In order to keep investors basically so that they don’t look like they are failing. Just shift the blame
Comment on Remember when Target blamed theft for closing stores? It's all lies.
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 8 months ago
As an outsider I fail to understand why the reason to close shops is so critical. Can’t they just say « fuck it we’re done here » at any point in time? What’s the point on pinning the closure on fictional crime level?
Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
It’s kinda like waking up late for work because you didn’t set your alarm, then telling your boss and everyone who will listen that the reason you’re late is because there was a shooting on your street.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If they told the truth, for example “The employees are trying to form a union, so we shut their store down as a warning to all the other stores.” Then they could be sued.
NoneSoVile@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Why would a megacorporation spread a lie that feeds into right wing propaganda?
GreenMario@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Because the immediate thought from the plebs is “the blacks shut down my favorite store by robbing it all the time” and they go vote GOP harder so that Target gets lower corporate/wealth taxes etc.
I know this because I live in a red state and anytime the locals hear about a store closing “due to theft” a sea of slurs gets echoed at full force.