LANSING, MI — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has sent a notice of intended action to Five Below, urging the retail chain to address repeated allegations of scanner overcharges and failing to clearly display item prices.

Nessel contends that Five Below has committed pricing violations under the Michigan Shopping Reform and Modernization Act and the Michigan Consumer Protection Act at nearly 20 Michigan stores on 30 separate occasions.

Since June 5, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued 30 non-compliance findings at Five Below stores, Nessel states.

Five Below previously stated it would conduct an internal pricing audit to confirm that all displayed prices align with sale prices and that they would retrain staff and instruct them to verify the pric

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