Shutterfly settles Groupon class action

A U.S. District Court in California granted final approval of a settlement in a class action against personalized photo product leader Shutterfly in which the plaintiffs, led by a woman named Megan Taylor, claimed the company’s advertising of promotional deals was misleading and deceptive. Under the agreement, Shutterfly will make certain disclosures about terms and conditions, and class members who redeemed their Groupons will receive a promotional code and shipping code or a cash refund of a percentage of their purchase.

The complaint, filed in December of 2017, alleged “that on Nov. 15, 2017, she received an email advertisement from Groupon advertising that if a customer purchased the advertised deal, the customer would receive a fixed dollar credit to be used to purchase products on the defendant’s website in the future…She alleges instead the Shutterfly Groupon deal was not a credit but was merely a promotional code that could not be combined with any other sales or promotions offered on the Shutterfly website, including free shipping codes.”