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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Trump may be hurting Ivanka's brand
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Ivanka Trumps business just absorbed some blows. But more damaging than Nordstroms decision to drop her clothing line might have been the reaction from her father, the president. His lashing out at the upscale department store seems to reflect an approach to industrial policy that often brings unintended consequences.
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Lest the message be unclear, his official presidential account dutifully retweeted the complaint. And his son Donald Trump Jr. followed up with reports that supporters were planning to boycott the store.
Such actions, if meant to disrupt Nordstroms business, could be a signal to other retailers that itll be costly to cut off existing business relationships with the Trump family. This kind of bullying could have unintended consequences.
Put yourself in the shoes of a purchasing manager considering adding the Ivanka Trump Collection to your stores. Even if you think her products are excellent, Mr. Trumps outburst provides an incentive not to stock them. After all, if it doesnt work out, who wants to be in the cross-hairs of an easily angered president with 24.3 million Twitter followers and the power of the regulatory state? It might be far safer to do business with someone else.
Mr. Trumps strategy to protect his daughters business seems to mirror his strategy to protect American jobs. Just as he has made it more expensive for potential partners to sever business relationships with his daughter, the C.E.O.s of Carrier, General Motors and Toyota can attest that he has made it more expensive for them to sever their relationships with American workers.
And when you make it more expensive to exit a relationship, you make it more expensive to enter it.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/upshot/trumps-defense-of-ivanka-reflects-approach-that-could-hurt-the-economy.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
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Why Trump may be hurting Ivanka's brand (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Feb 2017
OP
Hell, this selfish idiot is hurting more than his daughter's brand. His behavior will adversely
Trust Buster
Feb 2017
#3
Yes, but that will be of little solace to his children and grandchildren when the 60 - 70% will
Trust Buster
Feb 2017
#8
Ha! Yeah, see how many of his rube supporters can afford what the Trumps want to charge for their "brands".
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. Ivanka's brand and business has been destroyed thanks to daddy.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)3. Hell, this selfish idiot is hurting more than his daughter's brand. His behavior will adversely
affect his children and grandchildren's name for the rest of their lives. By the time he is done, 60 - 70% of Americans will scowl when they here that name that he feels is so precious that he splashes it on buildings and products.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)7. And 30-40% will still worship him.
Sheesh
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Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)8. Yes, but that will be of little solace to his children and grandchildren when the 60 - 70% will
be looking at them like they have a third eye.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)9. Let me restate: DEPLORABLY, 30-40% will still worship his memory.
We already have to put up with "St. Ronnie." Trump will be "St. Donnie" to future deplorables.
(I was afraid you might've thought my earlier post was shrugging off your 60-70% estimate.)
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rurallib
(62,346 posts)4. seems like doing business with the Mafia
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)5. Pretty sure Daddy has wrecked Barbies business.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)6. Ivanka pushes him to do the right thing?
It's not working.
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