http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/ivanka-trump-sales-boycott-1.4016372
This week,
CNN posted several photos on its site showing Ivanka Trump wearing both her clothing and jewelry. The headline for the post read "Ivanka Trump is a walking billboard for Ivanka Trump."
Winder says the first daughter is breaking no rules by wearing her merchandise. "It's not an obvious promotion," he said. "People can wear what they want."
But, he added, it has raised some ethical questions about where you draw the line. "It's certainly controversial."
'Blurring of the line'
Trump product boycotter Amanda St. Jean says she takes issue with Ivanka Trump wearing her merchandise while in the White House.
"It's still that blurring of the line," said St. Jean, who lives in Guelph, Ont.
She said if the brand is currently doing well, it may be because it has an unfair advantage.
Besides the first daughter wearing her line publicly, St. Jean pointed out that her products are also getting promoted by people in the administration. After Nordstrom broke ties with Ivanka Trump's brand, her father, the president, bashed the department store on Twitter.
Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway also
plugged the brand in an interview on Fox News, stating, "Go buy Ivanka's stuff ... I'm going to go get some myself today."
"They got a lot of free advertising," said St. Jean.
She said she's boycotting stores selling Ivanka Trumps products because she disagrees with many of Trump's divisive policies, including his executive order on immigration and refugees.
St. Jean sees Ivanka Trump as complicit in those policies because she stands by her father.
And even if sales of Ivanka Trump's line are truly soaring, St. Jean said that won't stop her and others from boycotting it.
"It's a matter of principle," she said. "Principle isn't data driven."