>> SEVERAL RETAILERS HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO DROP IVANKA
TRUMP'S BRAND FROM THEIR STORES.
THEY LIKE TO MENTION IT WAS DUE
TO LAGGING SALES.
IT CAN BE THE CASE WITH SOME RETAILERS, BUT WE
JUST GOT AN INTERESTING INTERNAL
MEMO FROM OVERSTOCK.COM INDICATING THAT THE CEO IS
CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT ALSO
DROPPING IVANKA TRUMP'S BRAND.
THE ANONYMOUS SOURCE SENT US AN
INTERNAL MEMO, I'M GOING TO READ
IT TO YOU IN ITS ENTIRETY, THEN WE WILL DISCUSS.
THERE ARE THREE
WAYS WE CAN HANDLE IT, AND HE
LISTS IT.
NUMBER 1, PULL DONALDS OFF, AND KEEP IVANKA'S
OFF.
PUT DONALDS BACK UP AND LEAVE IVANKA UP.
WHICH SHOULD WE
DO?
PLEASE LET US KNOW BY
THURSDAY.
>>THIS IS A
VERY INTERESTING STORY BECAUSE PATRICK IS KNOWN
AS A LIBERTARIAN.
YOU CAN'T
PIGEONHOLE HIS POLITICS.
HE IS WORRIED ABOUT GOVERNMENT POWER
BUT OBVIOUSLY HAS GOOD MORAL PRINCIPLES THAT HE CARES ABOUT.
I THINK THAT IS A GREAT THING, OTHERS MIGHT DISAGREE.
THIS IS
NOT ONLY AGAINST THEM, IT IS AN
INTERESTING ISSUE THAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES ARE
GRAPPLING WITH.
I LIKE THAT HE IS ASKING HIS EMPLOYEES.
THAT IS NOT SUCH A BAD THING.
>> ACTUALLY READING THIS MADE ME THINK OF HIM AS A ADMIRABLE CEO.
HE CARES ABOUT WHAT HIS EMPLOYEES FEEL.
THE EMPLOYEES IN
SOME WAY ARE REPRESENTED BY THE COMPANY THEY WORK FOR.
I LIKE
THE FACT THAT HE IS OPENING IT UP IN A VERY DEMOCRATIC WAY TO
ALLOW THEM TO VOICE THEIR
OPINIONS.
BUT I DO ALSO FIND IT INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE
INTERNAL WORKINGS ARE.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE REAL DECISION
WHY OTHER RETAILERS DECIDED TO
PULL THE BRAND.
THEY DO STATE THAT THERE WERE LAGGING SALES.
IN THIS CASE IT IS CLEAR THAT IT
IS MORE OF A MORAL ISSUE.
>> SINCE PATRICK WANTED TO POLL EMPLOYEES, LET'S POLL HER
AUDIENCE.
OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS WHICH ONE SHOULD OVERSTOCK.COM
DO?
WE WILL HAVE WHERE YOU CAN VOTE ON THE POLL IN THE
DESCRIPTION BOX.
CHECK THAT OUT WHEN WE PUT THIS UP ONLINE.
I
AM
CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT OVERSTOCK.COM IS GOING TO DO IN
THAT REGARD.
I DON'T THINK IT IS AN EASY ANSWER.
I DON'T HAVE AN
INSTINCTIVE KNEE-JERK REACTION.
I THINK IT IS A HARD ISSUE FOR
RETAILERS.
WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT COMES OUT.
LET'S FIND
OUT TOGETHER.










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