Mainland lululemon is suspected of “substituting shoddy” and selling substandard down, which blatantly violates Chinese law, and has been fined by the Beijing authorities! Mainland lululemon later issued a statement an apology, saying that the relevant batch of products had been removed from the shelves for the first time, but the incident continued to ferment and continued to attract criticism from mainland netizens!
Mainland lululemon was convicted of illegally paying a high fine for selling substandard down, and the official issued a statement to apologize
Canadian sportswear brand lululemon (Mainland: Lululemon Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) was suspected of selling substandard down products, violating Article 50 of China’s “Product Quality Law”, “doping and adulterating products in products. , pass fakes as real, pass as shoddy products, or pass unqualified products as qualified products”, the Beijing Xicheng District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau imposed a fine of 81,000 yuan (RMB, the same below), and confiscated regarding 2.3% of the illegal gains. 10,000 yuan, and was ordered to correct the illegal behavior.
According to the punishment letter of the Beijing Xicheng District Market Supervision Bureau, from October 1, 2021, Lululemeng Trading will sell 59 pieces of Navigation men’s down vests in 9 stores in Beijing, each priced at 1,380 yuan. As of November 3, 2021, a total of 51 pieces have been sold. Since some products were sold at discounted prices, the total sales of this product was 67,200 yuan, and the sold products might not be recovered. Lululemon Trading made a profit 23,000 yuan, with a total value of 81,000 yuan.
After the news came out, many mainland netizens commented on lululemon’s Weibo page, saying that the brand “sells so expensive and is shoddy”, and that the fines are too small. Some netizens even threatened to “never buy”. Lululemeng Trading later issued a statement on Weibo, saying, “We are deeply sorry for the situation that the filling amount of the Navigation men’s down vest does not meet the national standard.”
The statement also pointed out that the company actively cooperated with the investigation and handling following discovering the problem, and “removed the relevant batch of products immediately. In addition, we also carried out detailed internal inspections and actively carried out rectification.” However, at present, lululemon’s apology statement post on Weibo is suspected to open the “comment selection” function, that is, only comments approved by bloggers can be displayed.