Target, McDonald's react to U.S. creepy clown sightings
<p><span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="America">America</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="brands">brands</span> - <span word="discount">discount</span> <span word="retailer">retailer</span> <span word="Target">Target</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fast">fast</span>-<span word="food">food</span> <span word="chain">chain</span> <span word="McDonald">McDonald</span>'<span word="s">s</span> - <span word="have">have</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="steps">steps</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tamp">tamp</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="hysteria">hysteria</span> <span word="stemming">stemming</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="spate">spate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="creepy">creepy</span> <span word="clown">clown</span> <span word="sightings">sightings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="run">run</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Halloween">Halloween</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="month">month</span>.</p><p><span word="Target">Target</span> (<span word="TGT">TGT</span>.<span word="N">N</span>) <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="winnow">winnow</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="assortment">assortment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="clown">clown</span> <span word="masks">masks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="costumes">costumes</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="sale">sale</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="stores">stores</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="online">online</span> "<span word="given">given</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>," <span word="company">company</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Joshua">Joshua</span> <span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="Target">Target</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="isolated">isolated</span> <span word="consumer">consumer</span> <span word="comments">comments</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="scary">scary</span> <span word="clown">clown</span> <span word="accessories">accessories</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="masks">masks</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="inventories">inventories</span> <span word="stemmed">stemmed</span> <span word="from">from</span> "<span word="a">a</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span> <span word="internally">internally</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="respond">respond</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>," <span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Reuters">Reuters</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="clown">clown</span>-<span word="mask">mask</span> <span word="culling">culling</span>, <span word="limited">limited</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="in">in</span>-<span word="store">store</span> <span word="product">product</span> <span word="item">item</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="about">about</span> 10 <span word="different">different</span> <span word="selections">selections</span> <span word="online">online</span>, <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="very">very</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span>" <span word="portion">portion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Target">Target</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="Halloween">Halloween</span> <span word="merchandise">merchandise</span>, <span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Target">Target</span> <span word="declined">declined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="specify">specify</span> <span word="exactly">exactly</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="reflected">reflected</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span>, <span word="less">less</span> <span word="threatening">threatening</span> <span word="image">image</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="happy">happy</span>, <span word="cheerful">cheerful</span> <span word="clowns">clowns</span>.</p><p><span word="Similarly">Similarly</span>, <span word="McDonald">McDonald</span>'<span word="s">s</span> (<span word="MCD">MCD</span>.<span word="N">N</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="franchise">franchise</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="appearances">appearances</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="performers">performers</span> <span word="dressed">dressed</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chain">chain</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="hamburger">hamburger</span>-<span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="clown">clown</span> <span word="Ronald">Ronald</span> <span word="McDonald">McDonald</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span>.</p>
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