Haidong Chen, Jinming Chen, Top Sky Holdings Ltd and Kiwi Wool Ltd
Two companies and two individuals fined a total of $259,000 for manufacturing and selling to visiting Asian tourists a range of high-priced souvenir items that were not what they claimed to be. Made misleading representations that the alpaca rugs were New Zealand made, when they were imported, and that the duvet wool content was 100% alpaca or merino when it was not.
Case Details
Parties
Haidong Chen, Jinming Chen, Top Sky Holdings Ltd and Kiwi Wool Ltd
Category
Consumer
Sub-category
Act/Section
Fair Trading Act 1986 10, 13(j)
Industry
Retail – other
Status
Closed
Outcome
Judgment
Case Number
Date opened
28 January 2013
Date closed
28 January 2013
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