Wouldn't fur products be more expensive than the 'faux' part? So what kind of marketing gimmick is this?
Denmark, a socially very liberal country thinks nothing of expensive fur coats. The winters can be severe enough that furs might be justified as pragmatic outerwear. But then non-Danish liberal sensibilities come in the way... Anthony On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Professor of Indian Studies and Research Director Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School Porcelænshavens 24B, 3.78, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Ph: +45 3815 2572 *TRANSFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT (INDIA AND CHINA) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198082286.do#.UI5Wzmc2dI0* *GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC NATIONALISM IN ASIA*** *http://www.oup.com/localecatalogue/cls_academic/?i=9780199646210 ****A NEW INDIA?* <http://www.anthempress.com/index.php/a-new-india-1.html>* http://www.anthempress.com/pdf/9780857285041.pdf* *NEW ASIAN INNOVATION DYNAMICS* http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=295354 http://uk.cbs.dk/arc http://www.thisismodernindia.com/this_is_modern_india_about_us.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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