Recently,threesub-brandsoftheSpanishInditexGroup,ZARA,”ZARAHOME”andoysho,werefinedduetoqualityissuesinChinaonthesameday,causingconcern.
InditexChinaPublicRelationsDepartmentsaidinawritteninterviewwithreporters:”Wearealwayscommittedtocontinuouslyimprovingandstrictlyimplementingthemoststringentglobalproductstandardsintheindustry.Thesestandardsaremandatorystandards,applicabletoourproductssoldinallmarketsaroundtheworld,fromdesigntologistics,wehavedetailedmonitoringprocessesateverystageofproductionandoperationactivities.”
Inditex Company At the same time, he said: “In 2020, our company conducted a total of 42,856 inspections and more than 740,000 tests and analyses. At the same time, we will, as always, fully cooperate with the guidance and work of relevant government departments and continue to provide our customers with beautiful, High-quality, ethical fashion products.”
Three brands owned by Inditex were fined on the same day
The reporter noticed that the Shanghai market supervision website recently announced a number of administrative penalty cases, among which Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., the operating entity of ZARA, and Zara Home Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., the operating entity of “ZARAHOME” , and Oysho’s operating entity, Oyishu Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., were both administratively punished by the Shanghai Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau on August 12. The reason for the punishment was “production and sales of substandard products passing off as qualified products.”
Source: Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau website
1. The administrative penalty decision with the case number “Shanghai Supervision and Administration Bureau [2021] No. 062021000485” shows that, Four products including jeans distributed by Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. were judged to be unqualified after inspection. After investigation by the Market Supervision Bureau of Jing’an District, Shanghai, the total value of the four products judged to be unqualified was RMB 10,384.48, with a total profit of RMB 2,231.59. The Market Supervision Bureau of Jing’an District, Shanghai made an administrative penalty decision to fine him 15,576.72 yuan and confiscate illegal income of 2,231.59 yuan in accordance with the law.
Source: Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau website
2. The administrative penalty decision of the case number “Shanghai Supervision and Administration Department [2021] No. 062019004225” shows that, The quilt covers sold by Zara Home Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. were judged to be unqualified after inspection. After investigation by the Shanghai Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau, the purchase amount of the quilt cover that was judged to be unqualified was RMB 627.95 (tax included), and the sales amount was RMB 509.94 (tax included). Shanghai Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau fined him 1,019.88 yuan in accordance with the law.
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ThepenaltydecisionlettershowsthattheShanghaiJing’an District Market Supervision Bureau received clues and inspected three products including dresses distributed by Oisiu Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and the inspection results were unqualified. After verification by the regulatory authorities, the total value of the three products judged to be unqualified was RMB 5,718.87, with a total profit of RMB 721.00. The Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau fined him 5,718.87 yuan in accordance with the law and confiscated illegal gains of 0,721 yuan.
Our brands have been fined many times
Public information shows that, Both ZARA and ZARAHOME belong to the Spanish Inditex Group. The latter is the third largest clothing manufacturer in the world and the first in Spain. It has established more than 2,000 clothing chain stores in 87 countries. It owns ZARA, PullandBear, MassimoDutti, Bershka, Stradivarius , Oysho, Uterque, ZARAHOME eight major clothing brands, ZARA is the most successful among them.
In 2006, Inditex Group officially entered the Chinese market by registering Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. Since entering the Chinese market, Inditex Group’s brands have been fined many times due to quality issues.
According to the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, since October 2017, ZARA Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has been administratively punished by regulatory authorities six times. The illegal acts include ” “Substandard products are passed off as qualified”, “substandard products are passed off as good”, and “violate the clear price regulations”, etc.
In May this year, Zara Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was fined for failing to pass a random inspection of denim skirts. Details of the case show that according to Spanish INDITEXS.A. For the arrangement of the group, INDITEX Asia Pacific Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the group, is fully entrusted to INDITEXS.A. (MECO) purchased 35 pieces of denim skirts with a unit price of 100.38 yuan/piece. The “color fastness to wet rubbing” item of the above-mentioned goods failed to pass the inspection by the regulatory authorities. The Shanghai market supervision fined it 0.707681 million yuan in accordance with the law and confiscated the illegal income of 0.123103 yuan.
Similarly in May this year, Zara Home Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was also fined for substandard products in May this year. The penalty decision shows that in October 2020, the Hangzhou Xiaoshan District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau imposed penalties on the products sold by the Hangzhou Jincheng Road Branch of Zara Home Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.�The “ZARAHOME” brand pillow filling was randomly inspected and found to be unqualified in the “fiber composition and content” of the product. The regulatory authorities fined it 0.518616 yuan in accordance with the law and confiscated its illegal income of 0.003162 yuan. </p
