By Sarah Chawla, Courier Staff Writer
Nordstrom has been under fire recently after deciding to stop carrying Ivanka Trump’s products.
The decisions to drop the brand came after the sales dropped sharply following the election. Nordstrom ensured that the decision was strictly business. The Wall Street Journal revealed that sales of the line have plummeted by nearly a third in the last fiscal year and has dropped by 70 percent in the last three weeks of October 2016.
Donald Trump took to twitter to respond to this, saying “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!”
Trump’s senior counsel, Kellyanne Conway, used a televised appearance to promote the brand, sparking ethics concerns. U.S. Representative, Elijah Cummings, explained how “This appears to be a textbook violation of government ethics laws and regulations enacted to prevent the abuse of an employee’s government position,” and requests “that the Committee make an official referral of this matter to the Office of Government Ethics and request that it report back to the Committee as soon as possible with its findings”. The committee chairman, Jason Chaffetz, responded by saying that Conway clearly crossed the line and he plans to review the situation.
Some Trump supporters have decided to boycott the store. One boycotter, Samantha, explained how she wants “to send a message that we don’t want to hear your political opinions”. They believe that businesses shouldn’t get involved in politics and that “If they want to drop her that’s fine, but it can’t be for political reasons,” according to Tom Rinehart.
Nordstrom isn’t the only company Trump supporters are boycotting. There’s a small subreddit with just over 4,000 followers that outlines which companies have slandered Trump. The list includes about 50 companies and it even urges users to boycott Reddit itself.
