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202696P.pdf   05/18/2021  Karen Schulte  v.  Conopco, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-2696
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. In action alleging 
   defendant violated the Missouri Merchandise Practices Act by 
   discriminating against women based on gender because of price differences 
   between two of its Dove brand antiperspirants - Men
  Care marketed to men and Advanced Care marketed to women - the district court 
   dismissed the case for failure to state a claim; plaintiff's complaint 
   mistakes gender-based marketing for gender discrimination; the products 
   have different scents, packaging and labels, appealing to different 
   preferences; preference-based pricing is not necessarily an unfair 
   practices, and the Act does not prohibit the defendants' pricing 
   differences for the products.