$1M Settlement Shows FTC's Growing Focus On Origin Claims

By Laura Kim, Yaron Dori and Claire O’Brien ( April 6, 2020, 6:12 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently announced that Williams-Sonoma Inc. agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that the company deceived consumers by making overly broad and misleading origin claims about its housewares and furniture products.[1] Williams-Sonoma allegedly claimed that certain products either wholly imported, or containing significant imported materials or components, were "Made in America" or "Made in the USA." ...

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