The Daily Money: Dollar General boycott is next
Good morning! This is Betty Lin-Fisher with today's edition of The Daily Money.
Dollar General is the next retailer to face a protest over its retreat of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant, who has led the Black faith community in a boycott of Target, says an electronic protest of Dollar General is next.At the same time, Bryant says the Target boycott is moving to a Target blackout, which will be indefinite.Here are more details in my USA TODAY exclusive story.
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