Trilling, Trilling, Bud, — CNBC's Amelia Lucas Organizations: Starbucks Workers United, Pride, Starbucks, National Labor Relations Board, Starbucks Workers, Workers, U.S, North America, Conservative Locations: Seattle, America

☆ Starbucks is planning 'clearer' guidance around Pride decor after leaked messages showed managers' confusion
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The new guidance comes as staffers are on strike over Starbucks' treatment of its workers. Neither the post nor a Starbucks spokesperson clarified exactly what the guidelines would say. A spokesperson for Starbucks Workers United said that the chain had not informed the union about the clarified guidelines. Since Friday, union members at about 150 stores representing 3,500 workers have been on strike over the Pride guidelines and Starbucks' approach to bargaining contracts with employees. Since then, about 8,000 workers in 333 Starbucks stores have opted to unionize, though no store has won a contract yet, according to Workers United.

Persons: —, Sara Trilling, Brian Cornell Organizations: Starbucks, Service, Bloomberg, Starbucks North, Starbucks Workers, Pride, Workers, Workers United, National Labor Relations, Bloomberg Law, NLRB, Target Locations: Seattle, Buffalo , New York

☆ 150 Starbucks stores to strike over Pride decorations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Workers at about 150 unionized Starbucks stores in the United States are going on strike Friday over the coffee chain’s policy for Pride decorations in stores. Starbucks (SBUX) Workers United, the union representing organized stores, has claimed that Starbucks (SBUX) has restricted decorations celebrating Pride month in some locations, demonstrating a “hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers.” Starbucks (SBUX) has forcefully denied this claim. Starbucks said it is not aware of any company-owned stores that have banned Pride decorations. Starbucks Workers United says this is an example of Starbucks bowing to pressure, as Target did when moving or removing Pride merchandise from some stores. But, even if some individual managers have removed their Pride decorations, Starbucks corporate has not changed any merchandising or other policies.

Persons: ”, “ We’re Organizations: New, New York CNN — Workers, Workers, Starbucks, Starbucks Workers, US, Twitter, Pride Locations: New York, United States, Oklahoma , Arkansas, Missouri

☆ The Starbucks union says workers at more than 150 stores will be striking in protest of the company's treatment of Pride displays
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The union for Starbucks staff says that workers at more than 150 stores will strike in the coming week. Starbucks Workers United said Friday morning that more than 3,500 workers would be on strike over the course of the next week because of the company's "hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers." The union said that strikers would be "demanding that Starbucks negotiate a fair contract with union stores and stop their illegal union-busting campaign, which has significantly impacted Starbucks' LGBTQIA+ workforce." Starbucks did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside of regular working hours, on what would happen to the striking stores. As of June 22, 329 Starbucks stores in the US have won union elections, according to Perfect Union.

Persons: —, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Moe Mills, Lynne Fox, May Jensen, Jensen, barista Mari Cosgrove, Cosgrove Organizations: Starbucks, Strikers, Service, Starbucks Workers, Pride, Workers United, CNBC, US, Perfect Union Locations: Richmond Heights , Missouri, Seattle

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are ripped, tech workers work less than 4 hours per day, and tech's Texas real-estate invasion
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

OpenAI, the company that created the chatbot, won't share the books it used to train ChatGPT. But a group of researchers discovered a method of quizzing the chatbot to figure out which books it has read. Many tech workers are only productive for four hours per day. In an anonymous poll, nearly 45% of tech workers said they spent four hours (or less) on "focused work." Only around 25% said they worked eight or more hours per day.

Persons: I'm, Siu, Hannah Towey, Robyn Phelps, Moby Dick, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Adam, Matthew Busch, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Zuck, Bezos, Peek, Austin Evans, Evans, Mercedes, Diamond Naga Siu, Alistair Barr, Nathan Rennolds Organizations: American, Pacific Islander Heritage, Ikea, The Washington, Getty, NASA, US Air Force, Pacific Command, Pentagon Locations: Sweden, California, Swedish, EVs, . Texas, scrawny, San Diego, San Francisco, London

☆ Travel news: Summer flights, best beaches and tourist-deterring fences
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In travel news this week, why this summer could be a record-breaking one for air travel, America’s best beaches and Asian-American fusion cuisine – plus an Austrian village takes an unusual approach to combating unwelcome tourist behavior. Celebrating Asian American heritageGrowing up in North Carolina in the 1980s and ’90s, Kevin Lambert always felt different from his White peers. The United States has long been described as a “melting pot,” and it sure is delicious. 1 beach in the United States, which is on the Gulf of Mexico, has miles of pristine sand. nobleIMAGES/Alamy Stock Photo The best beaches in the United States in 2023 Prev NextHalf of the top 10 beaches in the United States for 2023 are in Florida and Hawaii, according to the latest annual report from coastal scientist “Dr.

☆ Amazon's Albert Cheng Celebrates His Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAmazon's Albert Cheng Celebrates His Asian HeritageFor Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Amazon's Albert Cheng says he's happy to see the Asian community's voice growing louder and prouder.

