Mainstream retailers including Target and Amazon got in the mood for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie’s Valentine’s weekend opening by stocking an unconventional variety of officially licensed merchandise tied to the sexually charged property. More power to them. If Americans buy lingerie at Costco, why not sex toys at Target?
But blogs including Jezebel took Target to task after a shopper in Oklahoma found a display of Fifty Shades items, including a man’s “vibrating love ring” stocked right next to kids’ character toothbrushes.