Posted on 02/16/2017 3:10:47 PM PST by drewh
A viral video shows a group of women storming into a Nordstrom to cancel their accounts in response to the retailer's decision to stop selling Ivanka Trump's fashion brand, promising to shop at Dillard's instead.
Laurie Ray posted a video on Facebook of herself and seven other women — some wearing shirts with photos of President Donald Trump that say "Haters Gonna Hate" — walking into Nordstroms in Chandler, Arizona, with handfuls of cash to cancel their accounts.
"I've been shopping at Nordstrom for 30 years," one woman in the video says, speaking into a telephone. "Because of your decision to drop Ivanka Trump, I will no longer shop at your store, nor will my husband or our nine children or our eight grandchildren."
Instead, the women say they are "headed to Dillard's to buy all kinds of stuff." Dillard's continues to sell Ivanka's brand.
Ray said on Facebook that ditching Nordstrom was a "YUGE" sacrifice because it was her daughter's go-to place to buy shoes, but that she made the decision to support Ivanka.
"A big group of us are meeting at Nordstrom's to cancel our accounts, than over to lunch at Cheesecake Factory," Ray said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. "Afterwards we are headed to Dillard's to #buyivanka and open up accounts there."
The video of the women shopping went viral quickly, with more than 422,000 views as of Thursday afternoon.
Earlier in February, Nordstrom cut ties with Ivanka Trump's brand, citing disappointing sales. The move came after months of online efforts from the anti-Trump #GrabYourWallet movement, which has encouraged shoppers to boycott any retailer that does business with the Trump family.
Since Nordstrom's decision to cut ties with Ivanka, some supporters of Donald Trump, like Ray, have threatened to boycott the retailer.
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2 can play this game! Does this mean us good guys ave the upper hand?
Love those gals! Go shopping at Dillards ladies!
“A viral video shows a group of women storming into a Nordstrom to cancel their accounts...”
Did they pay off the balance of their Nordstrom accounts?
Isn’t it about time for a shareholder derivative lawsuit against these companies (if publicly traded) who are trashing their bottom lines over personally held political views?
My wife said the same thing.
Superb! Way to go ladies.
Now we need the guys to get out there and reclaim the streets.
Let’s revive the Tea Parties.
Nordstroms is never talked about! lol
During the obama years we were told it was racist to object.
Unlike the left we won’t threaten Nordstroms, picket their store, or publicly boycott them. We’ll quietly take our business and our money elsewhere.
HA! I wasn’t a big Nordstrom shopper but it was my go to place for Christmas and special occasion gifts. I spent a large amount on those gifts. I’m sure Saks can handle that for me since I will never set foot in Nordstroms again
Makes me wish I had a Norstrom CC to cut up..
I’ve been boycotting them since they dropped Ivanka.
I love this!
Yay ladies!
It all depends on how much shopping your wife plans to do in retaliation ...........
The power of the purse!
My sister always bought me presents at Dillards. We shopped there one of the times that we visited her in Florida. Nice place.
Maybe it’s because the whole boycott thing is tainted in my mind due to previous leftist boycotts, but I’d tend to think it would be better to just cancel the Nordstrom card and leave them to figure out what was going on while you shop elsewhere. Seems like virtue signaling I guess?
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