Friday, October 24, 2025

Target Plans to Lay Off 1,800 Employees (Connecting the Dots: Target, The Wall Street Journal, Letitia James & Soros Funding)

Target Plans to Lay Off 1,800 Employees (Connecting the Dots: Target, The Wall Street Journal, Letitia James & Soros Funding)

Newsmax.com

Street Talk

Thursday, 23 October 2025 04:28 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/target-layoff/2025/10/23/id/1231625/

Target plans to cut around 1,800 corporate roles as part of its strategy to reverse stagnant sales, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

As of February 1, the company had about 440,000 employees.

The company's restructuring follows 11 consecutive quarters of weak or declining comparable sales, according to the report.

Target maintained its annual forecasts in the previous quarter owing to weak demand in its largely discretionary segments such as apparel and electronics items.

Around 80% of the corporate job cuts will affect U.S.-based employees, the WSJ report added.

Target did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Connecting the Dots:

Frederick Kempe was an assistant managing editor for the Wall Street Journal and is the president & CEO for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).    

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jonathan Soros’s father and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation.

Jonathan Soros is George Soros’s son and a director at the New America Foundation (think tank)

David B. Brooks is a director at the New America Foundation (think tank) and was an op-ed editor for the Wall Street Journal.

Joe Mathews was a director at the New America Foundation (think tank) and a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

Paul E. Steiger was a managing editor for the Wall Street Journal and is the chairman for ProPublica.

Jill Abramson was a deputy Washington bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal and is an advisory board member for ProPublica.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for ProPublica and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James A. Johnson is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation. 

Stephen W. Sanger was a director at the Target Corporation and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

Letitia James is the chair for the Committee on Economic Development and the Attorney General of New York 

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Solomon D. Trujillo was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a director at the Target Corporation, a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and a trustee at Howard University.

Martin D. Payson is a trustee at Howard University and a co-chair emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Wayman F. Smith III is a director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and was the chairman for Howard University.

Earl G. Graves is a trustee at Howard University and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Letitia James obtained her Juris Doctor degree at Howard University, is the Attorney General of New York and the chair for the Committee on Economic Development.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

Stephen W. Sanger is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and was a director at the Target Corporation.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).    

Frederick Kempe is the president & CEO for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an assistant managing editor for the Wall Street Journal.

David B. Brooks was an op-ed editor for the Wall Street Journal and is a director at the New America Foundation (think tank).

Joe Mathews was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and a director at the New America Foundation (think tank).

Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation (think tank) and George Soros’s son.

George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, a director emeritus for Refugees International and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation and Refugees International.

Kenneth H. Bacon was the president of Refugees International and a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

Paul Gigot is an editorial page editor & VP for the Wall Street Journal and was a Bradley Prize recipient from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation was a funder for the Hoover Institution (think tank).

Steven A. Denning is an overseer at the Hoover Institution (think tank) and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James A. Johnson is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the Target Corporation and was the president of the Economic Club of Washington.

David M. Rubenstein  is a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Economic Club of Washington, a co-founder & co-CEO for the Carlyle Group, was an overseer at the Hoover Institution (think tank) and spent Thanksgiving with Joe Biden.

Edward J. Mathias is a director at the Economic Club of Washington and a managing director at the Carlyle Group.

George H.W. Bush was an adviser for the Carlyle Group.

Jerome H. Powell (Jay) was a partner at the Carlyle Group and is the Chairman for the Federal Reserve System.

Edward J. Mathias is a managing director at the Carlyle Group, a director at the Economic Club of Washington and was a trustee at the University of Pennsylvania (DOJ Reviewing Potentially Classified Docs at Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania).

Judith Rodin was the president for the University of Pennsylvania and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James A. Johnson is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the Target Corporation and was the president of the Economic Club of Washington.

David M. Rubenstein  is a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Economic Club of Washington, a co-founder & co-CEO for the Carlyle Group, was an overseer at the Hoover Institution (think tank), spent Thanksgiving with Joe Biden and a benefactor at the Aspen Institute (think tank)

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Solomon D. Trujillo was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation.

Resources: Past Research

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Utah, The Target Corporation, LGBTQ & Soros Funding, All Networking (Past Research on Target)

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/05/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-utah.html

Wall Street Journal: Only the Elite Are Entitled to Opinions (Past Research on the Wall Street Journal)

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/08/wall-street-journal-only-elite-are.html

Civil Rights Activists Call for Target Boycott After Retailer Backs Off DEI (Target, Walmart, Costco, LGBTQ, Urban League, NAACP & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Target & the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

Friday, January 31, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/civil-rights-activists-call-for-target.html

New York AG Letitia James Indicted on Federal Charges (Connecting the Dots: Letitia James, Fannie Mae, Judge Arthur Engoron, Judge Sparkle Leah Sooknanan, Judge Juan Merchan, Lisa Cook, The Committee for Economic Development & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Letitia James & the Committee for Economic Development)

Thursday, October 9, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-york-ag-letitia-james-indicted-on.html

Judge Reverses Trump Admin’s Harvard Funding Freeze (Connecting the Dots: Judge Allison Burroughs, The University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Secret Service (Butler), MSNBC & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the University of Pennsylvania)

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/judge-reverses-trump-admins-harvard.html

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