In the midst of a months-long boycott against Bud Light, some experts have forecast that the Anheuser-Busch owned brand will soon lose coveted retail shelf space as sales continue to slide. Beer industry experts, wholesalers, and a former Anheuser-Busch executive told ABC News Friday that places like 7-Eleven, QuikTrip, and Walmart may decrease Bud Light’s […]
A former executive with Bud Light responded to billionaire Bill Gates’ foundation purchasing nearly $100 million shares in its parent company amid a months-long boycott. “Bill Gates is definitely making a mistake,” former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks told Fox Business this week. “Earlier this year, he already made a $900 million mistake when he invested […]
The Bud Light controversy hurt Anheuser-Busch InBev’s second-quarter performance in the United States, the world’s largest brewer confirmed in its latest earnings report. Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. revenue plunged by 10.5 percent year-over-year, “primarily due to the volume decline of Bud Light,” according to the second-quarter corporate earnings data. Overall, revenue in North America declined by $395 […]
Ben Cohen, co-founder of ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested last week during a protest in favor of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. During an event in Washington, Cohen sat outside the Department of Justice building along with left-wing CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans. They were both arrested for blocking the entrance to the DOJ […]
Unilever stock lost about $2 billion in market capitalization amid calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s ice cream after the company posted a Fourth of July message saying the United States should hand Mount Rushmore over to Native Americans. Shares of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch multinational company, dropped about 0.5 percent on Friday, 0.8 percent on […]
Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s received significant backlash on social media after it denigrated the United States during the Fourth of July weekend and claimed it only exists “on stolen land,” with some calling for a Bud Light-style boycott. “This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen […]
Bud Light is no longer the number one beer in America, having lost the top spot after a nationwide boycott over the brand’s partnership with a transgender influencer. But what made consumers react so powerfully? And what will America’s corporations learn from the boycott? Earlier, we spoke with NTD’s Beau Davidson—host of “The Beau Show,” […]
Reddit users launched a 48-hour blackout. Thousands of popular Reddit communities dedicated to topics ranging from Apple Inc. to gaming and music locked out their users on Monday in protest against the company’s plan to charge for access to its data. The action has been in the works for weeks after Reddit announced in April […]
Some conservatives have suggested a boycott of Chick-fil-A after the fast-food chain was discovered to have a vice president of “diversity, equity, [and] inclusion,” or DEI. In a previously issued Chick-fil-A news release, the company said that Erick McReynolds serves as its vice president of DEI, saying: “Chick-fil-A restaurants have long been recognized as a […]
Target’s market value is down $9 billion from where it was about a week ago when calls for a boycott erupted on social media. The controversy? Items in the company’s “Pride Collection” included LGBTQ-themed products for children as young as infants. To discuss this and more, NTD spoke with Will Hild for his analysis. He’s […]
An analysis shows that the market value of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the maker of Bud Light and Budweiser, dropped more than $15 billion since April 1—or the day that transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney pitched the Bud Light brand during an NCAA tournament. Citing S&P Global Market Intelligence, Investor’s Business Daily said in its report that Anheuser-Busch saw […]
Target has removed a range of controversial LGBT-themed children’s products from all of its U.S. stores and online after calls to boycott the retailer spread on social media. The retail giant cited employee safety concerns and angry backlash in some stores as motivating the move. It comes after calls spread on social media to boycott […]
Calls to boycott Target have spread on social media after the retailer released another line of LGBT clothing for kids, including for newborn children. According to Target’s website, it recently released its so-called “Pride Collection” for 2023, including onesies for infants that feature pro-LGBT content coming in sizes of zero to three months. One onesie […]
Amid nationwide backlash over Bud Light’s decision to partner with a transgender activist, Donald Trump Jr. has called for an end to the boycott, arguing it isn’t worth “destroying” one of America’s most iconic companies over the beer brewer’s “bizarre” ad campaign. During his “Triggered with Donald Trump Jr.” podcast Thursday, the eldest son of […]
The women’s professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing on Thursday the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking official there of sexual assault. WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon said in […]
Former Arizona candidate for Governor Kari Lake filed two appeals on Jan. 4. to address an election lawsuit she filed last month. President Joe Biden said that he plans to give a border security speech on Jan. 5, and to visit the Southern border next week. The border visit will come during his trip to […]
Starbucks is in trouble. An employee allegedly kicked out a group of policemen. Chinese netizens are using the chance to defend their country, and the Chinese state media is weighing in. Is it time for us to reflect on the decision to let China host the Winter Games? With the horrible human rights abuses in […]
The Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony has begun. Activists have been calling for a boycott to draw attention to the communist party’s human rights abuses. Team USA’s chief spoke amid a report in the Washington Post on Thursday that said some athletes may boycott the opening ceremony.
Hollywood star Keanu Reeves may face a boycott in China. His recently-released movie, The Matrix Resurrections, is under fire. That’s after American magazine “Rolling Stone” announced on Jan. 20 that the star would join a benefit concert for Tibet in March.
Walmart is the latest Western company to face backlash in China. Online posts appear to show that Walmart had stopped stocking products from China’s Xinjiang region. Now the retailer is attracting anger on Chinese social media after netizens shared the posts.
