Ivanka Trump’s label has been dumped by hundreds of stores at this point

Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump walk off Air Force One with their children at Palm Beach International airport

I was reading about how Ivanka Trump’s individual businesses are going to hell and my train of thought was “Good, she shouldn’t even have her businesses while she’s in Washington… but what is she going to do in a few months once her father’s impeached?” Like, my mind wandered to a place of concern for Ivanka’s grifting if and (hopefully) when the Trumps are dragged out of the White House by armed guards. Still, it’s worth discussing. Ivanka, as we know, has her own line of clothing, shoes, accessories, jewelry and more. Her stuff sells in department stores and beyond. But in the past few months, the #GrabYourWallet campaign has ended up doing some good: Ivanka’s line is no longer selling, and it’s gotten to the point where stores across the board are dumping her completely. Here’s the breakdown, provided by NY Mag:

Nordstrom: The company confirmed in early February that it would no longer be stocking new items from the Ivanka Trump line. “We’ve said all along we make buying decisions based on performance,” a spokesperson for Nordstrom told Fortune. “In this case, based on the brand’s performance, we’ve decided not to buy it for this season.” In response, the brand issued a statement saying it “believe[s] that the strength of a brand is measured not only by the profits it generates, but the integrity it maintains.” Ivanka’s dad, meanwhile, was not pleased with the store’s decision. “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by Nordstrom,” he tweeted. “Terrible!”

Neiman Marcus: Following the Nordstrom news, Neiman Marcus confirmed it would no longer sell Ivanka Trump’s high-end jewelry line. “Based on productivity we continuously assess whether our brands are carried in stores, on our website, or both,” the store said in a statement, and apparently Ivanka’s wares didn’t make the cut.

Belk: Belk, a chain of department stores with about 300 locations in 16 states, also removed all Ivanka Trump products from its website and released a statement similar to Nordstrom’s and Neiman Marcus’s: “We continually review our assortment and the performance of the brands we carry. And we make adjustments as part of our normal course of business operations.” Belk previously sold about 30 Ivanka Trump pieces.

T.J. Maxx & Marshalls: Neither brand has technically dropped Ivanka’s line, but according to a New York Times report, employees at both stores were told to throw away Ivanka Trump signs and to mix all merchandise from the lines into the rest of their clothing racks. “We offer a rapidly changing selection of merchandise for our customers, and brands are featured based on a number of factors,” a spokesperson for TJX Companies — the parent company of both stores — told the Times. She declined to say whether instructions to literally throw a brand’s signs into the garbage were unusual, but one employee said she “had not received such a request during her several years working there.”

Sears & Kmart: Over the weekend, Sears Holdings Corporation — the company that owns both Sears and Kmart — said both chains would cease to sell Trump Home items in their online stores. “As part of the company’s initiative to optimize its online product assortment, we constantly refine that assortment to focus on our most profitable items … Amid that streamlining effort, 31 Trump Home items were among the items removed online this week,” a spokesperson said. And while both stores still sell Ivanka Trump merchandise (albeit at discounted prices), the announcement could signal a changing relationship with the Trump brand.

Burlington: Burlington is the latest company to remove Ivanka Trump’s collection from its website — over the weekend, all of her products mysteriously disappeared, although the retailer has yet to explain why. Maybe we’re going out on a limb here, but we’re guessing it has something to do with the brand’s “performance.”

[From NY Magazine]

This is good news. While I never prioritized this #GrabYourWallet movement – I think it’s a good issue, but there are so many more pressing concerns, right? – I’m glad that so many stores are trying to get out of the normalizing-fascism business.

