APRIL TRADE NEWS Retailers seeing shifting consumer behaviour More empty shops in Edinburgh's Old Town Culture capital status boosting Liverpool retail Retailers 'need more help from government' Bath retailers to target 'affluent women' Birmingham Wholesale Markets to move Nottingham shops banned from using A-boards Trader convicted for selling fake goods from trusted wholesaler OFT warned on newspaper distribution rules Scottish retail sales picking up Ebay fraudster ordered to repay £100,000 Welsh urged to cut down on single use carriers Wholesalers looking for insight from retailers Rural retail initiative to help traders in N.Ireland Hampshire traders fearful of supermarket plans Retail sales surge during sunny April Wholesalers affected by late payments Online retailers 'must convince shoppers of internet benefits' Strongest monthly UK footfall rise in five years Retailers urged to turn to eBay to-sell stock Retailers fight plans for Watford Tesco Express Local retail opinions mixed in Leicester More than one British newsagent closing a day European visitors to The Wholesaler please click here Trade News Archive 2009  January   February   March   April   May Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 22nd May 2009 Trader convicted for selling fake goods from trusted wholesaler A market trader from South Devon has been given a 56-day suspended jail sentence for selling more than 800 counterfeit toys in Dawlish Warren. Bhagat Singh Dubb, from Handsworth in Birmingham, was caught by trading standards officers selling Spider-Man and Disney-branded last June, according to the South Devon Herald Express. The newspaper reported that he was told by the magistrates that the toys were a serious health risk to the public. Chairman John O'Connell said: "The victims in this case were unsuspecting members of the public. They were at risk and harmed financially and the companies' rights have been violated." However, the Herald Express reported that Mr Singh Dubb's circumstances were mitigated somewhat by the fact that he had purchased the products from a trusted wholesaler in good faith, his barrister said. Last month, nearly £20,000 of knock-off children's merchandise, including Power Rangers, Batman and Star Wars toys, was seized during a raid of a toy shop in Blackpool. (c) 2009 Comment on this news story   Trade News Archive 2008  December   November   October   September August   July   June   May   April   March   February   January