On May 12, #ZARA was administratively punished for shoddy products. # was trending on Weibo.
Tianyancha App shows that recently, Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a ZARA affiliated company, has added an administrative penalty information, deciding that the document number is Shanghai Supervision Jingchu [2021] No. 062021000101, the cause of punishment is the production and sale of substandard products passing off as qualified products, the penalty result is the confiscation of illegal gains of 0.123103 yuan, a fine of 0.707681 yuan, and an order to stop illegal activities. The punishment unit is Jing’an District Market Supervision and Management bureau.
It is worth noting that the company has been subject to administrative penalties many times before. The reasons for the penalties include violating regulations on clear price tags, not selling goods under its true name and mark, and in-product Adulteration, adulteration, etc.
The administrative penalty decision shows that the “ZARA” brand products sold by the Fuzhou Pushang Avenue Branch of Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. are 4302/605/800 jeans. Skirts, men’s shoes 2423/520/010, and men’s shoes 2422/520/040 were judged to be unqualified. The item number sold by Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Yan’an Road Second Branch is 8601/530/105 “ZARA” brand boys’ sandals and “ZARA” brand girls’ sandals sold by Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Fuchun Road Branch with item number 2600/531/100 were judged to be unqualified. The nominal production unit of these five products is Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., whose address is No. 1193, Nanjing West Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai. Our bureau opened a case to investigate the parties on February 5, 2021.
The parties sold two “ZARA” brand products that were judged to be unqualified. The product numbers were 2422/520/040 men’s shoes and 8601/530/105 boys’ shoes. The total value of the sandals was 2,611.54 yuan, and the total profit was 557.44 yuan. Inventory is 0. The parties sold three “ZARA” brand products that were judged to be unqualified, with item numbers 4302/605/800 denim skirts, 2423/520/010 men’s shoes, and 2600/531/100 girls’ sandals, with a total value of 7076.81 yuan, with a total profit of 1231.03 yuan. Inventory is 0.
The Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau decided to order the parties to stop selling the substandard products involved in the case of passing off substandard products as qualified products when selling products; and fined the party RMB 7,007. Ten thousand, two hundred and thirty-one yuan and one cent; illegal gains of one thousand, two hundred and thirty-one yuan and three cents shall be confiscated. The party concerned shall be ordered to make corrections if the labeling of the products sold does not comply with the regulations.
Screenshot of Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation
Tianyancha App shows that Zara Business (Shanghai ) Co., Ltd. was established in October 2005, with the legal representative RAMON RENON TUNEZ and a registered capital of US$36 million. Its business scope includes import and export of goods; retail of clothing and accessories; commission agency (except auctions), domestic trade agency; socio-economic consulting, information Technical consulting services, etc. The company is founded by INDUSTRIA DE DISENO TEXTIL, S.A. Wholly owned shares.
In response, netizens commented that the punishment was too light.
Some netizens said, “ZARA’s clothes shrank and deformed after just one wash” and “it really needs to be fixed.”
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