Class Action Lawsuit Takes Issue with Nordstrom's Sales Pricing Tactics

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An Alaska woman claims in a proposed class action lawsuit that Nordstrom, Inc., among other allegedly deceptive sales practices, illegally advertises false sales prices while at the same time charging customers more than the price listed on product tags. The lawsuit alleges that Nordstrom, as part of a scheme in which it “regularly overcharges its consumers more than the advertised price,” also engages in deceptive conduct when it comes to its purported pre-season sales:

“[The plaintiff] also alleges that Nordstrom regularly advertises pre-season sales in which it purports to discount the prices of fashion items, which it buys in limited quantities and does not intend to sell and/or nor does it sell such items in any substantial quantities at the purported full value, and which [the plaintiff] further alleges is a violation of [Federal Trade Commission] guidelines,” the case alleges.

Perhaps the most egregious claim made in the nine-page lawsuit is that Nordstrom allegedly instructs vendors to create hang tags for products that depict “a false and inflated manufacturer’s suggested retail price.”