Chickeeduck Online Shop to Close | Genuine Goods Seized by Dongguan Customs Four Years Ago Put Up for Sale on Taobao; Chow Siu Lung Herber Denounces: “They’re Bandits!”
Chickeeduck網店結業｜四年前遭東莞海關充公貨品 正版貨被放售淘寶 周小龍斥：呢班土匪嚟！
Children’s fashion brand Chickeeduck, which withdrew from Hong Kong two years ago, will close its online shop at the end of this month, formally ending all its business operations. However, Chickeeduck owner Chow Siu Lung Herber, who is living in Britain and the United States, was recently informed by internet users that one of the “Five Little Ducks” canvas bags seized by Dongguan Customs two years ago was being sold on Taobao, with the listing identifying it as being from the Hong Kong brand Chickeeduck. Chow Siu Lung Herber said the goods were originally worth nearly HK$5 million and condemned their forcible seizure and subsequent sale on Taobao as “bandit behaviour”. Chow Siu Lung Herber also disclosed that over the past two years, attempts had been made to find other manufacturers in Southeast Asia to continue the overseas business, but the manufacturers were unwilling to cooperate because they were concerned about the influence of the Chinese Communist Party. The “Five Little Ducks” canvas bags, which internet users recently found being sold on Taobao, have since been removed from the site. However, screenshots provided by Chow Siu Lung Herber showed that the bags had previously been promoted on Taobao as a “Hong Kong brand” and “CHICKEEDUCK”, at RMB13.8 each (approximately HK$15.18). In an interview with Pulse HK, Chow Siu Lung Herber said the “Five Little Ducks” canvas bags were among the goods seized by mainland Chinese customs from Chickeeduck in September 2021. The seized shipment comprised 50,000 items, including 20,000 canvas bags as well as children’s quilts, pillows and cushions, with a retail valuation of nearly HK$5 million.
兩年前撤出香港的兒童時裝品牌 Chickeeduck，其網店將於本月底結業，正式全面結束所有業務。不過，旅居英美的 Chickeeduck 老闆周小龍近日接獲網民通知，其中一款在兩年前已被東莞海關充公的「五隻鴨仔」帆布袋竟在淘寶網站有售，並標明是香港品牌 Chickeeduck。周小龍指該批貨品原值近500萬港元，怒斥強行充公再放售淘寶是「土匪行為」。他又透露過去兩年曾嘗試在東南亞另覓廠家延續海外業務，但對方因憂慮中共的影響力而不敢合作。 被網民日前發現在淘寶有售的「五隻鴨仔」帆布袋現時已經下架，但根據周小龍提供的網民截圖，帆布袋之前在淘寶網站的宣傳標明「香港品牌」、「CHICKEEDUCK」，每個售價13.8元人民幣（約15.18港元）。周小龍接受《追光者》訪問時表示，該款「五隻鴨仔」帆布袋是2021年9月 Chickeeduck 被中國大陸海關充公的其中一款貨品，該批被充公貨品合共有5萬件，除了2萬個帆布袋，另有兒童被子、枕頭、咕臣等，零售估值近500萬港元。