Suppose you would want to buy a Louis Vuitton bag in Shanghai. You could go to the Xiangyang Market where you can buy a fake one for less than RMB 100. But if you want to buy a real product you
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I am a Dutch entrepreneur in Shanghai who has lived and worked over 12 years in China. Co-founder of among others Tudou.com and unitedstyles.com, advisor to Spil Games for which I set up and led the Asian operation (2006-2011), and angel investor in Chinese Internet and tech start-ups. Married to Grace, with whom I have a son (Scott) and a daughter (Elaine). These are my personal views and do not necessarily represent the companies I am involved with. You can reach me at marcvanderchijs (at) gmail (dot) com
3 Responses to “Louis Vuitton bags at Carrefour”
The best part is what the Shanghai Daily didn’t translate. How did fake LV bags get onto the shelves of Carrefour? Carrefour ordered 100 women’s handbags from a supplier. The supplier went to the warehouse and found that they had only 60 handbags left. So he went to the Yu Gardens area and bought 40 handbags for RMB 20 a piece (sold for RMB 60 at Carrefour). The supplier claims that he is a simple man with only a junior high education, and so he didn’t recognize that the bags were fakes of a famous European brand.
And you know what? I think I believe him.
I bought a pair of genuine LV sandals a few years ago. It costed me $400, and it was not even comfortable. If you think those countfeiters are ripping off companies like Louis Vuitton, guess who get ripped off by LV?