The Chinese OEM's exposure of luxury brand goods being Made in China has caused a storm in America and the West. Their lies and cheating the consumers by the thousands are making the consumers very angry and feeling very silly. The big brands are also very angry as exposing these lies would hurt their sales and profits and their brands. They are not going to make the same kind of obscene profits from unwary and innocent consumers any more. Sales have plunged, brand loyalty is gone. They must hit back.
Hermes is hitting back by suing the OEMs for violating the contracts, disclosing trade secrets. Hermes is not suing them for lying, for smearing the Hermes brand. Hermes still insists that all their products are not Made in China. Then what is this violation of contracts all about? What contracts did they signed with Chinese OEMs if their products were not made by them? There should not be any contract at all.
By admitting that there are contracts between Hermes and Chinese OEMs, Hermes is directly admitting that their products are Made in China by Chinese factories, and the OEMs are violating the contractual agreements to disclose that Hermes products were made by them.
So, even if Hermes were to win the legal case, they cannot hide the fact that their products were made by Chinese OEMs. And the OEMs would disclose everything in court, including all the correspondence and contractual agreements signed between them and Hermes. Case closed.
Hermes would gain another reputation, for lying that their products were not Made in China.
4 comments:
Right. Suing means admitting their products are indeed made in China.
On the other hand, can consumers that have been ripped off being told that what they bought are not made in Italy or France, but in China now take action in a class action suit? Being ripped off by tens of thousands is no small potato to mount a class action suit.
Hermes is just digging a deeper hole for themselves. They should just keep quiet and let it blow away. You don't see LVMH make any noise.
Yes, Customers that were cheated by the big name brands should sue them for lying to them. But they have covered their asses by changing the rules in EU that allowed them to use Made in Italy or France if one thread or logo is sown in their countries.
That is also a scam if only one thread made in Italy or France while the whole bag is made in China. Try convincing the buyers.
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