Also: last week, Kellyanne Conway shilled for Ivanka’s line live on Fox News, telling Fox News and its viewers to “go buy Ivanka’s stuff.” Which is unethical and against so many regulations about public figures and public servants using their position to promote private brands. Kellyanne later apologized, sort of, and there were claims that Conway had been “counseled” about the situation. As it turns out, Ivanka didn’t ask for Conway to say anything and Ivanka probably hates Conway a little bit anyway. A new Politico report claims Ivanka “scolded” Conway for “dragging her brand into an ethics mess and told her not to mention it again on TV… This was a continuation of a conversation that Ivanka Trump had with her father weeks earlier about leaving her business out of the politics, a conversation that Conway wasn’t aware of.” Yeah, I call bulls–t. Ivanka is sinking and all of these petty little leaks are just her way of trying to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.

President Trump Arrives In West Palm Beach With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe For Weekend At Mar-a-Lago

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  1. Mikasa says:

    Awww poor little spoiled princess.

  2. minx says:

    I loathe this whole family.

  3. Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

    She will only try and shill her sh!t internationally now that the US market is closing on her. You just know Daddy is pushing her and his business onto the world leaders he’s been meeting.

    The illegal and unethical deals they are making will all come out in the wash but not before it does damage. The Trumps only care about themselves and their own business interests.

    • Disco Dancer says:

      Maybe Russia could be her next market!

      • Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

        Maybe daddy’s russian hooker friends can get a gold discount card!

      • dotdotdot says:

        She better starts gluing rhinestones and feathers on her shit! If it ain’t shiny and standard color option is not leopard print babushka ain’t buying! Thankfully papa EasyD knows tacky, she might have a chance with motherland. Of course, EasyD would have to give something in return. Nuke codes, maybe? Names of spies? First born child for annual blood ritual in the Kremlin? A good belly rub with his delicate hands? Who knows.

    • dodgy says:

      But her stuff looks so bad though. In Europe we have Zara and Mango and other stores.

    • Fifee says:

      Theres plenty of crappo stores here in the UK and I imagine throughout the rest of Europe that sell enough tat that we dont need to start stocking THAT brand.

    • KB says:

      What other countries would even have people interested in supporting the Trump brand?

  4. Franny says:

    Didn’t her autobiography include something about her experience as a child with a lemonade stand that didn’t sell anything? She patted herself on the back for the ingenuity to sell to their staff/servants instead. Maybe she can try the same strategy at their hotels and the White House. Just make everyone who works for them buy her brand. Problem solved. Or not.

    • nem says:

      do they pay people enough for this to happen?in china?
      Ford was a nazi sympathizer too but he knew you had to give good salary so people could pay the cars they made.
      that s kind a downfall…

    • eggyweggs says:

      Well, we know Kellyanne Conwoman likes it. She likes Ivanka’s line so much she does “free” ads for it.

    • Esmom says:

      Ha. I read that they didn’t sell any lemonade because they lived in a gated estate so no commoners could even pass by. The servants were the only people they had contact with. Sounds kinda like a dumb plan if you ask me, opening a business when you know no one is allowed to come by except paid employees.

      • jwoolman says:

        I’d be more impressed if it turned out her mom reimbursed the servants for everything they “spent” on the kids lemonade.

    • Christin says:

      As the saying goes, it’s hard to shame the shameless. Boasting of selling to people who likely need every dime they make, and who work for your family.

    • Mathilde says:

      She probably thinks it was a sign of business savvy already at an early age to come up with such an original idea. If you disregard the servants, it’s called playing shop and at least every other child, including myself, has done it.

    • cd says:

      Fuck these people! Seriously!

  5. NastyWoman says:

    And, yet now, in light of Con-woman’s time-out for her ethical violations, now we’re being subjected to Miller, who is even worse (if possible). There isn’t a single honest person in the entire administration. How scary is that?

    • Radley says:

      I don’t think intelligent human beings with any kind of a moral compass want to work for this Admininstration. Or they must be as delusional as Presidente Pendejo himself. So they don’t exactly get to choose from the best and brightest. His staff is shaping up to be a rogue’s gallery of deplorables. I half expect someone to get shanked in the White House any day now. So many amoral cretins with their own agendas running around. Sleep with one eye open, Agent Orange.

