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Though old Longden was more outspoken, B and Q will be out for them too.
Much the same, as you’d expect any company to be nowadays.
https://www.kingfisher.com/en/responsible-business/Sustainabilitycasestudies/responsible-business---colleagues/supporting-lgbtq--colleagues-and-customers-in-poland.html
I'm out. Not prepared to invest in a company that makes grand political / activist gestures at the expense of investors / customers etc. Insulting customers is never a good idea full stop. It's not about a person buying a pot of paint - it's about those customers doing a big project that feel strongly about things shopping elsewhere. Good luck to those that remain. Very disappointed with management here - I didn't sign up or buy these shares for political excitement or involvement.
Bud Light ;)
As long as you behave yourself.
I’m pretty sure they’d take your money, without fuss, whatever your particular leaning.
Whatever else, it shows how the narrative gets hijacked. He never said anything like that. His part in this goes to saying he believes you can’t have a grouping of those who identify as LGB etc. whatever it is, and Wickes is all-inclusive, without adding a T for trans. Spoken at a forum discussing such niceties.
Bit of a technicality for me, and those not campaigning on trans matters. And he won’t have anybody playing up in Wickes because they think otherwise, because they’re all inclusive.
That's why you, you shirt lifter have got no likes lol
I’ve deleted my Wickes Trade pro app account. I don’t believe a biological man is/ or can ever be a woman and so I’m, “unwelcome at Wickes.”
Screwfix it is then!
“How many customers does that leave him with?”
Xenon… then about 26 others, so 27 people in the UK.
Could the COO’s recent trans comments be a play to raise investment from the likes of BlackRock? They love corporations pushing political messages in exchange for ESG investing.
Seems reasonable to me - people like round numbers i.e. £1 - and that would be around 20% which is what happened to Anheuser Busch (Bud Light)
Https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/17/wickes-fraser-longden-boycott/
Is it true that the CEO is meeting the Chairman this weekend to try and resolve this? Anyone else heard this? Could be panic stations next week. Loads of people will be on here claiming to wait for a sub £1 entry point. Could happen I guess if the critical online noise continues to grow but surely the damage won't be that bad will it?
Sorry I thought Travis still owned them, I'm bet they're bloody glad they don't now ! In that case the BoD need to move him on to somewhere he'd be more suited. Perhaps managing Transnet ?
He’s Wickes. Not Travis Perkins.
Travis Perkins need to move him on and quickly.His personal minority views have no place in being conditionally linked to the company. He was meant to be running a FTSE business not an LGBT appreciation club.
If you’re sufficiently interested to know more about Esses, there’s quite a lot on the internet.
Here’s one.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/expelled-university-free-speech/
I’m going to leave this alone now, with a final post. This lot happened on 11th. May,, Pink News, been subsequently ‘discovered ‘ and is now doing the rounds. I imagine it might be milked for a short period by the media, before their own interest wanes.
https://www.jamesesses.com/p/the-horrors-of-the-pink-news-trans
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase " dipping your Wickes".
I expect there will be many who whilst appreciating the ongoing conversation on the wider issues, nothing to do with the products, view his comments as clownish, stupid, but not malicious.
Not bothered about that, just whether builders/DIYers view them as sufficient reason to hand in their trade cards and so on, and abandon previous reasons for buying at Wickes.
But if it got to the stage where you had to fill in a questionnaire and show your tackle before they let you in, I’d probably change my mind.
Utter clown, has a Gerald Ratner moment.
It’s all rather stupid, starting with Fraser Longden. I’ve never felt threatened or unwelcome in Wickes, never been offended by staff or particular customers, despite being on the wrong side of Longden’s comments. Doesn’t matter to me.
Shan’t be boycotting to my own disadvantage. We’ll have to wait to see how many activist small builders and DIYers there are out there, sufficiently interested in the media reports to buy their paint elsewhere.
so if you believe a man with a ***** can't put on a skirt and call himself a woman, you're not welcome in their stores? why is a diy chain even getting involved in this ridiculous argument? if the ceo has strong personal opinions on this topic, he should keep them to himself. and while we're on the topic, it's a biological fact that a man with a ***** who dresses as a woman - isn't a woman! i would say the ceo needs to go and soon. the company also needs to urgently issue a statement apologising for his remarks and reaffirming everyone is welcome in their stores. otherwise i can see a lot of people boycotting this company and going to b&q or homebase instead. none of which is going to be good for the share price.
Wow. I just saw what the COO said, basically "bigots" i.e. most of the country, according to him, are "not welcome in our stores". Hahahahaha. How many customers does that leave him? The guy probably thought he was just talking to his mates and matesses, and no-one was listening! Well he just made it to the TV. Will it make the weekend press I wonder and am I too late to short this pile of poo?