Neiman Marcus settles complaints it sold real fur labeled 'faux' March 19, 2013|By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times
Neiman Marcus and two other retailers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission complaints that they marketed clothing as containing "faux fur" when it contained genuine animal fur. The FTC had accused Neiman Marcus Group Inc. and two other retailers, DrJays.com Inc. and Cerritos company Eminent Inc., of violating the Fur Products Labeling Act. Neiman Marcus and Eminent did not respond to requests for comment. DrJays Chief Executive Hymie Betesh said in a statement that his company purchases about 50,000 styles a year and there were "a handful of instances where a word may have been omitted in our product descriptions." "There was no intention to mislead, and we extend apologies to those that feel misled," Betesh said. "We have since taken stricter measures companywide to ensure that we raise this success rate further." Under consent orders that apply for 20 years, the retailers agreed to abide by the Fur Products Labeling Act and never again knowingly market products as faux fur when they contain genuine fur. The Humane Society of the United States applauded the FTC's enforcement. The group had asked the FTC to investigate in 2011, alleging that Neiman Marcus and other retailers had mislabeled products that contained animal fur. Such enforcement, the animal-rights group said, helps ensure that "compassionate consumers are no longer duped into buying animal fur."... -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
