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Sears, Kmart drop 31 Trump Home items from their online shops
Reuters ^ | 2/11/2017 | Jon Herskovitz

Posted on 02/11/2017 12:23:52 PM PST by usafa92

Major U.S. retailers Sears and Kmart this week removed 31 Trump Home items from their online product offerings to focus on more profitable items, a spokesman said on Saturday.

The decision follows retailer Nordstrom Inc's announcement this week it had decided to stop carrying Ivanka Trump's apparel because of declining sales, prompting President Donald Trump to take to Twitter to defend his daughter. White House spokesman Sean Spicer characterized the Nordstrom move as a "direct attack" on the president's policies.

Neither Sears nor Kmart carried the Trump Home products in their retail stores, a Sears Holdings Corp spokesman said. Kmart is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings.

"As part of the company’s initiative to optimize its online product assortment, we constantly refine that assortment to focus on our most profitable items," spokesman Brian Hanover said in a statement.

"Amid that streamlining effort, 31 Trump Home items were among the items removed online this week," he said, adding those items can be found through a third-party vendor, without providing additional information about the products.

The Trump Home collection includes lines of furniture, lighting, bedding, mirrors and chandeliers, some from makers who supply the items to Trump hotels, according to the collection's website.

Nordstrom's sales of Ivanka Trump's line of clothing and shoes fell by nearly one-third in the past fiscal year, with sharp drops in sales weeks before her father was elected president on Nov. 8, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

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To: riverrunner

Big deal I haven’t purchased from either of them in over 15 years.


81 posted on 02/11/2017 1:14:24 PM PST by Pilated (.)
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To: inchworm

You can negotiate with Sears.

They sell Kenmore which is involved with many brands.

Give it a go.


82 posted on 02/11/2017 1:15:07 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: usafa92

Here are all the stores that still carry Ivanka Trump’s brand
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2017/02/08/here-are-all-the-stores-still-carrying-ivanka-trumps-brand/21709891/

Anti-Trump Boycott Targets Retailers That Sell Trump-Branded Products
http://fortune.com/2016/11/14/boycott-targets-trump-retailers/

Will Macy’s become the next store to drop the Ivanka Trump brand?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0207/Will-Macy-s-become-the-next-store-to-drop-the-Ivanka-Trump-brand

Tracking the Stores That Carry (or Don’t Carry) Ivanka Trump’s Products
http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a42677/stores-that-sell-ivanka-trump-fashion-shoes/


83 posted on 02/11/2017 1:16:06 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

K-Mart and Sears are going under.

They have NO business model and Sears sold their brand to Stanley / B&D. Those warranties are useless.

It is just upper management cleaning off the books.


84 posted on 02/11/2017 1:19:36 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Charles Martel

I had a Sears 5 minutes away. Now gone! I restore old Pedal steel guitars, and could always find the right fasteners, etc., at Sears. Bummer!


85 posted on 02/11/2017 1:19:50 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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In the same vein Kenmore will continue on.


86 posted on 02/11/2017 1:20:45 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: proud American in Canada

You have a GREAT mind!!


87 posted on 02/11/2017 1:23:51 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Right-wing Librarian

The big Sears on the West Side of Cleveland had a big scratch and dent center in the basement. Bought washer, dryer, and fridge there 25/30 years ago. Saved a bunch of moola! All still going strong.


88 posted on 02/11/2017 1:24:00 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Might as well keep buying fasteners there.

While you can!


89 posted on 02/11/2017 1:25:18 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Shady

Macy’s current stock price is $31.99. Their all-time high was $78.19 in May 2006. They plunged all the way to $5.73 in November 2008 but rallied back to $72.31 by July 2015. From that point it plunged to its current price.


90 posted on 02/11/2017 1:26:18 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: max americana

I don’t need to boycott these mutts,I lost interest in shopping there decades ago.They have nothing I need that I can’t buy somewhere else at a better price.


91 posted on 02/11/2017 1:32:17 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: lee martell
"Some of the older clerks won’t (or can’t) help you order from the store’s computer... either too lazy or didn’t want to bother learning how..."

"Sheen-bro" [English translation: "Machine is broken"] is the standard Ebonic excuse for any difficult or mildly complicated task. Just try to order ice cream at any "diverse" McDonald's and you'll have 80% odds that the machine will be "broken" or otherwise out of order. On the other hand, go to any Chick-fil-A for the world's best milkshake -- and you'll get it. What's the difference? Selective hiring and a corporate culture that instills, reinforces and rewards a solid work ethic.

92 posted on 02/11/2017 1:34:41 PM PST by Always A Marine
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To: MUDDOG

“Might as well keep buying fasteners there.”

I only do a couple guitars a year. Gotta ‘73 D-10 in pieces on my bench. Already got everything I need for that one. It’s a time-consuming hobby, sort of,,,,,


93 posted on 02/11/2017 1:34:43 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: phoneman08

I’m going to have to buy something from Ivanka’s line to give to my wife.Valentine’s day is coming up soon.


94 posted on 02/11/2017 1:35:41 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: gaijin

LOL. I remember being a pre-teen and teen and being mortified if I had to walk into a Sears or worse, a Kmart, with my mother.

The Sears in our mall had more than half its floor space converted to a Whole Foods.


95 posted on 02/11/2017 1:35:47 PM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Try an Ace hardware or Rural King.Both have a huge selection of fasteners.


96 posted on 02/11/2017 1:43:45 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: usafa92

Sears Executive: “Okay, our sales are plummeting. We are closing stores by the hundreds. What can we do!”

KMart Executive: “PISS OFF HALF OUR BASE!”

Sears Executive: “BRILLIANT!!!”


97 posted on 02/11/2017 1:47:09 PM PST by Lazamataz ("Love Trumping Hate" sure involves a lot more assault and arson than I expected.)
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To: usafa92

Big deal, they are both on their last legs. Nobody probably bought the items as the class of folks that patronize their retail outlets probably can’t afford them anyway.


98 posted on 02/11/2017 1:58:43 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: usafa92

I don’t shop at either Sears or K-Mart.

Their stuff is nothing but over priced crap.

Sears also owns Land’s End, which I used to shop at but not any more.

Too bad cause Land’s End was terrific stuff before Sears bought it.

It’s LL Bean for me now.


99 posted on 02/11/2017 1:59:37 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: usafa92

No one who shops at Kmart is buying Ivanka Trump products.
Just say’n.


100 posted on 02/11/2017 2:00:27 PM PST by glasseye
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