"Comfortable Shoes" Uncomfortable? Crocs Devour Toddlers

The Crocs, which was born in 2002, took only 6 years to become a world-famous brand of sandals. It is a fashion to wear a pair of shoes with holes and big head Crocs sandals with crocodile sign.

But the soft sandals that are popular around the world are cumbersome. Many escalator pin events are suspected to be related to it.

Customer: no longer wearing American president Bush appearing in front of the public with black socks and black Crocs sandals, it is ridiculed as a fashion disaster.

When Washington Post reported the laughing stock, two of the protagonists, Crocs sandals, were booming in the market.

The Crocs, which was born in 2002, took only 6 years to become a world-famous brand of sandals. It is a fashion to wear a pair of shoes with holes and big head Crocs sandals with crocodile sign.

But the soft sandals that are popular around the world are cumbersome. Many escalator pin events are suspected to be related to it.

A mother from Taiwan, China, posted the experience on the Internet.

At that time, four of their families were shopping at IKEA, because grandma wanted to buy a shelf on the kitchen, and four people were on the third floor to take the escalator to the two floor.

The mother walked with her grandmother in front, and the father followed her daughter fan behind him. On the escalator, MI fan burst into tears.

"I rushed over to pick up my daughter and checked her feet. I was thinking that I must not faint."

Mi fan's mother described it in the post.

The examination found that there was a scratch on the palm of his left foot near his toe, and there was not much bleeding, but there was a squeeze impression on the whole sole.

Then Mi Mi was taken to hospital. The doctor diagnosed that her bone was not broken, only some skin injuries and swelling of her feet.

Mi fan's father later recalled that at that time the daughter wanted to stretch her arms to support the escalator, so her feet extended to the edge. The edge of the green belt on the Crocs sandals was stuck into the gap between the side board and the steps of the escalator, and then the whole pair of shoes and the feet of the rice fans were dragged in.

"Don't buy it later, or only let the children wear them when they go to the beach."

Mi Mi mother finally warned other parents.

Similar injuries also occur in the United States, Japan and Singapore.

Between June 2006 and November, the Ministry of economy and industry of Japan received 65 complaints about the feet of Crocs sandals worn by escalators, including toe injuries and nail injuries. Most of the victims were children.

According to the investigation of the product evaluation technology base organization affiliated to the Ministry of economy and industry, the Crocs sandals are soft and some styles are also designed with a strap, which is easy to be clamped by escalators.

The Agency conducted experiments on 7 Crocs sandals, and 134 times in the 2640 experiment, Crocs shoes were involved in escalators. The incidence was 5.1%.

The Japanese government has expressed the hope that manufacturers of Crocs sandals will change production materials to prevent accidents from happening again.

Shop owner: business is too good. Why do Crocs sandals become targets repeatedly on safety issues?

The reporter visited the flagship store of Crocs Zhengda square.

At the end of the four floor of the Plaza, the Crocs brand is adjacent to the largest store in the Asia Pacific region and toys roundabout. Some parents take their children to the toy city, and they will go to Crocs to buy children's shoes. Of course, more customers go straight to Crocs.

At the entrance of the flagship store, there is an advertisement of the newly launched $229 pair of Spiderman mini card children's shoes. The display area of children's shoes occupies half of the shop.

The shop assistant told reporters that the children's shoes sold at present had 20 balance, the size of the children covered 1 to 8 years old, the children with big feet, even at the age of 10, could buy children's shoes that he could wear.

As for sales, the shop assistant said "sell well", sell twenty or thirty pairs a day from Monday to Friday, and sell 100 pairs on weekends.

The reporter interviewed a lady who is picking Jibbitz flower decorations, which can be buckled in the air holes of Crocs sandals.

Ms. Lee has bought two pairs of Crocs children's shoes for her 4 year old daughter, one pair of classic sandals, and the other one has soft fur lining, which can be worn in winter.

Ms. Li said that her daughter loved to wear comfortable Crocs shoes, but she felt that the shoes were too large for children to keep up with. So she never thought of letting her daughter wear them outdoors, only letting her move on the floor.

As Crocs sandals are only used as home shoes, Ms Li is not worried about reports that are easily clamped by escalators, but on the premise that she will not let her daughter wear Crocs shoes in their homes.

"We have not received a complaint."

Zhan Hongling, director of Crocs Shanghai's activity, said in an interview with the person in charge of the store.

She believes that several escalator events happened outside the country are not directly related to Crocs sandals.

In her opinion, no matter what shoes they wear, the children can not sit on the ladder alone. They need to be held by an adult to take the escalator.

The reporter observed in the shop that most of the styles of Crocs shoes were designed with a belt, which can be turned back and forth, allowing them to switch between slippers and sandals with rear tripping.

According to official information, all Crocs products are made of a closed cell resin material called Croslite, which is soft, lightweight, non scratch, anti slip, and odorless.

It is precisely because of the two characteristics of the tape and the soft material that Crocs children's sandals have been questioned repeatedly.

Mei fan's mother, who had suffered a pinch accident, speculated that the same material with the shoes was the "culprit" that hurt her daughter.

She insists that because the material is soft, the tape has high ductility, so the shoe and daughter's feet will continue to be inhaled when the tape is stuck into the gap of the escalator.

Escalator experts point out that the Crocs sandals made of resin and colloid are thinner and thinner in design, and the shoe size of children's shoes is more soft and thin. It is easy to cause the toe or shoe side to be involved in the gap of escalator. If children extend their feet to the edge of escalator, accidents will happen more easily.

Zhan Hongling responded that Crocs had improved products. For example, the shoes of the pirate series were designed to be thicker, while another sandal called motion had cancelled the front end of the front end of the shoe to protect the toes better.

Businessman: slow response. The Washington subway has posted notices to remind passengers wearing Crocs sandals to be careful on the escalator. The sign did not directly call the roll, but the name of Crocs was suggested by an alligator icon.

Another American children's product retailer posted ads in its 3 stores, telling Crocs wearers to take the elevator instead of escalator.

Compared with the positive actions of escalator operators, Crocs manufacturers' reaction is rather slow.

The reporter asked his local company about the safety hazard of Crocs sandals, and the Shanghai Sheng Yi Guan Trading Company, which is directly under the headquarters, asked reporters to wait for a reply.

Later, he was contacted by a reporter who was a public relations company who represented Crocs public relations affairs in China. His client Commissioner Wang Haiyan told reporters that they did not deny that he had reported on the safety hazard of Crocs sandals in his country. However, regional Corporation did not have the qualification to publish news abroad. All questions must be answered by the headquarters of the United States and audited by the forensic department. Such an interview process takes a week, and she expects reporters to be patient.

A spokesman for the Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee said that no complaint was received on the Crocs escalator on the escalator at the moment, but it would be concerned about the development of the matter.