“One like the other, the other.” Arow, which is etched in our minds with its slogan With almost 50 stores in 31 different provinces It functioned successfully. A variety of shoes appealed to consumers from all walks of life.

However, the poisoned shoes incident that will happen to them will change their name. be remembered in a terrible way and go bankrupt. It would cause. Let’s see what the real liner is.

He won hearts by appealing to everyone.

Arow was part of the Pames group and became one of the leading brands of its time in Turkey. Pames didn’t just produce casual shoes; tennis, basketball and running shoes He produced many different varieties, such as.

Arow customers, where everyone can find what they are looking for, go to stores and from a wide variety of shoes she was shopping. However, when the calendar turned to 2014, something terrible was going to happen to the brand and its customers.

Toxic shoes have broken out!

According to the statement of the Ministry of Customs and Trade of the Republic of Turkey, there was a major problem with Arow’s shoes. They took samples 12 out of 15 shoes, There were inappropriate chemicals.

Arow paid hundreds of thousands of TL in fines for this and 19 thousand 920 shoes in 9 different models that were put on sale were sold immediately. An attempt was made to bring it back.

For those who have already purchased the shoes Information was provided through newspapers and television. The information included photos of poisoned products and a phone number for returning the shoes.

When Arow’s name came up in such a shameful incident, they immediately closed their social media accounts.

Later in the warehouse be destroyed It turned out that the shoes were on sale. So at customs they were found to be poisonous, and as they were being removed they were replaced with boxes of non-toxic shoes. Moreover, about the moments when they were taken from the warehouses The camera recordings have also been deleted.

According to company officials The company staff had nothing to do with this. They also filed a lawsuit against the government. But of course this was not enough to restore the company’s reputation.

When the camera images from the warehouse were examined, very interesting images were found.

While toxic goods are loaded into vehicles “What will be the outcome of this?”, “Do not hold the broken goods against the camera.” These types of conversations could be heard. In 2016, a prison sentence of 3 years, 3 months to 10 years was demanded for a total of 10 people who had produced and sold poisoned shoes.

In 2016, Arow officially went bankrupt.

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The emerging brand went bankrupt due to these sensations, but was also exposed to unfair accusations at the time. Citizens, to show the results of the Arow shoes they bought He gave interviews to newspapers. However, when the Ministry of Customs and Trade examined the shoes, it found no harmful chemicals.

While there are those who try to turn the crisis into an opportunity, this makes Arow natural It was not a situation that could be justified And while everyone involved in the fraud was punished, the Arow brand was buried in history.

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