Discounts at Ralph Lauren

August 2017: A federal judge dismissed the injunctive relief claims concluding that the named plaintiff did not have standing for these claims because she failed to allege that she faced a threat of repeated injury. The judge allowed other false advertising claims to move forward.

April 2017: After the district court dismissed the complaint When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled. in December 2016, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint making similar allegations.

May 2016: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Ralph Lauren for allegedly deceptively marketing discounts at outlet stores. Specifically, the complaint alleges that the company misleadingly compares a “sale” price to a false “market” price because the “market” price was artificially inflated and not the original or “market” price for clothing and fashion apparel. In addition, the complaint alleges that the represented “market” price was not the prevailing market price within the three months immediately before the advertisement, as required by California law. (Dennis et al v. Ralph Lauren Corp. Ralph Lauren Retail, Inc., and Does 1-20, Case No. 16-cv-1056, S. D. CA.)

For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding the advertising of discounts and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.