“I trusted Saeko’s brand” – distressed voice from product purchaser: “The same thing is available at one tenth the price on Chinese websites…” Saeko’s side: “It’s taking time, effort and money”
※8/2 (Fri) 13:00 news Post Seven “I trusted Saeko’s brand and bought it, but by chance I found a similar product in another shop. What’s more, the price was one-tenth of what I had bought… I was shocked,” a woman in her 20s who lives in Tokyo said with an angry voice. She is holding a cap with an impressive ribbon embroidery. It was apparently purchased for around 4,500 yen from the online shop of “allison brown” (hereinafter referred to as Allison Brown), an apparel brand run by Saeko (37 years old). “Allison Brown” is a brand that does not have a physical store and is only sold online, and opened in June last year. Saeka also wears the brand in her private life, and the brand has steadily increased its customer base, opening pop-up shops in well-established department stores and other establishments. However, recently, buyers of this brand’s products have begun posting distressed comments on social media. “There were many doubts that the Allison Brown products were the same as those sold by the Chinese discount online shopping site Shein,” said an apparel industry source. The cap purchased by the woman mentioned above was also sold on both the Allison Brown and Shein sites, and was almost identical to the original. The woman who purchased the item mentioned above speaks. “At first, I thought it was a copycat product made by the Chinese online store to resemble Saeko’s design, but I wanted to be sure, so I also bought a cap (554 yen) from “shein”. This will reveal that the stitching, thickness of the embroidery, and lining are all the same. I was convinced that this was not a rip-off, but the exact same product.” In addition to the cap, various products such as a gingham checked tote bag and lace scrunchies can be seen for sale on both the “Allison Brown” and “shein” websites (they have now been removed from the “Allison Brown” website). “There were some products with a price difference of almost 10 times, and hats and scrunchies that Alison Brown sells for 3,000 to 4,000 yen were sold for 300 to 400 yen at Shein.” (The woman who purchased the item) When the brand was launched, Saeko explained the brand on her YouTube channel as follows. Continue reading below.
>>1 It’s not clothing, but there are several companies that produce the same thing. They may have batteries or not, or the instructions in Japanese, etc. Even though they are from different factories, if they are treated as Japanese manufacturers, I wonder if they can be repaired at electronics stores.
>>8 There is a furniture company in Japan that is famous for copying designer furniture. I don’t know if the company was founded by naturalized citizens.
In the first place, it would be foolish to buy a resale item that is not even a brand from this ugly woman who has no insight or know-how about making bags.
Well, they probably just import a lot of ready-made products from China and sell them under the Saeko brand. I guess importing them in bulk is a lot of work and costs money, right?
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