The brand may have been operating as usual, sending out direct links to products the eldest Trump daughter wore as it did throughout the election. (See: the affordable dress she wore from her namesake line for the Republican National Convention.) But, in this case, it's worth noting the sender, according to The New York Times : The fact that the e-mail came from a vice president of sales, rather than a (more-junior) publicist could indicate that the company did, in fact, fully intend to send out this release; in other words, it wanted to monetise Ivanka Trump's appearance on President-elect Trump's first televised interview after the election.Given her new role in her father's transition committee and in the eyes of the American people, the conflict of interest in the media alert was hard to ignore for many. Plus, as New York points out, it has way larger implications for what a Trump administration could hold.