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Tue Nov 12, 2019, 04:30 AM Nov 2019

Value Village misled customers by marketing itself as a charity, judge rules

The Value Village thrift-store chain knowingly misled customers by deceptively marketing itself to the public as a charity, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

In reality, the Bellevue-based company, also known as Savers, is the largest for-profit thrift retailer in the world.

Value Village, however, prevailed on some of the claims made against the company by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in a 2017 consumer-protection suit.

King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff will determine penalties against Value Village at a hearing next spring. The suit sought damages of up to $2,000 per violation. Previously, the AG’s office had offered to settle for $3.2 million.

Read more: https://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article237199988.html
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