
Discounts at Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s
October 2016: A Consolidated Class Action Complaint making similar allegations (i.e., the store misleadingly offers discounts off of false “original” prices) was filed.
September 2016: This action was consolidated with three other similar lawsuits to be heard together. For more information about the cases, click on the case information below.
December 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s for allegedly misrepresenting the nature and amount of discounts. Specifically, the complaint alleges that the stores misleadingly compared “artificially inflated” prices to discounted sales prices in order to make consumers believe they are getting a more significant discount than they actually are. (Haley et al v. Macy’s, Inc. and Bloomingdale’s, Inc., Case No. 15-cv-6033, N. D. CA.)
For more information about the misleading advertising of discounts and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
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