Ross Stores Pays $3.9M Fine for Defective Kids Clothing

Ross Stores has agreed to pay a $3.9 million fine to the Consumer Product Safety Commission for neglecting to inform the commission within a mandated 24-hour period that it sold or stocked in stores roughly 23,000 pieces of children's apparel with drawstrings located at the neck or waist between January 2009 and February 2012.