IVANKA TRUMP Company Sued Over 'UNFAIR' KELLYANNE CONWAY PUBLICITY

[Right_in_Virginia]

IVANKA TRUMP Company Sued Over 'UNFAIR' KELLYANNE CONWAY PUBLICITY
TMZ, Mar 20, 2017

Ivanka Trump's company is crushing some of its competition so badly, she's now facing a lawsuit from one of the companies on the losing end.

Modern Appealing Clothing thinks President Trump's daughter is getting an "unfair" boost in sales -- allegedly several hundred percent -- based on the fact she's now the First Daughter. The company points to huge public spectacles like Kellyanne Conway's February appearance on FOX News, where she gave a shout-out to Ivanka's clothing line.

In docs, obtained by TMZ, the company says even the prez is "exploiting the power and prestige of the White House" simply to help his daughter's company make a few bucks. Modern Appealing filed a class action lawsuit, demanding Ivanka's company stop using her political ties to improve her bottom line. Nordstrom famously pulled Ivanka's shoes, citing lagging sales numbers -- but Modern Appealing Clothing seems to think she's doing just fine. Too fine, in fact.



http://www.tmz.com/2017/03/20/ivanka-trump-lawsuit-kellyanne-conway/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Looks like the boycott backfired ... onto the lawsuit.   

[ABX]

It took some digging, but I think I found them. They aren't exactly competition for Ivanka's line.  They look like one of those little boutique's that pop up on every corner these days. Here is their Yelp page with store pics.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/m-a-c-modern-appealing-clothing-san-francisco-2?adjust_creative=bing&utm_campaign=yelp_feed&utm_medium=feed_v2&utm_source=bing

[mountaineer]

More about Ivanka's business at New York Times (consider the source). But seriously, Jamie Gorelick?!?!?

Despite a Trust, Ivanka Trump Still Wields Power Over Her Brand
By RACHEL ABRAMS
MARCH 20, 2017


What role Ivanka Trump plays in her father’s White House is among the pressing questions at the intersection of politics and business under the Trump administration.

Since her father became president, Ms. Trump has sat in meetings with political and business leaders at the White House, drawing criticism that she could use her informal adviser role to promote her brand. Now, she also works out of a West Wing office and is in the process of getting a security clearance and government-issued devices.

To address those concerns, Ms. Trump handed over day-to-day control of her company to her top executive, Abigail Klem, and transferred its assets to a new trust overseen by relatives of her husband.

But details of the arrangement, which have not been disclosed, indicate how much power Ms. Trump continues to hold over the brand that bears her name.

Under the trust, which was executed in the first week of March, Ms. Trump may address potential conflicts in one of two ways: recuse herself from related White House business or veto a potential business deal for her company, said Jamie Gorelick, a longtime ethics lawyer in Washington who is an independent adviser to the Ivanka M. Trump Business Trust.

Ms. Trump is the sole beneficiary, said Ms. Gorelick, who provided details of the trust and Ms. Trump’s expanding White House role in interviews.

On Monday, Ms. Trump said the trust was part of a voluntary pledge to follow rules placed on government employees.

For about a decade, Ms. Trump has licensed her name to partners that manufacture her clothes, shoes and other items. Ms. Trump, who appeared in her own advertisements, was the face of it all. Her brand is privately held, meaning that its inner workings, partners and investments are not subject to public disclosure.

Under the new arrangement, Ms. Trump will no longer appear in advertisements, Ms. Gorelick said, and she has separated her business and personal social media accounts. Photos of her posing next to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada or the chief executive of Boeing have replaced pictures of her shoes and handbags on her personal Instagram account.

Ms. Trump could have opted for a blind trust, which keeps beneficiaries in the dark about their assets — a move favored by modern presidents but not commonly used by employees in the executive branch, said Richard W. Painter, the chief White House ethics adviser under President George W. Bush.

That was an untenable option for Ms. Trump, Ms. Gorelick said, because it would have forced her to sell the company, giving another owner the ability to use the family name.  ...

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