      • jj says:

        This is what I’ve been thinking for some time; No one reasonable person would ever work for this Looney Tune administration. This is why they have all of these incompetent losers and are seriously considering convicted felon David Patraeus for National Security Adviser…who is still on probation!

    • kimbers says:

      She really is a fast talking con artist isnt she?

      • Kitten says:

        And Miller really IS worse, believe it not.

      • nic919 says:

        Conway doesn’t believe the stuff she says, but Miller does, which is what makes him worse. He has been a racist little prick since middle school apparently. Univision has a great article on his actions with former classmates.
        He has been a well known bigot for a while.

  6. naomipaige says:

    @mkasa and @Minx:
    I couldn’t agree more with the both of you. Watch out, daddy is going to go after these stores like the little boy he is…

    Great little boy we have in the White House. I refuse to use the “P” word when/if I’m referring to this do*che!!!

    • honeybee blues says:

      NO ONE should use the “P” word regarding this coup leader. I always believed there was sufficient evidence to strongly suggest Cheney stole ’00 and ’04, but in this case, the effiing FBI CONFIRMED that Russia interfered with our election, ergo, ILLEGAL! He is NOT our LEGAL president, so he shouldn’t be called as such. Jesus H. Christ, when things of this nature happen in other countries, the UN comes in and shuts that shit down. Were are the light blue helmets for us? I just can’t with this nonsense. The election was stolen, the FBI confirmed it, and yet…crickets.

      • Elle R says:

        Exactly Honeybee! I’m still trying to figure out why the Democrats just shrugged and said ‘oh well.’ Their candidate got more votes and there was confirmed tampering. If that’s not a time to stand up and fight, what is?!

        I hate the GOP with a passion, but they would have at least fought that.

      • Radley says:

        It’s like being in a crumbling relationship, but wanting to save face. Publicly, both Washington insiders and the media are pretending it’s not as bad as it really is. Privately, they’re ringing the alarm. Everyone is piecemealing information out slowly so America doesn’t look like the clusterf*ck we are. I suppose that’s prudent and strategic in terms of optics for the rest of the world. But we can’t let this go on too long. The risk is too great.

        I think the takedown has begun. It’s gonna be slow and methodical, though. Confirming Russian interference in the election was part of it. Confirming that a “dossier” of damaging information about Trump exists was part of it. Flynn’s takedown due to playing favorites with Russia is part of it. I detect a pattern. The case is slowly being made for Trump being Russia’s puppet and therefore actively engaging in treason. And I believe Pence has known for a long time that Trump is being blackmailed. Hopefully, they both go down and take that squad of unhinged losers they call a staff with them. Jail for everybody!

        Having Paul Ryan as prez isn’t ideal. But it would be much closer to normal operations than Trump. Trump is a clear and present danger.

      • Betsy says:

        @Radley – there’s no way Ryan is clean. Or McConnell. Or Nunes. This isn’t just the White House.

      • adastraperaspera says:

        Truer words were never spoken, @honeybee blues.

      • Elle R. says:

        Anyone else see the article in Salon or Slate a few weeks ago about Ryan’s potential ethics stuff? I wish it was getting more press.

        I so want to see that Frank Underwood wannabe brought down.

      • cd says:

        We should follow Bernice King’s lead in dealing with this:

        http://www.ebony.com/news-now/bernice-king-trump-era#.WKNF88Au-PN.twitter

        1. Don’t use his name; EVER (45 will do)
        2. Remember this is a regime and he’s not acting alone;
        3. Do not argue with those who support him–it doesn’t work;
        4. Focus on his policies, not his orange-ness and mental state;
        5. Keep your message positive; they want the country to be angry and fearful because this is the soil from which their darkest policies will grow;
        6. No more helpless/hopeless talk;
        7. Support artists and the arts;
        8. Be careful not to spread fake news. Check it;
        9. Take care of yourselves; and
        10. Resist!

