For those of you who don’t know leather shoes, you may not be familiar with the brand Qile. The British Clarks Shoe Group is one of the largest private family-owned leather shoe companies in the world today, with a history of 180 years. It was founded in 1825 by a pair of brothers from the Clarks family in England, and is headquartered in Street, a small town in England. Today, the editor of q6u.com wants to talk about how to identify the authenticity of Qile shoes

The difference between genuine Qile shoes and foreign trade shoes

Generally speaking, it refers to foreign brand shoes, and some brands are sold in China, such as CLARKS shoes, SKECHERS, ECCO, and GEOX. They have their counters and even specialty stores in major cities, and the prices are quite high, but more brands are not currently available.

Another friend wants to ask why the price of foreign trade shoes online is so cheap

However, due to the well-known reasons such as China's cheap and smart and diligent labor force, more than 90% of foreign brands have OEM factories in China, and quality management still follows foreign standards. After all, the ultimate goal of their production is to be sold abroad.

Except for the fact that the foreign trade shoes sold online are fakes (fake goods are also fake), they will not be purchased from regular channels. This is the main reason for the low price.

How to identify genuine Clarks

1. Look at the outer packaging, which is the shoe box. Those without shoe boxes will be eliminated first. All counter goods have original boxes. If there is no shoe box, it is definitely not counter goods. Nowadays, fake shoe boxes come in a variety of colors, but the key is to look at the stickers.

But they still can’t make a number

Look at the number. If there is no number or incomplete number (for example, only 0255, no color number), it is definitely a fake. Nowadays, some counterfeit goods have fake serial numbers, but the printing is rough, the word CLARKS is deformed, or there is no vertical barcode on the right side.

As shown in the picture above, the genuine Qile has the number 001182737G. The 001 is meaningless, 1827 refers to the model, 37 refers to the color, 6 1/2 refers to the British code, and 40 is the Chinese code. STREET SIGN2 is the English name of this shoe. BLACK LEATHER means black leather in English. These words are indispensable, and those with similar words are authentic. Counterfeit goods don't have such detailed stickers, let alone draw shoe shapes. At most, they just write a few random words. No matter what color the shoe box is, this sticker definitely has the same layout pattern, and any other layout pattern is a fake.

Qile also has many series, but so far there are only these 3 types of shoe boxes.

In addition, I would like to express my special thanks to netizen stonebf for correcting me. It seems that the outer box of the shoes he bought at Metro has also changed. This product may be exclusively for Metro, and the number is different from the counter. However, the product must be genuine because it is from Shanghai Vuitton, which is one of Qile's agents.

2. Look at the soles

This is the economical style sole targeted at the Chinese market last year

High-end style non-slip soles

Sports EFS sole

The soles of formal models are generally like this

There are also formal soles like this

Qile's sole technology is very comprehensive and there are many styles. I can't list them all. These are the main ones you should look for. There is also a sole of Qile's classic WALLBEE desert shoe, which is not listed here.

3. The word CLARK on the insole

This is an economical insole

Sports insoles

Formal style insoles are all like this

The words on the nubuck leather insoles are not very obvious

4. The words on the tongues

All the tongues have words like UPPER LEATHER, MAN MADE The inscriptions are all imitations, and only imitations deliberately flaunt what kind of top-grain leather they are made by. Genuine Qile shoes don’t have such complicated words on their tongues, they usually have 3 lines of words.

This is the Chinese-made Qile font. All Chinese-made fonts should have this format.

This is the sports tongue

This is the tongue of Qile's economical leather shoes

Most of the Qile shoe tongues are of this style, with 3 rows of characters. The last line of numbers does not represent the shoe number, and counterfeit goods often use the last line of numbers printed casually as the shoe model number.

Another thing to note is that Qile is made in Portugal (there are also imitation Portuguese products on the market). Its origin is not printed on the tongue, but a round transparent sticker is affixed to the inside of the shoe, as follows

The above are all genuine shoes. As for imitations, some of the shoes have the word "CLARKS" written crookedly. You can tell them apart by comparing them. Also, the shoes with the hollow word "clarks" on the insole are all imitations. They really don't have that font at all.

In a Clarks store in a shopping mall that just opened in a certain city, there is a very good discount. Even after discounts, the price is close to more than 700 yuan, and that's just a few pairs. In this way, if you buy a pair of Clarks shoes online, made in Vietnam (or as long as they are not made in China), and the price is much lower than the price of the exclusive store, you have to be suspicious. Because assuming it is genuine, if it is one or two pairs, you can carry it through customs without spending money. Is it possible to have large quantities and many styles?

Clarks has factories all over the world. Vietnam has cheap labor (comparable to China) and is the closest to China. If you want to sell in China, Vietnam is a very good choice in terms of geographical location and transportation costs. This is unmatched by other countries.

Therefore, looking at the place of origin and comparing prices is an important way to identify authenticity. Before the official announcement of corresponding identification techniques, you can only rely on your own efforts.

The source of foreign trade shoes

1. Surplus stock: The factory receives an order to produce 1,000 pairs of shoes. The quantity cannot be controlled so strictly, and there will always be surplus.

2. Defective goods: No need to explain too much, just read the meaning.

3. QC goods: QC means commodity inspection. When the shoe factory produces shoes, before shipment, there will be a commodity inspection by a foreign trader or a spot inspection of the original brand company's products (shoes can be taken away). The quantity of QC goods is generally very small, and it is conceivable that the number of codes is difficult to complete, but no QC staff is stupid enough to get fake goods.

4. Other goods: such as goods obtained through special relationships, goods stolen by others, etc.

But in any case, the above four kinds of goods are in the minority for the following reasons:

1. When shoe factories manufacture for foreign brands, they will sign a very complete contract, which includes not allowing the production company to handle and sell their products privately. Once the processing company breaches the contract, it will lose a big customer and bear huge claims. The entire company is likely to go bankrupt, so ordinary companies will not lose big for small;

2. Factories that can get orders from foreign brands generally have good quality management, and there will not be a lot of losses during the production process. In addition, foreign brands provide raw materials according to specific needs. Therefore, there will not be a large amount of surplus in the end. Even for products with quality problems, serious problems will be destroyed directly, and non-serious problems will be dealt with by our own internal employees.

But no matter what, with so many shoe factories doing external orders, there are always capable people who can get the goods.

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