Despite major outlets such as Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus refusing to carry Ivanka Trump&#8217;s women&#8217;s fashion line, the president of the line says sales have <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/322818-ivanka-trump-clothing-line-reports-record-sales">gone through the roof</a>.
Abigail Klem told Refinery 29, &#8220;Since the beginning of February, they were some of the best performing weeks in the history of the brand. For several different retailers Ivanka Trump was a top performer online, and in some of the categories it was the [brand&#8217;s] best performance ever.&#8221;
Nordstrom announced in early February that it would remove Trump&#8217;s fashion line, prompting President Trump to tweet:
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My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by <a href="https://twitter.com/Nordstrom">@Nordstrom</a>. She is a great person &#8212; always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!
&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/829356871848951809">February 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Neiman Marcus joined Nordstrom later; the Grab Your Wallet campaign urged shoppers to boycott retailers with any Ivanka or <a href="http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>-branded products.
Lyst reported that from January to February, Trump&#8217;s sales increased 346%.
Klem opined: &#8220;It&#8217;s unprecedented what this brand is dealing with. We are really committed to having the brand be separate, even from [Ivanka], so certainly her dad is even more distant from that. We&#8217;re committed to doing everything we can to carve an identity for this brand that is about what the brand stands for and the core brand attributes. And so absolutely, it complicated matters.&#8221;
In the meantime, Nordstrom&#8217;s decision didn&#8217;t hurt the company, according to<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-07/backlash-over-ivanka-trump-didn-t-hurt-nordstrom"> Bloomberg</a>; Oliver Chen, who works for Cowen &amp; Co., estimated less than 1% of Nordstrom&#8217;s annual revenue depended on Trump&#8217;s line, whose sales dropped 32% last year, according to the Wall Street Journal. In late February, Nordstrom <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-23/nordstrom-tops-estimates-as-cost-cuts-make-up-for-sluggish-sales">posted a profit</a> of $1.37 a share for the most recent reported quarter, much higher than analyst estimates of $1.15.

Ivanka’s Fashion Line Soars Despite Being Dumped By Nordstrom And Neiman Marcus

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After Nordstrom dropped Ivanka Trump&#8217;s fashion line from their stores, asserting that her line had experienced poor sales, President Trump went back on Twitter to defend his daughter:
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My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by <a href="https://twitter.com/Nordstrom">@Nordstrom</a>. She is a great person &#8212; always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!
&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/829356871848951809">February 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Last week, Nordstrom had announced they would no longer carry Ivanka Trump&#8217;s line of clothes and accessories. A Nordstrom spokeswoman <a href="http://fortune.com/2017/02/02/nordstrom-ivanka-trump/">stated</a>, &#8220;We&#8217;ve said all along we make buying decisions based on performance. In this case, based on the brand&#8217;s performance, we&#8217;ve decided not to buy it for this season.&#8221;
The announcement followed an email two days prior in which Nordstrom co-presidents Peter, Erik, and Blake Nordstrom slammed President Trump&#8217;s ban on immigrants from seven Muslim nations. The email read:
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Last Friday an Executive Order was signed by the President of the United States related to immigration. This subject is one we&#8217;re watching closely; our family&#8217;s heritage, the company&#8217;s roots, and the diverse employees and customers we serve are top of mind.
When John W. Nordstrom came to the U.S. as an immigrant, he was given opportunities that allowed him to find a more prosperous and happy life. In so many ways, our humble beginnings and the work ethic and gratitude that goes with it helped shape the culture of our company top this day. Over 116 years we have been fortunate to be able to build on the foundation JWN laid for us; thanks to all of you who have chosen to bring your unique experiences and backgrounds to work here at Nordstrom every day.
We currently employ more than 76,000 people who comprise different races, ethnicities and genders. &#8216;We literally have thousands of employees who are first and second generation immigrants. Every one of your unique qualities brings a richness that allows us to better reflect and serve the multi-cultured communities we&#8217;re a part of and ultimately makes us a better company. We are a better place with you here, no doubt about it. It&#8217;s important that we reiterate our values to all of you and make it clear that we support each of our employees. We will continue to value diversity, inclusion, respect, and you can count on that.
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In 2015, after Donald Trump referred to some Mexicans as killers and rapists, Macy&#8217;s <a href="v">dropped</a> his line of menswear. Last week, Neiman Marcus <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/13134/tolerance-department-store-kicks-ivanka-trumps-amanda-prestigiacomo">dropped</a> Ivanka&#8217;s jewelry line, which had been available on their website.

Trump SLAMS Nordstrom For Dropping Ivanka’s Fashion Line

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Neiman Marcus no longer has President Donald Trump&#8217;s eldest daughter Ivanka&#8217;s jewelry line available on their website. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trump-disappears-from-neiman-marcus-website-2017-2">According </a>to the Business Insider, there are at least 15 products from Ivanka that have been removed from the site since Wednesday. 
&#8220;A search of the website shows no results for any products by Trump. Her brand&#8217;s name is also no longer on the main list of designers on the site,&#8221; <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/317778-ivanka-trumps-designer-line-is-no-longer-available-on-the-neiman-marcus">notes </a>The Hill. 
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Although the department store has yet to issue a statement addressing why the First Daughter&#8217;s line has been suddenly removed, it seems clear why: good old fashioned leftist &#8220;tolerance.&#8221; 
Even pre-dating the stunning November 8 presidential election, the fashion world has taken out their disdain for Donald Trump on his family. Countless fashion designers have refused to dress <a href="http://people.com/style/sophie-theallet-open-letter-melania-trump/">Ivanka </a>and <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/306763-fashion-designer-refuses-to-dress-melania-trump">now-First Lady Melania Trump</a>, while others in the fashion world have publicly <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenduca/status/810671682247675904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">accused </a>Ivanka, who ironically is a New York-style liberal, of providing &#8220;sinister complicity in aiding the most aggressively anti-woman candidate of our time.&#8221; Elle Magazine, a leftist fashion magazine, even took the time to <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/11855/elle-magazine-upset-ivanka-pretty-and-well-spoken-amanda-prestigiacomo">publish </a>a sick hit piece on Ivanka essentially labeling her some evil tool of the sexist patriarchy. 
As noted by The Hill, Neiman Marcus is not the only department store making moves to rid themselves of Ivanka: &#8220;Nordstrom is planning to reduce its stock of merchandise from President Trump&#8217;s daughter as more retailers have been targeted by boycott threats over any Trump family products.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a sharply divisive subject,&#8221; said Co-President Pete Nordstrom. &#8220;No matter what we do, we are going to end up disappointing some of our customers. Every single brand we offer is evaluated on their results &#8212; if people don&#8217;t buy it, we won&#8217;t sell it.&#8221;&#8203;
Last month, leftist artists <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/11821/hypocrites-artists-want-ivanka-remove-their-art-amanda-prestigiacomo">rebuked </a>Ivanka for having bought pieces of their artwork, some even asking for their pieces back&#8230;because that&#8217;s the way transactions work.

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