Vipshop controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Vipshop China administratively punished for unfair competition
On February 8, 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation imposed an administrative penalty on Vipshop China Co., Ltd. for unfair competition violations and publicly disclosed Decision Guoshijianchu [2021] No. 3. This entry records the competition enforcement action already taken, and the subject is Vipshop China Co., Ltd.
2021
Vipshop accepts penalty and announces comprehensive rectification
Company response
After the market regulator announced its penalty, Vipshop said it had no objection to the established facts, accepted the administrative penalty and would carry out comprehensive rectification.
Company response
Clarification — 唯品会
称对违法事实没有意义
Remediation — 唯品会
接受行政处罚决定，将进行全面整改
Source excerpt
公告发出后不久，唯品会在官方微博上发布相关声明，称对违法事实没有意义，接受行政处罚决定，将进行全面整改。
2020
Double 11 unfair pricing practices lead to separate 500,000 yuan fines
In December 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation imposed administrative penalties on the relevant platform operating entities of JD.com, Tmall, and Vipshop, fining each 500,000 yuan for pricing practices such as raising prices before discounts and fabricating original prices. This entry records the activities and operating entities specified in the penalty and does not presume that all merchants had similar problems.
2020
Vipshop says it will rectify issues following penalty
Company response
Vipshop stated that it had received an administrative penalty notice and would comprehensively rectify the relevant issues in accordance with regulatory requirements and applicable laws and regulations. The company's response followed the issuance of the administrative penalty. Vipshop did not provide further details in the statement beyond its commitment to carry out the rectification as required.
Following the administrative penalty, Vipshop said it had received the penalty notice and would comprehensively rectify the relevant issues in accordance with regulatory requirements and applicable laws and regulations.
Company response
Remediation — 唯品会
唯品会回应称，已收到行政处罚通知，将按照监管部门要求及相关法律法规的规定，对相关问题进行全面整改。
Source excerpt
站长之家（ChinaZ.com）12月30日 消息:今日，针对“被行政处罚”一事，唯品会回应称，已收到行政处罚通知，将按照监管部门要求及相关法律法规的规定，对相关问题进行全面整改。
据国家市场监督管理总局公布的行政处罚决定书显示，唯品会构成《价格法》第十四条第（四）项“利用虚假的或者使人误解的价格手段，诱骗消费者或者其他经营者与其进行交易的”不正当价格行为。
国家市场监督管理总局称，当事人如对上述行政处罚决定不服，可以自收到本行政处罚决定书之日起六十日内，向国家市场监督管理总局申请行政复议;或者自收到本行政处罚决定书之日起六个月内，依法向北京市第一中级人民法院提起行政诉讼。
2020
China fines JD.com, Tmall and Vipshop over pricing
Fine or penalty
China's market regulator fined JD.com, Alibaba's Tmall and Vipshop 500,000 yuan each for irregular pricing related to Nov. 11 shopping events, following consumer complaints. The regulator announced the penalties on Dec. 30, 2020, according to a report by The Star. The fines concerned pricing practices connected to the Nov. 11 promotional period. The report did not specify further details of the irregular pricing or any additional outcomes beyond the fines.
China’s market regulator said it fined JD.com, Alibaba’s Tmall and Vipshop 500,000 yuan each for irregular pricing related to Nov. 11 shopping events, following consumer complaints.
Source excerpt
BEIJING: China’s market regulator said on Dec 30 it has fined JD.Com Inc, Alibaba’s Tmall and Vipshop 500,000 yuan (RM308,798) each for irregular pricing.
The State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) said in a social media post that it had taken the decision after it received consumer complaints over the companies’ pricing strategies related to Nov 11 shopping events.
并于2020年12月24日依据《价格法》第四十条、《价格违法行为行政处罚规定》第七条作出处罚决定，对上述三家企业分别处以50万元人民币罚款的行政处罚。