P&G, Unilever Sued For Deception Via Deodorant Packaging
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Firms have no lawful justification for the nonfunctional slack fill in their deodorant packaging, which serves to mislead consumers into paying premium prices, according to class-action complaints filed in September in New York district courts.
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