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About
Alex From Target is a trending Twitter hashtag about a young man who works at Target, an American retailing company. He is seen obsessed over as a romantic interest. From November 2nd, it has entered Twitter’s worldwide trend chart. It has sparked multiple made-up versions, like #tbofromthegroovysmoothie and #bettyfromwalmart, for instance. [1]
History
On November 3rd, Twitter user auscalum tweeted a picture of Alex checking out items. In the next 2 days, it has gained over 1,000 retweets and 2,000 favorites.[2] From there, people starting looking for information about the person, and found his Twitter, @acl163.
YOOOOOOOOOOpic.twitter.com/eknsxBlx38
— rims (@auscalum) November 2, 2014
Search Interest
External References
[1]Buzzfeed – Teenagers Just Turned This Guy Named Alex Who Works At Target Into A Huge Meme
[2]Just Jared Jr. – Who is Alex from Target?
[3]Orlando Sentinel – Who is Alex from Target?