[Torie]

I suspect it is only if you do it through that website as the source. Just a guess. I don't see how Lands End being identified as a contributor to one political ideology every time you buy from them is a good business model. Maybe a majority of backpackers,etc. are liberals, but enough are Pubbies, and after all Pubbies tend to have some discretionary spending money, that it simply does not make sense, particularly for a mail order house (I use Lands End myself, and it is a life saver), who certain males use more and more rather than endure shopping during the Xmas madness, because such males hate to shop, and particularly hate to shop when too many other noisome homo sapiens are too nearby.

[Diddle E. Squat]

In the past there have been similar setups with political sites setting up a portal and getting a referral fee from a merchant for each purchase, which these political websites marketed as implied support from these merchants. When contacted with complaints, many of these merchants claimed to be unaware that they were being presented as supporters, and asked the websites to remove the links. I wonder if B&N and Lands End are similarly unaware?