BRIEF: Stores offer cosmetic makeup giveaway

Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:04:00 EST


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Jan 20, 2009 (The Fresno Bee - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
GOTT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- About 150 people lined up at the Fashion Fair Gottschalks on this morning to get free cosmetics as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement.

The giveaway began Tuesday and runs as long as supplies last, or through Jan. 26, whichever comes first. All local Gottschalks and Macy's are participating.

A 2003 California lawsuit filed against department stores and cosmetics manufacturers alleged the businesses conspired to keep prestige cosmetic prices high. The case was settled with no wrongdoing admitted. The result was a $175 million giveaway.

Eligible customers will get one free piece of makeup or fragrance worth from $18 to $25.

Customers do not have to prove they were part of the suit -- people who bought cosmetics between May 29, 1994 through July 16, 2003 -- but they must sign a log book indicating they are owed part of the settlement, according to a Gottschalks spokesman.

For details on the type of cosmetics stores are giving away: cosmetics settlement.

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