Too Old for Anthropologie? Court to Decide

A retail worker at an Anthropologie store in New York was relegated to the fitting room after complaining that a supervisor said she was “too old” for a promotion, her lawyer told a federal appeals court.

Brian Heller told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Oct. 23 that Urban Outfitters Inc.—the hipster lifestyle company that owns Anthropologie, a women’s clothing, accessories, and home goods chain—violated federal law by retaliating against 54-year-old Blair Davis-Garett for complaining about her boss on a company hotline.

“Look around you. Everybody in the company is young,” store manager Kelly Bentley allegedly ...