☆ OpenTable CEO Debby Soo
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOpenTable CEO Debby SooFor Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, OpenTable CEO Debby Soo details how her Chinese and Taiwanese upbringing helped her professionally and socially.

☆ Olaplex CEO Jue Wong Celebrates Her Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOlaplex CEO Jue Wong Celebrates Her Asian HeritageFor Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Olaplex CEO Jue Wong urges the community to help others while also pushing yourself.

☆ Ancestry CEO Deborah Liu Celebrates Her Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAncestry CEO Deborah Liu Celebrates Her Asian HeritageFor Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Ancestry CEO Deborah Liu describes her all-American childhood and how those experiences have helped her run the genealogy company.

☆ Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra Celebrates His Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPoshmark CEO Manish Chandra Celebrates His Asian HeritageIn celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra stresses the importance distinguishing yourself in the workplace.

☆ The Natori Company President Ken Natori Celebrates His Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe Natori Company President Ken Natori Celebrates His Asian HeritageFor Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, The Natori Company President Ken Natori says stressing the retailer's Asian roots has led to the company's success.

☆ Nguyen Coffee Supply Founder Sahra Nguyen Celebrates Her Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNguyen Coffee Supply Founder Sahra Nguyen Celebrates Her Asian HeritageIn Celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Nguyen Coffee Supply Founder Sahra Nguyen shares the company's mission is to celebrate diversity and culture in the coffee industry.

☆ Citi's Ida Liu Celebrates Her Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCiti's Ida Liu Celebrates Her Asian HeritageFor Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Citi's Ida Liu highlights the importance of understanding the values of the Asian community.

☆ Tinder COO Faye Iosotaluno Celebrates Her Asian Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTinder COO Faye Iosotaluno Celebrates Her Asian HeritageTinder COO Faye Iosotaluno celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month by recognizing Connie Chung, the first Asian American to anchor a major network news program.

LOS ANGELES, May 8 (Reuters) - Writing for a new season of "The Handmaid's Tale" and a coming "Game of Thrones" prequel was halted as a nearly week-long strike by thousands of film and television writers rippled across Hollywood on Monday. Writing of the dystopian drama stopped when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) called a strike last week, Chang told Reuters on Monday. Martin said in a blog post that the writers' room for prequel series "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight" was "closed for the duration of the strike." Warner Bros has not announced a release date for "The Hedge Knight." The second season of "House of the Dragon," another "Game of Thrones" prequel, began filming in April, Martin said, and will continue in London and Wales.

☆ How to talk about mental health across generations
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Julia Chan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

We are born to connect, so if we don’t do that, that’s probably the biggest hit on your mental health. Gen Z is moving the needle when it comes to bringing mental health up everywhere, like language, workplace, to their bosses. There’s a little bit more wiggle room to talk about mental health. What you can do in each generation is match mental health resources. We are going to talk about mental health, damn it!” The goal is for you to connect with your family member and understand what makes them tick.

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Uber wants to predict your habits, Apple and Google team up, and Lebron James eyes Complex Networks
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

And minting it could be a solution to avert a major economic catastrophe (here's an explanation of the looming disaster, by the way). This average-looking coin could prevent job losses, steep cuts to retirement savings, and other major financial blows. Shopify employees and experts brace for shakeup. Multiple sources told Insider that his company, SpringHill Co., has internally discussed offering around $100 million to buy Complex from Buzzfeed. Google tells employees to limit publishing AI research.

☆ Opinion: The untold story about Anne Frank’s hiding place
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Opinion Roy Schwartz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

British actors Bel Powley and Joe Cole play Miep and Jan, with Liev Schreiber as Otto Frank. Only Otto Frank survived. Anne Frank's (1929-1945) world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to 1944, when her family were hiding in Amsterdam from German Nazis. Anne Frank has particularly been in the zeitgeist in recent years, with the 2021 French animated film “Where Is Anne Frank,” a magical retelling of her story loosely based on the 2018 graphic novel; the 2022 Dutch Netflix movie “My Best Friend Anne Frank,” based on the book “Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend”; the controversial, eventually pulled 2022 book “The Betrayal of Anne Frank”; and “After the Annex: Anne Frank, Auschwitz and Beyond,” coming out in May. While 89% have heard of Anne Frank, 32% don’t know she died in a concentration camp.

☆ 5 marketing experts on how to pull off a heritage-month campaign that's authentic and builds trust with the community
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"I want all businesses to make people of all stripes feel warm and welcome," he told Insider. "There are times when something can be well-intentioned but could be wildly off," he told Insider. Michelle Thames, founder of Thames Media Solutions. Courtesy of Michelle ThamesAuthentic marketing resonates with people and is more likely to boost brand awareness, said Michelle Thames, founder of Thames Media Solutions in Chicago. "It's definitely important to have a connection instead of just posting a meme and slapping up a picture, which doesn't really resonate," she told Insider.

☆ Brunswick President Brenna Preisser
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBrunswick President Brenna PreisserThis Women's Heritage Month, Brunswick President Brenna Preisser tells CNBC diversity only matters when women bring their full selves to work.

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