Target eliminated gender labeling in its retail toy aisles
Debbie Sterling · 20VC: Overcoming The Engineer Boys Club, Disrupting The "Pink Aisle" & Why VCs Are Missing A Trick Not Investing In The CPG Space with Debbie Sterling, Founder & CEO @ Goldieblox · Dec 1, 2017 · at 14:10
Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, cites retail industry shifts as evidence of broader cultural changes around gender-stereotyped toys.
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“Target has taken down its gender labeling and its toy aisles.”
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