The closest I have come to a Target store this Christmas season is to drive by the front entrance of a couple of them.
And that is as close as I care to come.
No Salvation Army kettles at the front door to a Target store, thanks to the company's sudden decision to enforce a no solicitation policy that has existed for years.
Does Target have the right to do this?
Absolutely!
But by the same token I have the right not to buy any thing from Target and I am now exercising that right.
Evidently a lot of Americans are doing the same thing.
Google provides interested people with news updates on any subject they want. I have one currently on any news items mentioning the Salvation Army and Target in the same article.
There are a bunch of them each day for cities all over the country where citizens have gotten together in a organized boycott of Target stores.
It is going to be interesting to see how this affects Target's bottom line this Christmas shopping season.
As for me, that bottom line will not have any contribution from me -- after all if I did go into one of their stores they would solicit money from me -- a direct violatioin of their non solicitation policy.
Besides -- I can't think of a single piece of merchandise that Target offers for sale that I cannot find at Wal-Mart a lot cheaper.
It's just that at any Wal-Mart I have to face that Salvation Army bell ringer.
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