Yes, I was shocked when I read these articles about Fendi suing Walmart Stores, Inc. over fake Fendi bags that were being sold at Sam's Club. (Hat tip to Designer Ella for bringing this to my attention!)
"The lawsuit by the world's largest luxury-goods group alleges Sam's Club stores, including stores in the New York area, are selling handbags, shoulder bags, purses, wallets and key chains that 'imitate the designs of the Fendi products and that bear reproductions, counterfeits, copies or colorable imitations of the Fendi trademarks.'"
How could this possibly happen and why would Walmart risk their reputation over a few sales? It's bad enough that people don't like the big box retailer, but now they've lowered themselves to malicious deceit of their customers. Were executives fully aware that this type of operation was going on?
Who's to blame for this? And of course, "nobody is available for comment" or "they haven't seen the complaint". Yeah, right.
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