The Daily Money: Shoppers boycott Walmart over DEI
Published 9 April 2025
Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.
A boycott against Walmart and its affiliated stores is underway this week as some consumers protest what they call corporate greed, targeting companies that have rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts under President Donald Trump.
The boycott was organized by The People's Union, the same grass-roots group that coordinated the one-day economic consumer blackout on Feb. 28. Here are the details.
Tariffs and parenting
Now, back to tariffs.
Summer 2025 is shaping up to be an expensive season, especially for parents.
Sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump mean price hikes for new clothes, toys, bikes, strollers and more. And being a parent was already pricey.