Australia's largest fashion retailer misled customers about its COVID-19 products. Photo: The New Daily
Fashion giant Mosaic Brands has been slapped with a $630,000 fine for misleading customers and selling dodgy health products during the pandemic.
The Noni-B and Rivers owner must also refund customers who bought its hand sanitiser and face masks during 2020, under an agreement signed with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The ACCC found Mosaic, Australia’s largest fashion retailer with 1200 outlets, breached consumer laws by falsely claiming its KN95 kids face masks had been certified by US health authorities.
Mosaic also sold hand sanitiser with an alcohol content of less than 60%, the threshold Australian health authorities regard as necessary to protect against coronavirus, the ACCC said.