Los Angeles Suing 4 Major Retailers Alleging Deceptive Ads

December 9, 2016

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office is suing four retailers for allegedly duping shoppers into believing they got bigger discounts than they actually did.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the lawsuit alleging deceptive advertising was filed Thursday against JC Penney, Sears, Kohl’s and Macy’s.

The office contends that the retailers falsely advertised higher regular prices for merchandise so customers believed they were getting bigger bargains.

mall shopping retailCalifornia law bars retailers from advertising a higher original price unless the product was sold at that price within three months of the ad.

The newspaper says JC Penney and Sears declined to comment on the pending litigation, while Macy’s and Kohl’s did not respond to requests for comment.

Topics Lawsuits

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  • December 12, 2016 at 5:00 pm
    Gary says:
    Our company tracks the prices of thousands of products. The pricing practices of the retailers is so ridiculous we had to invent our own price ranking system based on their ac... read more
  • December 9, 2016 at 3:19 pm
    Jim says:
    What's the big deal. Stores have been doing this for decades and no one in government seemed to care. Please tell me that the government is now going to start requiring people... read more

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