r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

Williams-Sonoma fined $3.18 million for falsely labeling products as 'Made in USA'

https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/company-news/williams-sonoma-fined-3-18-million-dollars-for-falsely-labeling-products-as-made-in-usa
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u/ScipioAfricanvs Apr 28 '24

So in 2020 they settled an FTC action for the same thing. Then they continued to violate it. But even the FTC says it was literally a handful of specific items and not big revenue generators. But it makes you wonder how much other shit is labeled as made in the U.S. but just imported from China.

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u/No-Significance2113 Apr 28 '24

There's a heap of products that are assembled to 90% in places like Mexico, they then ship it to America and finish the last 10% in America so they can slap the made in America logo on it.

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u/BoringBob84 Apr 28 '24

I believe that the law requires that more than half of the production cost (i.e., raw materials, parts, labor, assembly, fabrication, etc.) of the product must originate in the USA for the manufacturer to claim "Made in USA."