Nevada is part of price-fixing settlement

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Wednesday, March 8, 2000 | 11:24 a.m.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- Nine West Group Inc., one of the nation's largest suppliers of women's shoes, settled a price-fixing case Monday by agreeing to pay Nevada and other states $34 million and stop dictating what stores charge for its footwear.

The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general in all 50 U.S. states alleged that the company violated antitrust laws stipulating when retailers could offer shoes at reduced prices and distributing lists of shoes that could not be discounted.

Nine West sells shoes under such brand names as Nine West, Amalfi, Bandolino, 9 & Co., Calico, Easy Spirit, Evan-Picone, Pappagallo, Capezio, Calvin Klein, Selby, and Enzo Angiolini.