      • Casey says:

        @honeybee @naomipaige A comedian came up with ‘So-called ruler of the United States’ = SCROTUS. Too perfect.

  7. Jenns says:

    Do you blame them? Trump’s temper tantrum backfired and gave Nordstroms a nice sales boost. If I were a business, I would be hoping for the same thing.

    • Christin says:

      All it took was for one to do it and see their stock (and probably sales) immediately rise. The bully pulpit power is diminishing.

    • Anastasia says:

      Nordstrom’s stock HAS, in fact, risen. YAY! And now I can shop there again! (Especially Nordstrom Rack.)

    • Lookit says:

      I saw that Tweet and immediately went on line and ordered $1,500.00 worth o shoes and lingerie. I don’t have Baio bucks so that was a lot for me! Love Nordstrom. Sick of the Trumps with their greed and lies – everything they said about the Clinton’s has bounced right back o them.

  8. vauvert says:

    Her business is peanuts compared to the billions the Trumps are making in brand new deals. Neither she nor her daddy care that the measly clothing line isn’t selling any more… Know where the boys are? Jetting around the world making under the table deals that we’re not hearing about, and they started in Dubai. They’ll be raking in billions simply by slapping their name in big gold letters on hotels and golf courses around the world, get a cut from the multi billion oil concessions in Russia once Rex has had some time to visit the Kremlin, etc. This is just a distraction and gives Donald a reason to complain about how his poor little daughter is being victimized by “fake news” and the left. In the meantime they are busy getting themselves 10 times richer by taking advantage of all the privileged information that comes with being WH insiders.

    PS. not saying this isn’t good – it is!!! But the pressure needs to be kept up and we should keep asking for his taxes, we should keep our eyes on how they make money from renting out floors in Trump Tower to the Secret Service, how mar-a-Lago is a cash cow (doubling the initiation fee is just one small step, anyone with the $ can now buy access to the WH and then post about it on Instagram), and someone should track the plane carrying his sons around as they surreptitiously go around the world.

    • Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

      ^THIS. Hillary said it would happen but what does she know – she’s a woman with EMAILS.

      • littlemissnaughty says:

        Don’t forget the speeches she was paid for. Oh how lucky everyone is that this corrupt speech-giving woman never made it to the WH.

        I know it’s too early but I desperately want her and Obama’s unfiltered comments on the state of … the world, really.

      • Disco Dancer says:

        And Hillary is a woman who dared to stay with her panty chasing husband! For the sake of her family! She’s an immoral witch- let’s
        burn her at the stake! Or better yet, let’s blow up her mistakes into huge crimes and influence people with barrage of fake news, so that this immoral
        Witch cannot be made President ever!

    • Christin says:

      Agree. Don’t be distracted by daughter.

    • Bridget says:

      I genuinely am starting to wonder if they’re going to end up in jail at the end of this sordid mess. The Trump’s are playing a very shortsighted game. They’re going to have to pay the piper soon, whether they want to or not. They think no one’s watching? People definitely are.

      • Elle R says:

        This is actually my petty hope. That this leads to Trump and his children in jail and poor.

        I honestly feel like that would be the only just ending at this point.

        I will also accept him taking pence, Ryan, McConnell and other GOP leaders down with him. American democracy deserves no less.

      • lucy2 says:

        Laws are being broken left and right, it’s fair to say someone, eventually, will end up in jail or at the very least indicted.

      • littlemissnaughty says:

        Okay but … did anyone go to jail for the shenanigans that led to the financial crisis in 2008? I think one person?

      • Betsy says:

        @littlemissnaughty – I think just one person, but the difference is that almost all of those people were behind the scenes. I can’t now nor could I at the time name any of the real players. Here there are a lot of very public people.

    • lightpurple says:

      And those trips are costing us hundreds of thousands of tax dollars each trip because they are taking Secret Service details.

    • Lookit says:

      Who considers them a luxury brand? The same people who go to Guy Fieri’s for fine dining? I don’t get it.

