France Fines Retailer $2.7 Million for Deceptive Discounts Online

France's consumer watchdog fined British fast-fashion retailer Boohoo €2.3 million ($2.7 million) for deceptive practices such as fake discounts on its website, it ​said. Boohoo exaggerated the discounts it was offering, ​giving shoppers a false impression of the savings they ⁠were making, the DGCCRF (Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and ​Fraud Control) said in a statement.

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