Neiman Marcus has made a similar statement, saying the company assesses brands “based on productivity.”
The Grab Your Wallet campaign began in October after The Post obtained a 2005 video that showed President Trump, then a candidate, bragging during a taping of “Access Hollywood” about groping women. The campaign’s founder, Shannon Coulter, posted a message on Twitter criticizing Nordstrom for doing business with Ivanka Trump.
Citing internal Nordstrom data, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that sales of Ivanka Trump’s fashion line dropped by about 32 percent last fiscal year. Sales of the first daughter’s products were more than 70 percent lower in the second, third and fourth weeks of October compared with the same time last year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Not long after Nordstrom dropped his daughter’s product line, Trump lashed out on Twitter, saying the retailing giant had been unfair:
“My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!”
White House press secretary Sean Spicer and counselor Kellyanne Conway have rushed to the first family’s defense.
Spicer said during a briefing on Wednesday that Nordstrom’s decision was “a direct attack” on the president’s policies and on his daughter’s name.
Conway appeared to have crossed ethical lines when she plugged Ivanka Trump’s products during an interview on Fox News Channel.
“Go buy Ivanka’s stuff is what I would tell you,” Conway said, adding, “I’m going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.”
The endorsement appeared to violate an ethics rule barring federal employees from using their public office to endorse products. The White House later said that Conway had been “counseled.”
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