Sephora Discriminated Against Asian Customers, Lawsuit Claims

Cosmetics retailer Sephora has blocked the online accounts of scores of customers with Asian names because it suspected them of buying discount items in bulk to resell them, a new lawsuit claims. The proposed class action was filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan by four U.S. women of Chinese descent who say their accounts were deactivated earlier this month because they have Asian surnames. The suit stems from a Nov. 6 promotional sale that caused Sephora's website to crash.