Lowe’s has new rules regarding how it can label building products in California.
A Superior Court judge laid out terms by which the retailer must advertise its 2x4s and other dimensional materials in a $1.6 million settlement order and final judgement filed on August 27.
The order, brought on as part of a civil consumer protection action, lists three main rules for the retailer to follow going forward:
The order, brought on as part of a civil consumer protection action, lists three main rules for the retailer to follow going forward:
- “Common descriptions” must be followed by actual dimensions and labeled as such.
- For instance, a 2×4 must be followed with a disclaimer that the wood is actually 1.5-inches by 3.5-inches and include a phrase equal or similar to “actual dimensions.”
- “Popular or common product description,” like the word 2×4, must be “clearly described as ‘popular name,’ ‘popular description,’ or ‘commonly called.'”
- Dimension descriptions are required to use the “inch-pound unit,” meaning they must include abbreviations such as “in., ft., or yd.,” and can’t use symbols like ‘ or ” to denote measurements."
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