Discounts on Kate Spade Outlet Merchandise
Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts off of artificially inflated reference prices
In February 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Kate Spade & Company for allegedly deceptively advertising discounts on merchandise sold at its outlet stores by representing that the regular price of merchandise is discounted by a specific percentage when, according to the complaint, the represented regular price is a “total fiction.” (Schertzer et al v. Kate Spade & Company, LLC, Case No. 19-cv-330, S. D. CA.)
Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts off of artificially inflated reference prices
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