zen_bliss
07-18-2005, 06:31 PM
apparently, their R&D is next to nothing for all the small designers they rip off... and yet they charge so much!
http://tinyurl.com/8p8zy
"Most of the several dozen designers interviewed for this story say the company with the worst reputation for knocking off original products is Pottery Barn. People are allegedly so spooked by the company that its buyers have taken to hiding their nametags at trade shows just to get designers to talk to them, according to Richard Stim, a California attorney who sued Pottery Barn for a client."
http://tinyurl.com/8p8zy
"Most of the several dozen designers interviewed for this story say the company with the worst reputation for knocking off original products is Pottery Barn. People are allegedly so spooked by the company that its buyers have taken to hiding their nametags at trade shows just to get designers to talk to them, according to Richard Stim, a California attorney who sued Pottery Barn for a client."