Woolworths acknowledges 'striking similarities' with Ubuntu Baba carrier, removes product from stores

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Woolworths has said it will remove the baby carrier product from its stores, following a meeting with a business owner who claimed the retailer had copied her idea.

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Woolworths doing their bit in helping small business. What a joke!

I can't believe Woolworths would do such s thing. You guys are not cared about supporting small business in South africa. You only worry about yourself and your Woolworths brand. That is being really selfish

About time the EFF make themselves useful. Julius_S_Malema

Not good enough.

The patented Bug-a-lug school bag hashad people copy it &sell as Bug-a-lug. Fortunately their quality is sobad Bug-a-lug has actually repaired thebags which don't even last 3 months. A 5 year old Bug-a-lug bag came in for refurbishing & left looking new. Benoni home to Bug-a-lug

Woolworths copying the design,exploiting manufacturers and selling at extreme profit like most things in their stores. To top it off their ceo is also a british national.

Copying is now referred to as “striking similarities” 😂😂😂 WOOLWORTHS_SA

Striking similarity? How about as close to the original as is possible. WOOLWORTHS_SA ShannonMaryMac

Second time they have done this now. 'Woolworths, screwing over the little guy.'

send back to factory, add extra pattern /stitching , sorted WOOLWORTHS_SA

Hand over the complete batch of stock to her, after replacing your branding with hers and then give her the shelf space in your stores, you greedy bstards WOOLWORTHS_SA

Removes? That's it?

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