Customers Sue Lululemon for Piece of Eventual Tariff Refund

March 31, 2026

A group of Michigan shoppers is suing Lululemon, an athletic clothing brand, to recover costs from tariffs they said were passed onto customers last year.

The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, is one of several recent cases from retail customers fighting for tariff refunds.

They’re being brought after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, taxes on imported goods, were unconstitutional.

Following that ruling, the federal government was ordered to issue refunds to companies, but it remains unclear how that money will be given back to businesses and if it will reach customers who paid higher prices because of the tariffs.

Lululemon did not respond to a request for comment.

In February 2025, Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, IEEPA, to roll out steep tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries, including key trading partners like Canada, Mexico and China.

Because of those extra import costs, the complaint claims Lululemon raised prices.

The lawsuit pointed to Lululemon CFO Meghan Frank saying there would be “modest” price increases to mitigate the tariff impact last summer and CEO Calvin McDonald saying the company was being “strategic” on upping prices for some items because of the tariffs.

But the U.S. Supreme Court decided Trump exceeded his legal authority and struck down the tariffs in February.

The high court did not offer any guidance on how the federal government should refund billions in tariff revenue, and businesses are now wrestling with how to get reimbursements. mlive