Since the angry shopper’s remarks, Target has apologized to the shopper and all its customers. The big retail chain claims that “manatee gray” is a seasonal color and has been used all over ...

Target has apologized for referring to its “plus-size kimono maxi dress” as manatee gray. This is a mammal, after all, that is sometimes referred to as a sea cow.

Shoppers at a Target store in Brooklyn say a label that listed the color of a plus-size dress as "manatee gray'' was insulting. The label for the same dress in smaller sizes described it as &quot ...

Target has apparently stubbed its toe on a touchstone of obesity sensitivity with the color label for one of its plus-size dresses — manatee gray.

First, Target uses "manatee gray" on lots of items, including petite clothing, towels, and rain boots. In this case, as Bercovici explains, ...