  9. Seriously says:

    Too bad for the people in China who make her clothes etc.

  10. Ninks says:

    2017 hasn’t been all bad.

  11. lightpurple says:

    The sacrifices this woman is making for this nation! And her children! Look at her beautiful children! How they too are willing to sacrifice by posing for cute pictures that she can post on Twitter to give us all hope whilst her father is being unfairly attacked by those mean liberals! Even one of her nephews has lost a tooth in this family’s noble struggle! Their sacrifice knows no bounds! She even had to sit at a table and pose for pictures with Justin Trudeau!

    #LOCKHERUP!

  12. HK9 says:

    Yay. I know it’s not the mature response but they all think their above the law and refuse to deal with their conflict to interest issues so yes, I’m glad her business is suffering.

  13. Maya says:

    Flynn gone, Ivanka’s business gone and next Bannon.

  14. Rocio says:

    I love a good old boycott. In my country the First Lady and her shady brother are the owners of two fashion brands, both infamous for using sweatshops. Even though it’s a well known fact, people continue to buy their stuff and even praise them. I cannot understand my people. Go for you, Americans!

  15. Lise says:

    I have been supporting #GrabYourWallet because it actually feels like I am making a difference. With all of the events of this administration it can be hard to know what steps to take to actually affect change… I’m putting my money where my mouth is and it looks like the campaign is working!

    • Millenial says:

      Yeah… I was going to say, sure there are bigger priorities, but #GrabYourWallet was is super easy to follow through on. It also hits them where it hurts, which might actually be an effective way to get them to curb the craziest parts of their agenda.

    • Maria says:

      every little bit helps. As you say, that is something every citizen can do easily and might feel also like they are contributing to the fight. Considering how difficult it is to connect with representatives and their offices.

    • Lovely Rita says:

      Apparently, the Ivanka Trump brand had been seriously in trouble at Nordstroms even before the election. Revenues had dropped off substantially. Also, Nordstroms demographics are such that they would not be hurt by dropping the brand.

      http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/12/sears-kmart-add-to-defections-from-trump-brands-amid-controversy-over-ethics.html

      I think the boycott brought a lot of visibility and pressure.

  16. Becky says:

    That’s because her brand is s***, even daddy’s position can’t help her.

    • GingerCrunch says:

      I can’t believe anything with that name slapped on it has any value! Maybe back in the ’80’s when “greed was good” 🙄. But now???

  17. Bess says:

    None of us should rest until the entire Trump cabal is led out of Washington in handcuffs; however Jared & Ivanka would probably flee to Israel.

    • Lisa says:

      Don’t you think they would be targets in that volatile region? Sure, they’re Jewish but they’d also be surrounded by other peoples her father has pissed off.

      • nic919 says:

        Kuschner is tight with Netanyahu. As long as he is running Israel, Jared and Ivanka have an escape plan.

  18. Nancy says:

    All I can visualize when hearing her name now is she in her smoky eye palette lids and dewy makeup during the day gazing her f me glance upon PM Trudeau. Don’t let those babies she lugs around with her fool you, she is the spawn of Joffrey, the worst of the worst. Other First Daughters must be appalled by her blatant pushing through the door attitude. I don’t believe she hates Kellyanne Conway, maybe a little jealous of taking daddy’s attention from her….but Conway sold her a lot of product with her advertisement, of course, on Fox. They all make me ill.

  19. lyla says:

    so tired of all the jarvanka leaks that are intended to make them look good. no one is buying it – much like ivanka’s products.

  20. Honey says:

    Now if only we can get rid of those congressmen and women whose family members directly benefit from those positions too. Recent example: the epipen.

    • Elle R. says:

      Same with the Supreme Court. I was shocked to learn a couple of years ago that Supreme Court justices aren’t bound by the same ethical constraints as lower-court judges.

  21. Singtress says:

    You know, him being impeached doesn’t mean much. Clinton was impeached. And he continued on as President.

