ACCC fines ugg boot marketer $25,000 for country of origin claims

Andrew Marshall
Updated October 25 2018 - 1:12pm, first published 1:00pm
ACCC sinks boot into Ugg footwear claims
ACCC sinks boot into Ugg footwear claims

A footwear wholesaler has copped $25,200 in penalties from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)  for allegedly selling Chinese-made sheepskin boots claimed to be authentically Australian Ugg boots.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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