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According to market research company NPD, in the week before the Women's March in January, sales of some office supplies were up by as much as 42% versus last year during the same period.
$6 million were spent on a mix of poster and foam boards, paint markers, flip charts, fabric paint, staplers, and specialty iron-ons in just one week.
In total, 6.5 million poster boards were sold in the US in the month of January - nearly a third of those were sold the week before the Women's March, which occurred across the globe on January 21.
The Women's March was a worldwide protest that addressed a number of issues, including President Trump's past statements about women and civil rights more broadly. It was meant to send a message to the new administration on Trump's first day in office. According to Women's March, over 5 million people protested worldwide, 1 million of which were in Washington DC.
Photos of the signs that protesters held quickly spread on social media and became emblematic of the day's events. Here are a few of those photos:
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