In a multi-state settlement, including Ohio, a national retailer will have to pay $4.25 million due to deceptive advertising and discounts.
According to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Menards’ marketing deceived customers into thinking they would be receiving 11% off of everything in an immediate discount.
An investigation by Ohio and nine other states found that the home improvement store gave “shoppers the impression that they would get an immediate discount at the register, but the savings actually came later in the form of in-store merchandise credit,” says the OAJ’s website…