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FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General, accusing bargain chain of overcharging customers

🇺🇸 United States · Economy · Columbus, Ohio · 1 h ago
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The FTC accuses Dollar General of routinely overcharging customers
Independent sources: 6 · Business Insider, Archynewsy, StockXpo
"Dollar General has, for years, repeatedly mislabeled prices, overcharged consumers and failed to correct the issue despite extensive corporate knowledge of the problem," the FTC said in a statement.
Independent sources: 6 · Business Insider, Archynewsy, New York Post
Representatives for Dollar General did not immediately respond to requests for comment from CNBC or The Associated Press.
Independent sources: 5 · Archynewsy, New York Post, Fortune
State Coalition and Broad Legal Action Twenty states joined the FTC in the lawsuit filed against the Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based retailer.
Independent sources: 4 · Archynewsy, New York Post, Fortune
District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the complaint alleges that thousands of discount stores extracted millions of dollars in unlawful overcharges from vulnerable shoppers without implementing sufficient safeguards to stop the practice.
Independent sources: 3 · Archynewsy, StockXpo, Newsweek
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