China's network finance and economics on January 21 (reporter Guo Shuai) reporter recently learned from the website of the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau that the domestic affiliates of the fast fashion brand H&M from Sweden were fined nearly 140,000 yuan for the unqualified multi-batch products of knitted cardigans, shirts, tops and sunglasses.
Regarding the above-mentioned unqualified situation, the relevant person in charge of H&M told the financial reporter of China Net that "the company has removed the batch of products involved at the first time, and has actively cooperated with the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau to carry out follow-up treatment of unqualified products." At the same time, H&M is actively communicating and working closely with suppliers, while actively communicating with the design team at headquarters to adjust designs or processes that may pose quality risks, and to strengthen internal supervision and testing. ”
Source: Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau
According to the relevant administrative penalty decision (Shanghai Municipal Supervision and Yellow Division [2022] No. 012021001134), the H&M brand (cargo number 208149) knitted cardigan starting item produced and sold by the party Haines Morris (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. was unqualified; the H&M brand (221504) shirt cracking project was unqualified; the H&M brand (item number 244687) knitted casual jacket moisture absorption and sweat wicking project was unqualified; H&M brand (article number 264142) was unqualified; Sunglasses visible light transmission ratio project is not qualified.
The Shanghai Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau found that the above-mentioned unqualified products of Haines Morris (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. violated the relevant provisions of the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China, imposed a combined fine of 137,768,660 yuan, confiscated the illegal gains of 0.8646 million yuan, and ordered it to stop producing and selling related unqualified products.
According to Tianyan, the H&M brand was founded in Sweden in 1947 and mainly sells clothing and cosmetics. Haynes Morris (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. is an H&M China operating company. Tianyan inspection also shows that as of now, Haynes Morris (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. has 24 administrative penalty information, and 8 of them occurred in 2021, of which 6 are related to product quality problems.
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