Chinese fashion factories cut ties as Ivanka Trump brand falls apart at the seams
It’s the end of the line for the White House adviser’s business, but her manufacturers say they moved on long ago
Ivanka Trump’s struggling fashion brand has finally reached the end of the line, with some of the Chinese factories that once made her bags, dresses and shoes saying they cut ties with her operation long ago.
Trump, US President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, announced on Tuesday that she was shutting down her company, news that came after months of anti-Trump retailer boycotts and concerns that she was furthering her own business interests while working as a White House adviser.
“After 17 months in Washington, I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington,” she said in a statement. “So making this decision now is the only fair outcome for my team and partners.”
In contrast to the president’s stated interest in returning manufacturing to the US, the Ivanka Trump label, launched in 2011, was largely produced in China, according to import data compiled by New York-based platform Panjiva.
Various Chinese factories that supplied the company said the label’s closure would have little to no impact on their business.
