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Boohoo fined €2.3m by Frenchwatchdog over deceptive discounts
Fashion site also broke rules on labelling by using terms ‘leather’ or ‘suede’ for synthetic products
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Global — Sarah Butler
Business
Fashion site also broke rules on labelling by using terms ‘leather’ or ‘suede’ for synthetic products
Read full story on The Guardian →
Global — Sarah Butler
Fashion site also broke rules on labelling by using terms ‘leather’ or ‘suede’ for synthetic products
The British online fashion seller Boohoo has been fined €2.3m (£2m) by France’s consumer watchdog for deceptive practices such as offering fake discounts.
The Manchester-based firm, whose parent company renamed itself Debenhams Group last year, was found to have exaggerated the discounts it was offering, giving shoppers a false impression of the savings they were making, according to the directorate-general for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control.
The British online fashion seller Boohoo has been fined €2.3m (£2m) by France’s consumer watchdog for deceptive practices such as offering fake discounts.
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Source: The Guardian · Sarah Butler. Published 20 Aug 2026, 12:40 pm.
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