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Target halts clown-mask sales amid creepy-clown hysteria
| Nominee: | Target Stores |
| Why this nomination? | Please lighten up a little. Clowns aren't to be taken seriously... |
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| Description: | Send out the clowns. Target will stop selling clown masks amid a rash of reported clown attacks - real and fake - that have terrorized the United States in recent months, a company spokesman said. "Given the current environment, we have made the decision to remove a variety of clown masks from our assortment, both in stores and online," Joshua Thomas, the spokesman, said in an email. The Minneapolis-based retailer has 1,799 stores in the United States. The company did not clarify Monday whether the decision would affect all of its stores. But Target seemed to have quietly stopped selling clown masks on its website entirely. On Monday morning, searches for "clown masks" on Target.com turned up nothing. Links from search engines to clown masks that Target previously stocked simply led to a message that said, "Product not ava |
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/10/17/target-halts-clown-mask-sales-amid-creepy-clown-hysteria/ |
| Publication/Media Source: | The Washington Post |
| Author: | Amy Wang |
| Photo and/or Video Source: | Screengrab |
| Publication Date: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Tags: | target, killer clown, clown |
| Nominator: | IAStaff |
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| Submission Date | Oct 17, 2016 (Edited Apr 25, 2017) |
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