Driscoll’s, the largest berry producer in the world, now grows about the same quantity of raspberries and strawberries in Mexico as it does in California. Many American producers have recently expanded their production to Mexico. Garland Reiter is one of the people behind the rise in imported food from Mexico. His family has been growing […]
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Burlington Coat Factory Latest To Drop Ivanka’s Retail Line
BURLINGTON, N.J. — Ivanka Trump products have disappeared from the website of Burlington Coat Factory, a South Jersey-based retailer facing calls for a boycott from critics of President Donald Trump. But an online boycott campaign, #grabyourwallet, said it will continue to target the Burlington Township-based firm. “Burlington Coat Factory has removed all Trump brand goods from its […]
Trump To “Tweak” NAFTA
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a polar opposite to Donald Trump in almost every way, joined the new U.S. president at the White House on Feb. 13, 2017, keen to build a relationship that doesn’t threaten trade. President Donald Trump praised the “outstanding” trade relationship between the United States and Canada Monday, saying he would only […]
Kmart And Sears Drop Trump Retail Products
Two big box retailers have decided to stop selling Donald Trump’s brand of home products from their websites, as backlash builds against his administration. The Trump Home Line, which is owned by the Trump Organization, is no longer available on the Kmart or Sears websites, according to Business Insider. Sears insists that the decision is […]
Ethics Violation: Official Trump Adviser Tells America To Buy Ivanka’s Clothing Line
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Trump, may have violated federal ethics rules Thursday when she urged shoppers to buy Ivanka Trump’s retail brand, following the decision by several retail companies to drop the line because of poor sales. “Go buy Ivanka’s stuff, is what I was [saying] — I hate shopping and I’m […]
Nordstrom Stock Rises After Trump Tweet
President Trump staged another tweet attack on an American corporation on Wednesday, this time raking Nordstrom Inc. for the supposed crime of dropping his daughter Ivanka’s fashion line. At about 10:51 a.m. New York time, Trump tweeted, “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me […]
Boycotts Are Hurting The Trump’s Retail Businesses
At a time when social movements can begin online, brands face more pressure than ever to respond to consumer demands. Organizing a protest or calling for a boycott has never been easier. Chris Allieri, a marketing consultant with Mulberry & Astor, said, “Before he became president, I think that a lot of consumers were indifferent […]
Trump To Erase Post-2008 Bank Regulations
The president had praise for Jamie Dimon, whose bank, JPMorgan Chase, was often a target of regulatory actions by the Obama administration. The meeting underscored the degree to which the architects of Mr. Trump’s economic strategy are now some of the very people he lambasted in his campaign, which ended with a commercial that described […]
2 Easy Fixes For A Common Social Security Problem
Feel like you need to take a mulligan on your Social Security strategy? More than one-third of retirees decide to claim their benefits as soon as they can, at age 62. Retirees may have good reason to be worried. The program’s trust fund is projected to run out of money in 2030, meaning there won’t […]
Stock Market Hurt By Immigration Ban
The messy and contentious rollout of the executive order blocking entrance for refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations has dented the stock market surge enjoyed by President Trump since his election. Ever since winning the White House in early November, Trump has ridden a wave of stock market success as investors prepared for the […]
Trump Slashes Regulations On Businesses With Executive Order
President Trump signs an executive action in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday in Washington, D.C., saying he will “dramatically” reduce small business regulations overall. President Trump signed another executive order Monday morning, fulfilling another campaign pledge, this one to eliminate two federal regulations for every new regulation enacted. Trump signed the […]
Trump Budget Nominee Supports Cutting Medicare, Social Security
President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the nation’s budget director, Rep. Mick Mulvaney , R-S.C., defended Tuesday his support of cuts to popular entitlement programs that Trump vowed to keep intact and emphasized that he would bring a “fact-based approach” to the role. In appearances before the Senate budget and homeland security committees, Mulvaney acknowledged […]