{"id":4034,"date":"2023-10-30T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2023-10-30T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:04:54","slug":"new-kohls-stock-crashes-following-backlash-over-kids-pride-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4034","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Kohl\u2019s Stock Crashes Following Backlash Over Kids\u2019 Pride Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Retail giant Kohl\u2019s is facing significant backlash after conservatives highlighted the company\u2019s Pride gear intended for children. The collection includes a onesie decorated with cartoon figures carrying a rainbow-colored flag and is aimed at celebrating Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p>Their stock crashed roughly five percent on Tuesday following the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash primarily originated from many of those who took issue with the marketing of such products to babies and children. This resulted in a rising number of #BoycottKohls hashtags online and severe criticism aimed at Kohl\u2019s, with some customers calling for a boycott of the retailer.<\/p>\n<p>Some critics have compared this situation to recent controversies involving Bud Light and Target, which faced similar backlashes for their affiliations with LGBTQ+ causes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is Kohl\u2019s selling PRIDE merchandise for THREE-MONTH OLD babies?!?!?<\/p>\n<p>When will these corporations learn\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jow2lhKlpM\">pic.twitter.com\/Jow2lhKlpM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrahamAllen_1\/status\/1663552212541509637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kohl\u2019s department store discontinued selling my pillow products because they felt Mike Lindell was too controversial. But this isn\u2019t pic.twitter.com\/G35YRmScz5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johnny (@jrosejunior1975) May 29, 2023<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another Company needing Bud-lighting! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IiMNt4MRTd\">https:\/\/t.co\/IiMNt4MRTd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas Papa Bear Hayes \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u271d\ufe0f\u271d\ufe0f (@bear_hayes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bear_hayes\/status\/1663009750399827974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retail giant Kohl\u2019s is facing significant backlash after conservatives highlighted the company\u2019s Pride gear intended for children. The collection includes a onesie decorated with cartoon figures carrying a rainbow-colored flag and is aimed at celebrating Pride Month. Their stock crashed roughly five percent on Tuesday following the controversy. The backlash primarily originated from many of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4035,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions\/4035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}