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Are any specific trends emerging in the
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padlock industry?
IB. McIntyre: The current trend is definitely
towards higher security; this is evident from
the sale of higher end security items. There is
Tri-Circle locks have become the
definitely a move away from brass padlocks to
hunting ground of counterfeiters and
laminated or solid steel padlocks which offer a
higher security level. The customer has also come
How can retailers further improve their
to expect more from higher security which is
return on padlocks?
inevitably priced higher. Certainly higher prices
IB. McIntyre: They simply have to pay attention
demand higher
to the customer’s needs and be able to offer a
quality and Master
diverse enough range to suit all these needs.
Lock not only offer
Now this doesn’t mean that they have to stock
this, they are also
every conceivable padlock security item, they
the only padlock
just need to be abreast of what’s available and
manufacturer to
which manufacturers carry the widest range of
back it up with a
solutions. Master Lock, being the largest branded
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padlock producer in the world, carry by far the
largest range of padlocks from entry level right
manufacturers of inferior merchandise.
Even some retailers have fallen prey
buying fake locks at very low prices and
selling them to the public at authentic
prices. Tri-Circle is not the first company
to fall victim to such activitie s, but unlike
most, it does intend to act, to do what it
can to put a stop to this practice – once
and for all.
Buyers of counterfeit products are
not getting a bargain. Instead they are
getting an inferior quality product, which
is probably not even worth the low price
Assa Abloy: Safety
up to the highest levels of security and have the
is a huge aspect
widest range of ancillary items to suit almost
that has been paid. In addition, buyers
of businesses,
every application.
of counterfeit products could well be
inadvertently supporting organised crime.
especially in
the mining and
Assa Abloy: Training is one of the key tools to
With the co-operation of the South
engineering
have in any business. Train your staff to know
African Police Services, The Department of
industry. Union, an
more about the products they are selling, as this
Trade and Industry and the South African
Assa Abloy brand, has recently launched a new
enables them to ask the right questions and give
Revenue Services (Customs & Excise), a
padlock called the, ‘the Lockout Padlock.’ The
correct answers to consumers. This prevents
large number of counterfeit Tri-Circle locks
Lockout Padlock allows for multiple users to lock
consumers returning their purchased items as it
have been seized in recent months.
devices that could cause accidents, such as a
did not meet the requirements that they were
lever to a mine shaft or electrical box, in order to
looking for, for example one cannot sell a 30mm
become a high-risk venture. In addition,
make sure that until the last padlock has been
brass padlock to secure the back gate of a prop-
Yantai Lock Manufacturing Group will not
opened, the lever
erty near the coast, as this will rust and be easy
hesitate to claim damages from any person
or electric box
cannot be
for a criminal
to break
switched off
into the
or opened.
property.
Trading in counterfeit locks has
dealing in counterfeit goods through our
attorneys. Any person convicted of trading
in counterfeit goods will be punishable in
the case of a first conviction, with a fine, in
respect of each article or item involved in
the particular act of dealing in counterfeit
goods which the offence relates, that it
may not exceed R5 000 per article or with
imprisonment for a period that may not
exceed three years or with both such fines
and terms of imprisonment. HA
FOR MORE INFORMATION
IB. McIntyre: 021-508-1250
Assa Abloy: 011-761-5000
Tri-Circle: 011-609-8865
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