The Americana at Brand issued an apology to Armenian cart vendors after the shopping center’s management decided to ban them from selling their production dedicated to the victims of Armenian Genocide, Asbarez reported.

“We would like to apologize to our cart tenants, Tina Chuldzhyan, Alex Kodagolian and Armin Hariri, for the regrettable misunderstanding regarding their cart’s merchandise,” the Americana at Brand posted on the company’s Facebook page. “The cart tenant is more than welcome to have its product in question displayed on the cart.”

In his article in Asbarez Harut Saassounian reported on Americana’s decision to ban the sale of Armenian Genocide-themed t-shirts.

First Americana’s leasing staff approved their merchandise and Tina Chuldzhyan, Alex Kodagolian, and Armin Hariri (a rapper known as ‘R-Mean’) began selling their merchandise. Later the management said they had to change the kind of merchandise.