    • Alix says:

      True. He needs to be removed from office as well, or it doesn’t mean much.

    • doofus says:

      if impeachment proceedings begin, I predict he will resign, a la Nixon.

      quit before you can be fired. it’ll be the only way for him to save face.

    • nic919 says:

      Clinton’s impeachment proceedings were based on bs. We are looking at extortion, blackmail and treason, far worse than what Nixon did. Cheeto will resign if they ever get to impeachment proceedings.

      The GOP also needs to go down for decades for enabling this traitor. They know that Putin is blackmailing him and yet they let this chaos happen to hold on to power. McConnell (whose wife is in the Cabinet) and Ryan are traitors as well.
      McCain and Graham are the only ones pretending this isn’t normal and still they aren’t doing much.

      • singtress says:

        i hope you are both right.
        But then there is… (cue: scary theme) …Pence.

      • jwoolman says:

        Yes, I remember Bill’s impeachment very well. The media wouldn’t let us forget it. They were breaking in breathlessly 24/7, even into cartoons. I figured it was because they understood sex scandals and knew how to pronounce all the names, much easier than foreign affairs.

        But as for most people – it was a nothing issue to me. Many of us didn’t even think those questions should have been asked in the first place and thought he would have been justified in telling them to go jump in the nearest lake. I’m sure that’s why he was re-elected. People thought it was so stupid and a waste of time and money. My colleagues in Europe thought the US was insane to go through all the bother.

      • moki says:

        Bill Clinton’s impeachment was based on subornation of perjury, or “lying under oath”, rather than bs. And he did not leave. He just stayed and continued on. And you think DJT will just resign? The precedent has already been set for the egomaniacs who become our leaders to ignore things like impeachment.

      • doofus says:

        um, he didn’t “ignore” the impeachment and “just stayed and continued on”.

        do you know how impeachment works? it’s like being indicted and then you have to “go to trial”.

        he was impeached (indicted) by the House and then not removed from office (“acquitted”) by the Senate. he didn’t HAVE to leave office, so why would he?

      • moki says:

        Um yes I understand how impeachment works, and how most people who are impeached either resign before they are removed from the office they hold or they are removed.

  22. TyrantDestroyed says:

    Well is not that they will go to bankruptcy. Unfortunately the Horrible Family is now in a position that they can benefit from contracts and other sources of income to maintain their wealth in the years to come, so I see this a lose-lose situation.

  23. Alix says:

    As if I needed another reason to shop at Nordstrom!

    • Beth says:

      Another reason to shop there is Republicans are so mad about her brand being dumped that lots of them say they’ll never go there again and are cutting up their Nordstrom credit cards. You won’t be near naive Trump supporters

  24. Ladiabla says:

    It makes me so happy that her business is tanking; however, as Vauvert pointed out, his sons are busy traveling the world creating all new shady business deals, and they’ll maximize every opportunity granted to them for the duration of their father’s presidency. These people care for nothing but themselves. I believe their plan was always to pillage us economically, just the way their father’s old pal Putin did in his country.

    • Ashamed 2 b a Fl girl says:

      I think you and Vauvert are correct however the baby fist & co. brand is suffering and it’s only week 4! I, for one, will enjoy these minor victories on the way to the end of all things baby fist. This is the first hope I have had since the elections.

  25. Who says says:

    Maybe we can use Ivanka’s clothing line to build the wall between Mexico and U.S. Save the taxpayers a lot of money. We can buy less cement and wire.

  26. Anastasia says:

    I feel not one iota of sympathy for anyone in this family. Period.

  27. lizzie says:

    TJ Maxx and Marshalls are a HUGE downstream consumer of over-stock and over-buy Nordstrom’s inventory. Nordies has been sending all their unsold clearance and sale Ivanka Trump stuff to them for years. I worked in retail supply chain and my hunch is that her line has been under-performing for years and the contract she had with Nordstrom was coming to a close and based on performance and the inability to market ill-fitting Chinese garbage clothes from a hypocritical marketing disaster – they did not reup the contract. Therefore – TJ Maxx and Marshalls stock will also dry up.

