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April 19, 2017

Politics hasn't stopped the growth of Ivanka Inc.

  • Sales of Ivanka Trump merchandise have hit record levels, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise.
    • By ERIKA KINETZ and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
    Associated Press

    SHANGHAI — Since her father was elected president of the United States, global sales of Ivanka Trump merchandise have surged and her company has applied for at least nine new trademarks in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. The commercial engine of the first daughter's brand is still humming even as she builds a new political career from her West Wing office.

    Sales hit record levels in 2017, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise. U.S. imports, almost all from China, shot up an estimated 166 percent last year.


     
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