racism in retail
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Black in Style: Macy's and InStyle Just Joined the 15 Percent Pledge
Macy’s just gave us a little more to be thankful for this year than its famed Thanksgiving Parade; the 162-year-old-company just joined the 15 Percent Pledge, committing to stock 15 percent of its incoming inventory with Black-owned brands, reflective of the composition of the population of the United States. The retailer joined the American arm…
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While Black Shoppers Participate in #BlackoutDay2020, Sephora Shows Us the Receipts on Its Retail Bias Study
Today at The Glow Up, we’re not celebrating a typical Big Beauty Tuesday, where we primarily focus on Black-owned beauty and fashion brands. Instead, as Black shoppers are encouraged to shop exclusively Black (or not at all) for #BlackoutTuesday2020—work we do almost daily—we’re once again turning our attention to the many major retailers who displayed…
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Virginia Beauty Supply Accused of Racial Profiling After Black Teens Are Mistaken for Shoplifters and Locked in Store
Racial profiling in retail environments is unfortunately nothing new; many of us are all too familiar with “extra attention” while innocently browsing a store, and reports of incidents have seemingly been unceasing since the advent of social media. Whether being accused of stealing from the soon-to-be-shuttered luxury retailer Barneys or finding black beauty products locked…
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Shopper Says Florida H&M Falsely Accused Her of Stealing a Pair of Earrings: ‘It Was a Black Thing’
It may feel like it was three years ago that H&M got hemmed up for posting a racist photo of a young black child in a “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” sweatshirt, but in fact, it was just in January of this year—far too soon for the retail giant to get caught up in another…