    Good riddance. I like how we are now refering to her brand as a brand anyhow. Who the hell EVER bought a dress from her line and said “oh its an Ivanka Trump” as if it like – Diane Von Furstenberg or something. NO ONE!

    • Bridget says:

      I have always wondered how she was in Nordstrom in the first place. I can’t think of anything tackier than a Trump brand.

      • doofus says:

        once when I was shopping (a few years ago) for a dress for a wedding at L&T, I found a few of her dresses.

        for each one I found, the reaction was this:

        “oh, that’s kind of a pretty color/fabric/print” then I looked closely and every single one of her dresses had some detail that ruined the cuteness. a functional but useless GIANT gold zipper running across the bodice, some large shiny gold metal thing on the side, etc. she took several cute ideas and ruined all of them with the ever-present gold tackiness that is the Drumpf brand.

      • Kitten says:

        YES the ugly gold embellishments! These people can’t help but ruin everything.

  28. Marissa says:

    That’s what happens when your “business” consists of using daddy’s name to sell people cheap knockoffs. When daddy’s name turns to crap, so does your “business.”

  29. Elle R says:

    I still love Nordstrom for this. Now if they would do a better job advertising all the Made in the USA brands they carry …

  30. Jayna says:

    She was looking at Trudeau like she wanted to eat him up. LOL

  31. robyn says:

    Glad more have joined the fight so that the Trumps are overwhelmed and can’t single out one department store for hate from their cult members.

  32. susiecue says:

    I’m really surprised that Belk dumped her; their whole thing is Southern Shtick and they’re all down here in Trump Territory so I guess I just assumed they’d be fine with Cheeto D. I’m impressed. Actually kinda makes me want to shop there.

    • Christin says:

      That surprised me as well, given their geographic footprint is as red as can be. I do shop them online (good sales), but started throwing Nord’s some business, too, since they had the guts to cut ties first and begin this chain reaction.

    • Elle R. says:

      A friend of mine who gets on Facebook regularly and has several old-school Republican friends who voted for Trump out of party loyalty and the belief he wasn’t going to do what he said told me last weekend that all of those people have gone silent in the past couple of weeks.

      Her theory is they thought they were voting for a Romney type who was just better at appealing to the uneducated rednecks, and aren’t quite sure what to make of what’s happening.

      So maybe that’s what’s going on with Belk?

  33. lucy2 says:

    I usually kind of roll my eyes at boycotts as they rarely accomplish anything, but wow, this one seems to be having an impact.

    • I always felt that this particular boycott would work easily because, to the trump’s, their name is everything. Their stuff is very easy to pick out because of their branding. It’s actually worked out better than I’d hoped, and I bought a pair of boots just this week from Nordstrom. 😀

    • jwoolman says:

      The GE boycott worked. Like this one, it started as spontaneous. People like me who knew that General Electric’s profits came about equally from weapons work (they made an part of nuclear bombs) and consumer products and that GE pushed to keep us on a war footing since WWII got to the point where they personally didn’t want to buy its light bulbs anymore. What made the big difference was that medical people were getting to the same point with their very pricey medical equipment. Plus GE was tired of small shareholders showing up at meetings to speak in favor of stopping the weapons work. Especially the nuns. You don’t want to have to explain your work on nuclear bombs to a bunch of concerned nuns.

      I haven’t kept up on it so I don’t know if they backtracked. But it was nice to be able to buy GE light bulbs again because the others just don’t last as well (I had told them that when I started my personal boycott, just so they would know I was really bothered and willing to suffer). Moot point now with the fluorescent replacement bulbs, though.

      Anyway, I’m all for refusing to buy from a company when you feel that special pull (or push) where you just don’t feel right about supporting that particular company with your hard earned cash. Just remember to tell them you’re doing it. Even if you’re the only person in the world who feels that way, it’s a good instinct to follow. A boycott can be very personal and doesn’t have to be “successful” to be right for you. Besides – mighty oaks, small acorns and all that.

