Barneys Will Pay $525,000 to Settle Racial Profiling Investigation
Aleksander Chan · 08/11/14 02:00PMBarneys New York has reached a settlement—in the form of $525,000 in fees and penalties—in an investigation launched last year following accusations that the company was targeting minority customers. The nine-month investigation led by New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman found a "disproportionate number of African-American and Latino customers being detained for alleged shoplifting or credit card fraud."