Odd Timing
Eight months after taking over Chicago’s legendary Maxwell Street Market, the Daley administration has more than it bargained for: a federal lawsuit accusing the city of allowing bargain “counterfeit” handbags to be sold there.
Coach Inc., a manufacturer of luxury leather products, is accusing City Hall of looking the other way while hundreds of Maxwell Street vendors sell knock-offs of Coach purses for as little as $18.
Late last year, the Daley administration terminated its $1.47 million contract with JAM Productions and opted to manage the market in-house with, what McDonald described as, a more lenient approach to vendors.
[...] City management turned out to be a financial boon to a clout-heavy security company owned by three of Mayor Daley’s former bodyguards.
But all of the sudden, the City takes over and get sued? It seems the City's "deep pockets" are about to prove a financial boon to some connected lawyers.
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
25 Comments:
You wanna bet the license unit gets called to start working the maxwell street market? How about it Chief EB? No anovs just long form everyone right?
Free enterprise is not limited to any person or organization.
I'd prefer to buy my socks @ Marshalls, they're cheaper & the fit is better.
Anytime Richie touches something, buys or sell-offs something, starts something, gets the city (our taxpayer $$$) involved we wind up loosing.
It is as if this sawed off runt can't wait to give away our money.
Coach really has nothing to complain about. I recently purchased a Coach item at a reputable Michigan Ave store, only to inspect the item later and found a label indicating that it was "made in China." If Coach is having their own designs manufactured in China (obviously to generate increased profits, like everyone else does these days), did they believe that the Chinese weren't going to create their own "private stock" of these items, and sell them around the world?
Greed from these designers is the cause for the huge increase in knockoff items. It's extremely difficult today to tell the knockoffs from the "real" items.
Or City Management is tied in to the mob so they can operate with impunity.
It's all right in front of the press and public, if only they would look.
hundreds of Coach vendors? Ya, right ....hundreds
Never underestimate the "criminal enterprise" that is known as the daley administration/Crime Family.
They are like termites, devouring the city, one board at a time. We desperately need "exterminators" to rid the city of these Vermin.
The usual "exterminators" aka FEDS", are under the control of " daleys boy in D.C. aka "Jug Ears" who controls "I'm beholdin' to shortshanks Holder.
We're truly Fucked (for a while longer).
Coach would be better off if if they claimed one of their representatives were struck by the police and damaged their purse.
The Corp. Counsel would, based upon past performance, simply write them an out-of-court settlement check.
Cha-ching for da' Bling!
Hell, most of those Flea markets you see all sell this stuff.
And scc strangely (yea right) this clout heavy company gets millions of dollars in business every year all city contracts! Wait a dam minute here with all millionaires running that sham company why don't the mayor save the taxpayers money and put more valet coppers on the street! daley wants to privatize everything why not his bodyguards? He could have SMG security provide all his bodyguards and vehicles (they drive shit box ford fiesta type cars would be nice to see daleys bigass in the rear seat. Hey they then could also valet eddie burke and stepahnie neely (The phony treasurer who is trying to sue mike shields for exposing her corruption, getting paid off from pension board banks)!
LASTLY FREE COZZI NOW!
Saw a fox news report on this about 10 minutes ago,you would not believe what one of the vender's said when the reporter told her that a lawsuit was filed concerning the venders selling knock off merchandise "WHAT WILL WE DO NOW,WHAT WILL WE BE ABLE TO SELL THEN,THIS IS OUR LIVELYHOOD".Of course the camera then pans accross a row of knock off purses.I could not believe my ears when i heard that,how stupid can you be say something like that.
OMG! He sold that too?
owned by somebody else who didn't actually know it was for sale.
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This is funny. Arfe you trying to say that some of that stuff down there might be stolen goods?
The city is corrupt and should not allow this kind of criminal operations.
There was a big new story about a shop getting closed for selling counterfeit designer items, so this is no surprise and yes designers are greedy.
Vote Daley out.
coach has no beef coming,was in china 9 yrs ago and went to silk alley in bejing, every label was for sale. got prada purses for all female members for family with sticker saying milan italy inside sticker said made in china, also abercromie fitch products, rolex etc etc, all this stuff was not knockoffs but same as sold in high end stores on michigan ave,
Maxwell Street is dead, Daley killed it. There is no parking available down there and vendors are taxed to death.
Every major city in the world has their version of Maxwell Street. Da Mayor thought that Chicago was too wordly for such a thing.
Maxwell Street is just an outlet for cheap Chinese junk nowadays. All of the worthwhile dealers have left for greener pastures, Rosemont Flea Market, Seven Mile Fair, Wilmot, Walworth, etc.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Coach really has nothing to complain about. I recently purchased a Coach item at a reputable Michigan Ave store, only to inspect the item later and found a label indicating that it was "made in China." If Coach is having their own designs manufactured in China (obviously to generate increased profits, like everyone else does these days), did they believe that the Chinese weren't going to create their own "private stock" of these items, and sell them around the world?
Greed from these designers is the cause for the huge increase in knockoff items. It's extremely difficult today to tell the knockoffs from the "real" items.
5/24/2010 05:15:00 AM
Bingo! I would rather pay less for cheap Chinese junk than more, it is all JUNK!
I miss the days when the "Purse Guy" would come to Homan Square and sell the knockoff purses to us...it was a better quality "junk" than that available now at the flea markets...
will the license unit get assigned to the 26thst vendors
jfled who is protecting the illegal vendors
why no enforcement
where is the 10th district police commander , doesn't he tour the district
take enforecement and he may be replaced
Maxwell Street is dead, Daley killed it. There is no parking available down there and vendors are taxed to death.
5/24/2010 01:22:00 PM
But some of the food is damn good...
have fun getting the asa's to approve those trademark charges, they haven't a clue.
I didn't know that "Da Coach" had a line of purses. Nice to show your feminine side Iron Mike.
Bought all my leather goods (except the jacket) at maxwell st. (aka jew town) in the early 80s. Belt keepers still ok, but the belts had to be replaced, for larger ones. Still have the ticket book cover, but prefer rubber bands now. I never bought any knock off items, but then again I rarely waste $ on designer items.
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