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Bloomingdales Employee Charged In Bogus Gift Card Scam
The Manhattan District Attorney's office is prosecuting a Bloomingdale's salesperson for running a month-long bogus gift card scam that netted $34,515 from the store, says the NY Sun.It says Bloomingdale's sales receipts were the key element of Ms. Ng's alleged scheme.More »
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6 Major Retailers Selling Real Fur As "Faux"
Six big retailers are selling jackets advertised as having "faux" fur, but the fur is actually from real animals. It's not only mean, it's a violation of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act. An investigation by the Humane Society of The United States * found jackets sold at Saks, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Dillards, Yoox and Bloomingdales containing the faux "faux" fur. Much of the world's fur is processed in China, a place where they skin animals alive for their fur.
Holiday Shoppers Beware: Six Major Retailers Selling Real Fur as Faux [Humane Society Of The United States] (* note: this is a different group than your local animal shelter)
