Strong gender lines in kids items solidified in the 1980s as a way to boost sales.Pink for girls and blue for boys may have been a way to get parents to buy more because their sons and daughters were less likely to share clothes or toys. But things are changing, in part driven by consumers and sometimes kids themselves. Some girls want T-shirts with "Star Wars" characters, and some boys want to wear pink with the recent splurge of gender neutral clothing.Lands’ End, Target and Zara are among major retailers mixing up offerings with gender-neutral options.

After receiving a barrage of complaints last year from parents of girls incensed about its separation of toys by gender, Target has broken down those barriers. The retailer recently launched a gender-neutral line of home goods, dubbed Pillow-Fort (though it’s just starting to blur the lines in apparel). 

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