T.J. Maxx Backs Away From Ivanka Trump as President Assails Nordstrom

[highplainsdem]

Source: NYT

Last week, employees at T.J. Maxx and Marshalls got very clear instructions about where to put signs for Ivanka Trump products: in the garbage.

The TJX Companies, the retailers’ parent company, told employees not to display Ivanka Trump merchandise separately and to throw away Ivanka Trump signs, according to a note to employees on Wednesday, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.

“Effective immediately, please remove all Ivanka Trump merchandise from features and mix into the runs,” the note read. “Runs” refers to the normal clothing racks where the majority of products hang. “All Ivanka Trump signs should be discarded.”

A spokeswoman for the TJX Companies, Doreen Thompson, confirmed that the message had been sent to stores.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/business/ivanka-trump-nordstrom-tj-maxx.html

[LuckyLib]

1. Yay! Voting with our feet -- one business and one person at a time!

[Botany]

2. All Ivanka Trump signs should be discarded.

So how did Trump "win" anyway?

[bravenak]

3. I love this shit

[wordpix]

6. me too, I love it, we're getting some good news today

Senators reading Coretta King's letter, reports of ppl flooding into Repuglic congressmen's meetings with constituents angry about ACA being destroyed, now this. YAY!

[bravenak]

7. If the court could just put out a decision in our favor...

It will fuck Trumps shit all up. Please let him get more bad news. I want him to cry in public. I feel it coming. A full on bawl.

[wordpix]

4. YAY! TJ Maxx, I'm coming by next time I need something

Trumputin, it's coming down now you dicktorial asshole

[George II]

14. My wife loves TJ Maxx, more so than Marshall's (same company) - we'll be doing more shopping there.

[nikibatts]

5. It only takes more folks and businesses to stand up to the bully for him to have little affect.

Stronger together!

[CountAllVotes]

8. T.J. Maxx owns sierratradingpost.com

Just a little FYI ...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. But they're still selling her stuff.

They've just mixed it in with the other merchandise and not advertising or displaying it separately. Will they order more of it, or just sell what they've got and be done with her?

[dembotoz]

13. some stores run on a thin margin....to dumpster the clothing as much as i would like to see that

might be fiscally stupid

[George II]

15. They probably can't send it back, but most likely won't buy any more.

[Skittles]

19. don't they just get excess stock or castoffs from other stores/

[Sherman A1]

26. Precisely

If they discontinue it and sell out, that's one thing. Just running it off the shelf instead of an end or special display is completely a different thing.

[underpants]

28. They'll sell it until the run out.

BTW TJ Max and Marshall's aren't exactly high end stores. I was surprised that she let her oh-so-fabulously-glorious lines be sold there.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. New collectible: Ivanka Trump point of purchase sales material.

Dumpster dive it, wait a few years, and put it on eBay.

[GusBob]

11. The Trumps should have known this would happen

what kind of business folks are they? Business and politics do not mix

This is indicative of all the whining they have been doing about "respect" They must have thought that once president people would fawn over their brand

Instead they are pariahs Big business mistake

[FSogol]

24. IF they were capable of self-introspection. They are not. They're crude rubes that won the sperm

lottery.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

39. Also, they don't need her silly little clothing business. They've got the US treasury to raid now.

For themselves and those who enable their criminal and constitution-shredding moves.

[Cal Carpenter]

37. "Business and politics do not mix"

Well, of course they do, but it's easier to get away with it when it isn't so brazen.

[GusBob]

38. Correct like crony capitalism, like Halliburton

But this is retail consumer business, and woman's fashion to boot

They should've known they would take a hit after the p-grabber comments

The retailers are just following their invoices which plainly are demonstrating her line is a non seller

Their brand name is Trash now. Nobody is going to touch it

[kimbutgar]

12. Everytime I went into Marshalls and saw an ivanka item I would "accidentally" throw it on

The floor. On the clearance racks I saw a lot of markdowns on her items. My sister and I were in a Marshalls before the election and I saw some cute boots when I saw they were hers I put them back and pointed out they were hers, my sister made a noise that made me laugh. A few minutes later I saw another woman look at the boots and when she saw they were ivanka she threw them down. I laughed and she looked at me and gave me a look of agreement.

[renate]

16. am I weird for not despising Ivanka? because I don't

Before Trump ran for president, she had never given me any cause to think she wasn't a nice person. In fact, I liked her. In the documentary "Born Rich" she seemed to be very down to earth and natural.

