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What to know about the Feb. 28 economic boycott

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The People’s Union USA calls the 24 hours of spending abstinence set to start at midnight an “economic blackout” The activist movement said it also plans to promote weeklong consumer boycotts of particular companies, including Walmart and Amazon .

Some faith leaders are encouraging congregations to refrain from shopping at Target during Lent .

Anna Tuchman , a marketing professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management , said she thinks the economic blackout will likely make a dent in daily retail sales but won’t be sustainable.

She studied the impact of a boycott against Goya Foods during the summer of 2020 after the company's CEO praised Trump .

Other boycotts have produced different results.

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