Sentences with phrase «of a boycott of»

With rumblings of boycotts of the NFL and / or its sponsors because of the National Anthem flap, could this be a concern?

New York (CNN)- Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed New York police ahead of a boycott of the city's annual interfaith breakfast Friday by a prominent group of Muslim clerics.

So long as we allow television to be an instrument for sales rather than for communication, the situation will persist, regardless of the number of statements viewing with alarm, or quality of the leaders deploring the situation, or the extent of boycotts of a network or station or program.

There were rumors of a boycott of a State of the State speech, which would have left embarrassingly empty seats.

In its latest post, it informs us of the boycott of the Global LGBT Summit in Philadelphia, by a keynote speaker.

Not exact matches

But the steady stream of Twitter users supporting the boycott suggests it's growing in numbers each minute.

The site's editor - in - chief said at the time that boycotting Breitbart News «for presenting mainstream American ideas is an act of discrimination and intense prejudice.»

Star Trek actor and gay rights advocate George Takei wrote on Facebook there could be a boycott of Indianapolis» annual gaming convention, GenCon, over the law.

Jean Georges Restaurant Group was cited as one of the restaurants boycotting Tom Cat Bakery, but it's unclear if that's the case.

An increasing number of Twitter users are tweeting their support for the boycott, which will start on March 1 and last all day.

Some of Tom Cat's employees and advocacy groups, such as Brandworkers, a non-profit organization for food workers, believed the dismissals were improperly handled, sparking a local and national outcry that led to protests, bad press and boycotts of Tom Cat Bakery bread from famous restaurants such as Le Bernardin.

The US has long had anti-Iran sanctions in place, and recently persuaded the EU, a crucial customer for Iran, to launch a boycott of its oil and other products.

Several of the nation's largest theater chains are already threatening to boycott the film, so get your popcorn ready.

Critics of Trump's father, President Donald Trump, have called for boycotts against dozens of retailers for carrying Trump - branded products.

Shannon Coulter, who launched the boycott opposing Trump last fall, has been tracking the brand's inventory levels on Nordstrom's website for the past couple of months.

Amazon earned itself something of a public relations black eye as a result of the strong - arm negotiating tactics, causing a backlash among authors, many of whom backed a boycott of the online retailer that was led by television host Stephen Colbert.

At least five Democratic Representatives will boycott President Trump's State of the Union address on Jan. 30.

He and his team supported and orchestrated boycotts to demonstrate the collective purchasing power of African Americans.

But The Irish Times editorialized in favor of attending, saying, «no matter how gratifying to our sense of moral superiority, a boycott will be seen as a lost opportunity for face time with the world's most important leader.»

It was right after Dara Khosrowshahi had been appointed CEO, and we had a pretty frank conversation about a company trying to undo months of damage from PR missteps including a video of its former chief, Travis Kalanick, berating a driver (he later apologized) and a passenger boycott promoted on social media.

The program drew attention from social activists on topics, including abortion, who orchestrated boycotts of Berkshire subsidiaries or their products.

But Uber quickly found itself mired in series of other PR problems including a video of its pugnacious CEO, Travis Kalanick, berating a driver (he later apologized), an exodus of seven top executives in the past month, and a passenger boycott promoted on social media.

The cost of the boycotts to Pampered Chef's kitchen consultants was so great that Berkshire discontinued its shareholder charitable contribution program, with Buffett commenting that he wouldn't continue a program, even one with merit, that hurt the livelihoods of company employees.

Brooks also reminds Schultz that Trump once proposed a boycott of the coffee chain when many claimed that its seasonal red cups weren't merry enough for Christmas — even though the holiday cups have never included the words «Merry Christmas» or invoked any religious imagery.

The photo received hundreds of thousands of Likes, while a competing «Boycott Oreo» page struggled to clear the double digits.

A similar law enacted about a year ago in North Carolina prompted the relocation of sporting events and economic boycotts that were estimated to have cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.

Since the election, groups on the right have called for boycotts of Kellogg's (for pulling ads from alt - right site Breitbart News), Starbucks (for vowing to hire refugees rather than jobless Americans), and Nordstrom (for dropping Ivanka Trump's clothing line), among others.

What do you get when a company combines one of the most beautiful women in the world with volatile politics, threats of a boycott, and warring ideologies?

O'Reilly complimented Hannity's handling of his own advertiser boycott earlier this year, saying Hannity «handled it better» by engaging and mobilizing his viewers.

Boycotts are rarely effective, or lasting, particularly when they come and go with the speed of today's breakneck news cycle.

The boycotting bars are small companies themselves, and collectively represent millions of dollars worth of business.

Trump has done the same to Apple, dinging it on the making of its popular products outside of the U.S. And he also called for a boycott of Apple after it refused to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

You should pay attention to the recent stories about the gay community's boycott of SPI Group's Stolichnaya vodka for its being a Russian product.

The boycott is a cautionary tale about the risks entrepreneurs take, and it's also a marketing lesson about knowing your customers, and getting in front of the story you tell about your brand.

That episode had prompted the PandoDaily blogger Sarah Lucy to accuse the company of «sexism and misogyny» and announce publicly that she would boycott the service.

SPI Group, which distributes Stolichnaya vodka in the United States, got caught in the cross-hairs of a boycott that went viral last week.

Soon after, European Union countries began organizing boycotts, because one of SodaStream's 22 manufacturing facilities is located in the West Bank.

Student activist David Hogg calls for boycott of Vanguard and BlackRock over gunmaker ownership

In an interview with the Daily Beast, Sullivan said though he takes credit for the hashtag, he didn't invent the idea of an Uber boycott.

Boycotts of Danish products led to a plunge in exports.

In the video above, Clifton Nicholas, a Mohawk from Kanehsatake, explains why he's now leading a boycott of the company.

A committee for women of color within Time's Up, the organization that played a key role in the #MeToo movement, is calling for a boycott of musician R. Kelly, who has been accused of a range of sexual misconduct.

But the first of many boycotts against Nike was followed by corporate efforts at reform, and the company now has a history of holding suppliers to account and cutting off those that don't measure up.

The boycott of the National Rifle Association following its response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, came fast and furious.

The closure comes after footage of the arrest of two black men who tried to use the bathroom in a Philadelphia Starbucks went viral, sparking boycott threats.

Trump also called for a boycott of Apple following the company's refusal to aid the FBI in breaking encryption on the iPhone used by the San Bernadino shooter.

One of the most famous corporate boycotts was launched against Nestle in 1977 because of the Swiss food giant's marketing of infant formula in low - income countries - a practice which arguably continues today.

Wisconsin Democrats staged a similar, and similarly unsuccessful, boycott of their chamber for a time but also lacked the votes to ultimately kill the measure.

Rupert, the 86 - year - old patriarch of the clan, was initially said to be unwilling to get rid of O'Reilly, despite a growing advertiser boycott fueled by news of multiple sexual harassment claims against the Fox host.

Compared with the seven - year time scale of the Nestle boycott, or the multiyear boycotts of corporations operating in South Africa during the 1980s, this was something new.