Parallel Trading
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the manufacturers of designer goods (including perfumes, cosmetics, clothes and sunglasses) can prevent supermarkets in Britain selling these manufacturers' products to shoppers at discount prices.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the manufacturers of designer goods (including perfumes, cosmetics, clothes and sunglasses) can prevent supermarkets in Britain selling these manufacturers' products to shoppers at discount prices.
Q1 Do you think the Government should accept the Court's decision, or should it press for the law to be changed?
Q2 Some supermarkets are continuing to sell designer goods imported from outside the European Union at discount prices, despite the attempted ban. On balance, do you support or oppose what these supermarkets are doing?
Technical details
- Survey conducted on behalf of Shandwick PR
- 1,965 interviews among adults aged 15+ throughout Great Britain
- Fieldwork dates: 21 - 24 August 1998
- All interviews were conducted in home, face-to-face over 155 sampling points
- All data are edited and weighted to the known population profile
