How Fifth Avenue Is Coping

[elleng]

Looks like trump hurting NYC businesses. Surprised???

*The holiday season accounts for an outsize stake of retail business.

“You always hear the number 40 percent for Christmas,” said Dan Biederman, the president of the 34th Street Partnership, a neighboring Business Improvement District.

On a recent weekday, Maria Mammis, a regular visitor and Fifth Avenue shopper from Montreal, was walking by the barricades as quickly as she could in teetering stilettos. “I’ll avoid all these shops,” she said. “We’re avoiding this whole area. It’s terrible.”

Few retailers care to admit they are worried. Major brands, including Louis Vuitton, Armani and Polo Ralph Lauren, all of which have stores nearby, declined to comment; inside stores, clerks and security guards said they were specifically instructed not to talk about anything “political.”

For those who would, a spirit of make-do reigns.'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/fashion/fifth-avenue-holiday-shopping-donald-trump-tower-protesters.html?

[Retrograde]

1. Why should Trump care?

New York - especially New York City - didn't vote for him anyway.

[elleng]

2. No reason except

NYC is where he began making his 'billions,' and it's his hometown.

Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump (1905–1999), born in New York, was one of the biggest real estate developers in New York City.[16][18] Using his father's heritance, Fred Trump and his mother Elizabeth founded Elizabeth Trump & Son. Donald Trump later renamed it The Trump Organization and served as its chairman and president until assuming the office of U.S. President.[19]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Donald_Trump

[dhol82]

3. Trump is very much of the 'I've got mine, fuck you,' school.