  34. tw says:

    Now if only white men stopped going to his golf courses…

    • dotdotdot says:

      But how else should they brag to their facebook friends that they were allowed to live-post sensitive information right as a international crisis took place?

  35. Beth says:

    No pity from me! She’s not going to starve or be homeless. I’d be pissed if my father was the reason I lost my business and everyone in the world hated me

  36. DogMom says:

    Is it crass to look at every photo of this family and desperately search the outer borders for signs of the help that is holding this whole scamfam together?

  37. Radley says:

    She’s as sleazy, corrupt and opportunistic as her disgusting daddy. She’s just more slickly packaged. I hope her name is mud by the time all is said and done.

  38. Elleno says:

    Sorry Ivanka, no one is buying your hollow idea of “empowerment”.

  39. Honey Bear says:

    It appears that Trump and this site are missing the point completely. Companies are not removing her brand as a political statement. Demand for her product declined due to Trump’s decline in popularity. People that disagreed with his politics stopped buying ivanka products and, let’s be honest, Trump supporters aren’t shopping at Neiman Marcus.

    • Odette says:

      I think people understand, we’re just indulging in a little schadenfreude. Her sales tanking is satisfying because she was a part of the evil force that put an unstable man in charge of the nuclear football. Goes along with the age-old belief (hope / wish) that bad things should happen to bad people.

    • moki says:

      I disagree Honey Bear. I know a lot of very successful, wealthy, well heeled people who voted for Trump. I know people like to think that only toothless, backwoods clan members voted for him, but that’s just not true. A lot of wealthy people are politically conservative.

  40. happinessinme says:

    good. she is just as disgusting as he is. No wonder the other daughter stays away from him.

  41. Nico says:

    I think what really turns me off about her is just how perfectly smug she is in all her photos when she’s involved in some of the politics. Her Instagram with her father and Trudeau at the desk in the Oval Office makes me want to throw things. Her in the meeting with Trudeau or with the any new diplomat that comes to town is (imo) just her trying to portray a new image of this humble advocate but it doesn’t fit. Also you’re not fooling anyone love with your rebranding of yourself as this hero for the regular working women. She has no idea what regular working women go through. All this leads me to think she wants to run for public office and I’m sure it’s not for the little people. I’m sure it’s just for the title. So I don’t think she cares too much about her clothing line being pulled. I think she’s trying to distance herself from that.

    • AnnaKist says:

      I can’t stand the smugness, either. I know it’s a tad shallow, but in a lot of photos of her and Mrs Baby Fists, all their facial refurbishments make them look as if they’re about to burst into tears. That’s what I thought was going on in the first photo above. Yeah, all in all, NoSympathy.

  42. Pip says:

    Sometimes laughter really is the only response 🙂

    Hysterical cackling here ….

  43. cindyp says:

    I know this will sound mean,but her kids are not cute at all.

  44. Nosy says:

    I’m a former model, and still manage to get some work here and there and sometimes work for A department store big in primarily the south, but a huge retailer for sure. I kinda giggle when these retailers say “for performance reasons” last year I had to model some of her stuff, and honestly it was not bad at all compared to other brands. You wouldn’t believe how cheaply made department store clothes are and I felt hers was above the rest and employees of the store said it sold well. So, while I’m so excited these retailers have chosen not to carry the lines, I wish they’d cop to the real reason! I myself would never buy an item from her no matter how cute it was but just saying I was surprised that it didn’t seem like cheap crap she threw her name on. I bet this is making a huge impact on her “businesswoman image” ego! I applaud these stores!

  45. India Andrews says:

    Ivanka choses to be involved in politics so she is game.

    If she stayed out of politics I would say these stores are being unfair to her.

  46. India Andrews says:

    The size of the blowback tells me that the Trumps are really rattling cages.