Hermes inspection, only to go to France?
The boutique politely refused to check the goods, Chengdu rich people panic.
Hermes show off the rich people recently a bit hit. A “France found tens of millions of euros Hermes fake, or through regular channels to Asia, the United States and Europe market” news, so that has been Hermes as “luxury benchmark” of the rich people panicked. Spend more than 100,000 yuan to buy back the Hermes bag in the end is really fake? How to identify? For consumers of these requirements, Hermes stores emphasize: the store does not have this service inspection. It is also understood that LV, Gucci and other big brands do not provide inspection services.
News 1
Recently, Hermes and another luxury brand in the United States, New York, Manhattan court won a lawsuit, the two companies at the same time sued some Chinese factories illegally copying their trademarks, imitation of the two companies’ goods, for which these Chinese companies were to the two luxury brands to pay $ 100 million (about 636 million yuan) in compensation.
Heavyweight News 2
Hermès International released a statement on June 15, saying that French police smashed a counterfeiting gang specializing in manufacturing, distributing and selling “fake” Hermès bags, including two employees of the brand who had been fired. Hermes brand released an announcement that there may be other current employees also involved in the case of counterfeiting.
French counterfeiting case involving hundreds of millions of dollars
Recently fake Hermes exposure rate is quite high, two “fake” heavy news let Hermes on the tip of the storm.
According to an announcement released by French prosecutors on June 15, the police seized 20 cubic meters of “fake” Hermès bags and raw materials piled up together in a secret manufacturing workshop for fake and shoddy products, and because they were made by Hermès insiders and produced in France, the raw materials of the products were exquisite, which made it difficult for ordinary consumers to distinguish the authenticity of the fake Hermès products. French police also seized tens of thousands of euros in cash and a number of bank accounts, including 22 accounts opened in Hong Kong, China, as well as three accounts in Cyprus, “the amount of hundreds of thousands of euros.”
The industry believes that this batch of “Shanzhai” Hermes bags have been flowing through the official channels of Hermes to Europe, the United States and the Asian market. French prosecutors said, “The investigation shows that this is a complex, well-established international criminal organization.” Paris prosecutors estimate the total value of sales of the fake goods to be as high as 18 million euros (about 144 million yuan).
To what extent are fake Hermes proliferating? Hermes CEO Patrick Thomas said in a recent interview with the French media that “80% of the goods sold on the Internet under the name of Hermes are fake, which is an absolute disgrace.”