Recall: H&M Recall Order Again, Why Do We Care About The Quality Of Clothing?

In July 30th, the Beijing Consumers Association announced the results of a clothing comparative test. The results showed that the quality of many large garments sold in Beijing's Yansha outlets stores was not qualified. 25 samples of the 100 samples were not up to the national standards and the related standards were met, and the overall compliance rate was low.

Whether at home or abroad, quality problems are frequent. Recently, H&M, a fast fashion company, has seen such a situation.

H&M's parent company issued a recall order for children's pajamas in the United States. The products involved are two kinds of cotton knitted sweaters, long sleeved blouses and trousers, with a total volume of about 9000 units. They were sold in H&M stores and online stores in the United States between July 2018 and May 2019. The reason is that the product has not reached the flammability standard of the federal children's pajamas, though no injuries have yet occurred.

In response to the H&M incident, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission called on consumers to stop using the product immediately and get in touch with H&M for the appropriate refund and gift cards.

This is not the first time that H&M has recalls product quality failures. In April, H&M recalled about 980 sets of children's hooded bathrobes sold in the United States for the same reason that there was a risk of burns. In July last year, some imported infant knitted jackets were recalled because of their color fastness. In November 2017, some women's sandals were recalled. The reason was that the sequins were not pasted firmly and there were hidden dangers. In May 2014, 65 thousand girls were briefed on their underpants because of the risk of suffocation.

Recall order can certainly prevent the possibility of accidents, but it has a certain impact on the image of the enterprise, and consumer confidence in the brand will also be reduced. As an international fast fashion company, many products of H&M are often made by factories in Southeast Asia. In order to reduce costs, quality inspection procedures are often neglected, and safety quality is difficult to control; different countries' standards also become the reasons for brand problems. This problem children's pajamas were made in Bangladesh and imported by H&M company.

In summary, the quality problems of H&M are mostly found in children's wear. Compared with adults, children's clothing is often more stringent in terms of quality requirements. By summing up the survey results of clothing quality of Beijing consumers' Association at the end of July, it can be found that many items of clothing not up to standard include fiber content, product use instructions, dry rubbing fastness, wet rubbing fastness, color fastness and pilling.

Why has the quality of clothes been paid attention again and again?

Clothing is the first place in clothing, food and shelter, and is closely related to people's lives.

With the improvement of people's living standard, people begin to attach importance to the quality of products while pursuing the fashion of dress. In the process of printing and dyeing and finishing, garments often need to add various chemicals, such as dyes and auxiliaries. These chemical products contain substances that are harmful to the human body. When their residues exceed a certain standard, they will cause harm to the skin and body of the human body. Among them, 5 indexes, such as pH value, formaldehyde content, color fastness, peculiar smell, and soluble aromatic amine dye, have different degrees of restriction in different countries, and the requirements for children's clothing will be more severe, including zipper's smoothness, wearability and tightness of clothes.

H&M, which is characterized by "fast", has not seen much growth over the past few years. It has not been until two years that the two years have come out of the trough. With the feeling of rejuvenation, it will not be worthwhile to be beaten down again because of the quality of the products. And from the consumer's point of view, it is hoped that H&M will have a better quality. Author: Wang Yiting