Bud Light boycott likely cost Anheuser-Busch InBev over $1 billion in lost sales
The company's sales were hurt by a boycott of Bud Light over a sponsored Instagram post with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
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