{"id":25782,"date":"2017-04-03T04:57:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T04:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=25782"},"modified":"2017-04-03T04:57:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T04:57:40","slug":"bed-bath-beyond-denies-scrapped-ivanka-trump-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/bed-bath-beyond-denies-scrapped-ivanka-trump-goods.html","title":{"rendered":"Bed Bath &#038; Beyond denies it has scrapped Ivanka Trump goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bed Bath &amp; Beyond denies it has scrapped Ivanka Trump goods<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bed Bath &amp; Beyond denies it has scrapped Ivanka Trump goods:- Bed Bath &amp; Beyond is belatedly denying reports last week that it has dumped Ivanka Trump merchandise from its stores.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The home-goods retailer &ndash; which had stayed silent on Friday after the anti-Trump campaign GrabYourWallet claimed a victory in clearing Trump-branded goods from yet another retail chain &ndash; said on its Facebook page on Saturday that it&rsquo;s still carrying the stuff, after all.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A day earlier, GrabYourWallet had posted an email from a Bed Bath &amp; Beyond customer-service rep who told a shopper that the retailer no longer carried Ivanka Trump-branded goods.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We want to apologize for recent confusion caused by one of our customer service representatives,&rdquo; the retailer wrote, saying the rep &ldquo;inadvertently provided information to a customer that was not accurate.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The housewares giant added, &ldquo;We are not making our merchandising decisions based on anyone&rsquo;s political beliefs. We have Ivanka Trump products in some stores and carry them where consumer demand and business performance justifies it.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">GrabYourWallet &mdash; which has claimed credit for retailers including Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and QVC dropping Trump-branded merchandise &mdash; posted the email from the Bed Bath &amp; Beyond service rep on Friday as proof of yet another victory.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">GrabYourWallet also pointed out that a search for Ivanka Trump on the retailer&rsquo;s web site turned up zilch &ndash; which was still the case as of Sunday afternoon.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/04\/02\/bed-bath-beyond-denies-it-has-scrapped-ivanka-trump-goods\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/bed-bath-beyond-denies-scrapped-ivanka-trump-goods.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bed Bath &amp; Beyond denies it has scrapped Ivanka Trump goods Bed Bath &amp; Beyond denies it has scrapped Ivanka Trump goods:- Bed Bath &amp; Beyond is belatedly denying reports last week that it has dumped Ivanka Trump merchandise from its stores. 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