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Escrime · Kate Spade

True Religion at Target?!

Mandy · Kate Spade

Holy crap!! How were the prices? I need to go to Target now.

Escrime · Kate Spade

They had them for $149, so not THAT much of a difference.

AllieGurl · Marc Jacobs

Wow , that is nuts! I will totally have to go check that out!

member · Hermes

Seriously!? That's crazy. I'm going to Target tonight, so I'm going to check and see if they have them.

wicked · Coach

What in the....???

Chic · Marc Jacobs

I was at Target tonight and mine has knock offs of True Religions for around $40, but not the real thing. That is just weird.

jaymiek · Coach

Chic wrote:

I was at Target tonight and mine has knock offs of True Religions for around $40, but not the real thing. That is just weird.

same here. I had to do a double take to see if they were TR's or not and they ended up being knock offs. hmmm....

Escrime · Kate Spade

The signs on the racks said True Religions and Diesel...and I saw the knock-offs too.

I went to go look at them closely, and they had the labels and tags of the brands.

It was just really weird seeing them in there.

nikkib222 · BCBG

Target is actually being sued by Coach for selling knock-offs. I think someone else is suing them as well, but I can't remember who.

Coach Accuses Target of Selling Counterfeit Handbag (Update4)

By Susan Decker

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Coach Inc., the luxury leather-goods maker, sued Target Corp., claiming the second-largest U.S. discount chain was selling counterfeit versions of one of its handbags.

Target sold over $1 million in copies of a Coach bag it ``explicitly identifies as a genuine Coach product,'' according to a lawsuit filed Sept. 29 in Manhattan federal court.

The complaint for trademark infringement claims Minneapolis- based Target is purposely misleading customers into believing they are buying a Coach bag at a discount. A bag bought at a Target store in Largo, Florida, ``is an exact replica'' of a Coach bag, the suit claimed.

Coach is seeking a court order barring Target from selling counterfeit bags. The lawsuit also requests payment of any profits the discount retailer made on sales of the item, and the name of the person or company that's been supplying it.

Target has outpaced the growth of bigger rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. by offering clothing from well-known designers such as Sophie Albou and Isaac Mizrahi. A spokeswoman for Target said the company planned to issue a statement later today.

Target shares rose 57 cents to $55.82 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading and are up 7.5 percent from a year ago. Coach shares fell 20 cents to $34.20 and are up 9.1 percent from this time last year.

The case is Coach Inc. v. Target Corp., 06cv7875, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

To contact the reporter on this story: Susan Decker in Washington at sdecker1@bloomberg.net .

Last Updated: October 2, 2006 17:02 EDT

Cortney1982 · Chanel

Target selling fakes? Why would a huge company be part of something like that?

Collette · Chanel

Hosestly I'm kinda glad bigger companies like that are being targeted for selling fakes. It reminds of the whole Express seven Jeans fiasco from a couple years ago.