market price on outlet tags are deceptive business practices when some of the same items are not even sold at the traditional stores and now several members of congress including u.s. senator richard blumenthal asking the ftc to open an investigation. what have they done? the ftc, unfortunately, has done nothing. reporter: to see what we would find my producer and i shopped at an outlet mall in new jersey. can i return this to a regular saks? no. reporter: our first stop, saks fifth avenue. this line is actually produced for the off 5th stores only. reporter: it s a mission tur made for outlet and overflow from the regular store but from the neiman-marcus is this made for just this store or the they said their clearance stores receive overflow but last call studio stores are all made for outlet clothing. we brought the items we bout to textile professor dr. janesss
a spokesman for neiman said since the compared to price is an issue in the litigation, i cannot speak to that. saks told us market price is determined through an aggregate market comparison. off 5th stands behind both the quality and pricing of our product. is it a simple fix? it should be simply telling the truth. reporter: paula faris, abc news, new jersey. a lot of people don t know that, that outlets tend to have cheaper quality. it s not like you re getting the great deal from the regular stores put into outlets. okay. see, i always thought that s stuff they couldn t sell in regular stores. a lot of people think that. that s not the case. huh. but i don t mind it. you don t mind. you re okay. for staples i think it s great. i m a huge outlet shopper. for the kid. paying 50%, 50% quality. a good deal. that s one. the tips they say sometimes going to the regular store just wait for the big sales. i m a january shopper. well, coming up down to the wire, dancing wit