Tag Archives: Harley-Davidson

Jalopnik reports: Somehow in 2024, people are still destroying products made by companies they feel have “gone woke.” Youtuber Columbia War Machine recently destroyed his Harley Davidson for YouTube views, due of course, to wokeness. “This is one of the backbone companies of America. Even saying the name Harley Davidson makes you think of the American flag. It’s patriotic. But …

Bloomberg News reports: Harley-Davidson Inc. dropped several diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives after weeks of sustained pressure from an anti-DEI crusader. The Milwaukee-based company on Monday said that it no longer has minority-owned supplier spending goals, will drop socially-motivated training for employees and make other changes to back away from diversity programs. Harley joins Tractor Supply Co., John Deere & …

The Hill reports: Harley-Davidson said on Tuesday that their earnings per share were essentially wiped out in the final quarter of 2018 after the company got caught up in President Trump’s tariff war. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that Harley-Davidson’s profit, excluding tariff and restructuring costs, was 17 cents per share, falling short of analysts’ average estimate of 29 cents per share. …

The New York Times reports: Gary Rathbun rumbled into South Dakota to attend the United States’ pre-eminent gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts atop his Harley-Davidson, a 2009 Ultra Classic that brought him 800 miles from Idaho. It is the 40th Harley he has owned. It will also likely be his last. Like many of Harley’s most loyal customers, Mr. Rathbun was …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump is blasting Harley-Davidson again for announcing it’s shifting some operations overseas in the wake of retaliatory EU tariffs against U.S. duties. Trump said on Tuesday his administration is working with other motorcycle companies to move into the U.S. Harley-Davidson said on June 25 that EU tariffs implemented would increase the average cost per motorcycle by …

Business Insider reports: President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson on Wednesday, laying into the company on Twitter. On Monday, Harley announced that it would shift some of its production outside of the US due to Trump’s trade fight with the European Union. Trump’s decision to impose a 25% tariff in steel imports to the US had …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Harley-Davidson will be “taxed like never before” if they move production overseas, and that the U.S. motorcycle company was using increased trade tensions as an excuse to justify planned changes in manufacturing. On Monday, Harley said it was moving some production overseas due to increased costs from the EU’s retaliatory tariffs against …

Business Insider reports: President Donald Trump late Monday went after iconic American motorcycle company Harley-Davidson after the company announced it was moving some production out of the US. Harley announced Monday that due to the European Union’s new tariffs on US motorcycles — which came in retaliation for Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — the company was shifting some production …