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The ongoing drama that is the Target Corporation took another twist last week when its controversial CEO — and author of some of the most unpopular marketing decisions in company history — stepped down after a rocky 12 years. Brian Cornell, who’s been on a steady diet of crow since declaring that trans merch is “ great for our brand ,” leaves behind an impressive legacy of what-not-to-do. But is the political activist actually gone — or is his vanishing act just a ploy to shake up business?
Cornell’s exit would be especially significant, since he blazed the company’s woke trail, making Target the corporate captain of the same-sex marriage cheerleading squad before other CEOs even had a toe in the culture wars. One of the first chains to throw open their bathroom and fitt