And it's been occurring to me that she is perhaps the only person in Trump's circle who might be a voice of reason whom he would actually listen to. Maybe her husband too, I don't know the first thing about him. But she might be realizing that the only sane person who could possibly succeed at being a check on him is her. We all want her to stand up and call him on his bullshit, but that would be completely counterproductive. She knows that he won't listen to anybody who confronts him, and she also knows better than anyone in the world how his mind works.

So perhaps she's sticking around, not speaking out against him, not because she's in on her father's plans but precisely because of the opposite. She can't even say "hey, guys, I'm on your side" to the people who are trashing her, or her access to Trump would be cut off. So she has to watch her image being dragged down with her father's and say nothing to defend herself.

It's just a theory, but I do really think there's a good chance that she is our last bulwark between us and complete and utter catastrophe.

[Skittles]

20. she actively pimped for her dad to be president

surely she more than anyone knows how unqualified he is

Ivanka is very much part of the Trump destruction

[logosoco]

23. I only know of her through her father.

I seem to recall stories about how she stole/copied designs of another person. I am pretty sure if her dad's ties were found to be made in horrible overseas factories, her stuff is being made the same way. It looks to me like she was willing to have her dad's new job help her brand.
She doesn't seem very nice to me, in this light.

[LisaM]

27. Her husband is a greedy landlord who doesn't hesitate to find ways to evict people

in rent-controlled buildings. He also seems to be very motivated by revenge. So yeah, they seem normal in comparison to the rest of the gang, but in reality, not so much.

[LovingA2andMI]

17. Thank You, TJ Maxx's/Marshalls!!!!

Love shopping at your store and for sure it will continue noting this action by your Executive Team!!!

[Leghorn21]

18. Oh noes, Nordstrom's stock is up!

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=tablet-gws&site=&source=hp&q=nordstrom+stock+price+today&oq=nordstrom+stocks+today&gs_l=tablet-gws.1.1.0i22i30k1l2.2166.9121.0.10672.22.15.0.7.7.0.332.2500.0j14j0j1.15.0....0...1c.1.64.tablet-gws..0.22.2574...0i131k1j0.43bZkr_kH18

[Skittles]

21. anyone notice how often the "support tweets" are repuke trolls?

probably bots

[byronius]

22. Soviet bots.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

40. There were a bunch screeching about how Dare people compare Elizabeth Warren to

Rosa Parks. A She was warned, nevertheless, she persisted meme had been trending. I just happened to check in when the RWers were surging in on it.

The first two whose profiles I looked at had like 8000 tweets, no followers and followed no one.

Of course, there were also a lot of real deplorable Trumpistas spewing their ignorance with belligerence.

[ck4829]

25. K&R

[benld74]

29. What are the chances of seeing Ivaka's fashion line

being worn in South Afrika. Similar to those of NBA championship losing team jerseys,,,,,,

[gay texan]

30. good.

Her clothing and shoe lines totally sucked. She's as clueless as her dad.

[Fearless]

31. If you own any Trump products DON'T throw them out

Donate them to your closest homeless shelter. Let Trump stew on the working poor wearing his daughter's clothes.

[AC_Mem]

32. Stein Mart experience last night

I really don't have an issue with IT (her initials are interesting...), but I will say, I went to Steinmart last night and her outfits are all on the clearance racks. They are also fairly unattractive and look like they would be Ill-fitting. So, add Steinmart to the list...

[llmart]

35. I should have read through the thread...

before I posted. Glad to see someone else noticed that Steinmart carried her crap.

[Donkees]

33. Maybe she'll have to sell her schmatas under the Scion label

[llmart]

34. Steinmart carries her crap also....

Boycott them too! Let them know you won't be shopping there. I already did this a week ago.

[Cha]

36. Bloomingdales and Macy's still sell her tainted crap.. and why

is TJMaxx backing away from ivanka? Didn't quite get that in the article.

[spiderpig]

41. An advantage of being semi-retired is that I don't have to worry about wardrobe

The point being, I haven't set foot in any of the retailers that marketed her stuff for years. Otherwise I'd be sounding off bigly telling them I'd make my own clothes rather than frequent their establishments.

Now if Ivanka starts selling sweats at Costco, I'll be in big trouble.