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Peter Dutton calls for boycott of Woolworths after Australia Day merchandise dropped (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

What "overwhelming outrage"? The murdoch media is trying to imply there is outrage, but honestly no one cares. There are fewer idiots driving around with tacky plastic australia day flags than I've ever seen.

Woolies did it because there's no money in it. No one is buying shitty imported plastic flags. Their PR people stupidly thought they could get a win with some virtue signalling, and they fucked up. The decision to discontinue those lines was all business.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You’re mistaking the real reason for the made up reason. They are stopping it for the virtue signalling, they’re using “declining sales” (with no more detail) to try and cover themselves.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    You really genuinely believe that a retailer would cancel a profitable product line just for a once off headline? That's daft. Virtue signalling isn't worth that much. It's always a statement or gesture rather than an actual change to a product or business policy. "Lets add this rainbow to our facebook page" type stuff.

    Absolutely guaranteed that this was a business decision, that PR made the mistake of trying to take advantage of. Honestly, do you think sales of that junk has been increasing?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Virtue signalling isn’t worth that much.

    It is to the companies that subscribe to the ESG/DEI stuff and want to virtue signal. It's also not just a once off headline, is it? Look at all the people like you going to bat for them, sticking up for the billion dollar company that's been making record profits by raising prices well above inflation for the last few years because they said some stuff has had "declining sales" - note they never said unprofitable anyway.

    Honestly, do you think sales of that junk has been increasing?

    It doesn't have to be increasing. It can be decreasing and still making them plenty of money.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Woolworths CEO stepping down after yet another train wreck interview. Seems all that virtue signalling came back to get him.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You really think he's quit over cancelling product lines? Weren't you predicting Woolworths would collapse over that or something?

    It's a pretty predictable response to the competition enquiry about to ramp up over the next few months. Outgoing CEO gets a huge pay out, new CEO can say "we've fixed all that".

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You really think he’s quit over cancelling product lines? Weren’t you predicting Woolworths would collapse over that or something?

    No, I think - as does almost every media outlet - that he has "stepped down" (though we all know he was asked to jump before he is pushed) over the back to back controversies he oversaw and that he handled in the worst possible ways. I didn't predict that they would collapse, I predicted that they were going to "find out" after fucking around - and here we are, the CEO pushed off the ledge.

    It’s a pretty predictable response to the competition enquiry about to ramp up over the next few months.

    To fire the CEO before the competition enquiry has happened? That's predictable? lol. No, what would be more predictable is them firing him after the enquiry is finished and has laid out all the anti-competitive stuff they've done - not before.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Preposterous.

    CEO doesn't make decisions about what product lines to discontinue. He didn't create the Australia day thing.

    Of course you fire the CEO before the enquiry, so you can divert blame during the enquiry. "Oh yeah maybe we did some bad stuff but it's all fixed now".

    Woolworths is not "finding out". They are, and will continue to be, one of our largest and most lucrative retailers. Seriously. How do you think Duttons boycott is going? Do you think product managers regret discontinuing the Chinese plastic flags?

    Just as it was a month ago, any assertion that Woolworth has made a mistake in discontinuing Australia day merch is just absurd.

    Frankly, I'm genuinely surprised you're still fretting about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    CEO doesn’t make decisions about what product lines to discontinue. He didn’t create the Australia day thing.

    The CEO is ultimately responsible for every decision they make. He absolutely had a say in it and he clearly thought it was a good idea, and he thought his messaging was good.

    Of course you fire the CEO before the enquiry, so you can divert blame during the enquiry. “Oh yeah maybe we did some bad stuff but it’s all fixed now”.

    Nope, you wait until after the enquiry so you can blame them at the end and say "we'll take action by firing the ceo". What if the enquiry comes up with nothing bad and you've already fired your CEO? lol

    Woolworths is not “finding out”.

    Again - CEO gone. Enormous public backlash. This whole thing has even further pushed for calls for inquiries and change.

    Just as it was a month ago, any assertion that Woolworth has made a mistake in discontinuing Australia day merch is just absurd.

    Bet the CEO doesn't think that. Bet the people that pushed him to retirement don't think that. They are a supermarket, not a politician. Keep your shitty politics out of it and sell stuff that people want to buy. Note they never said it didn't sell, they just said there had been a "gradual decline in sales". The best selling product on earth can have a gradual decline in sales but still sell well.

    Frankly, I’m genuinely surprised you’re still fretting about it.

    Same with you.

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