I suspect that there may have been more to it than was reported in the papers, but on the face of it it seems like (1) the sweaters were marked as "Made in China" and that they were on a shelf that was labeled "Made in Scotland". Now as I understand it the items previously on the shelf were made in Scotland, but that label was not removed when different products (ie: the sweaters) were placed on the shelf.

As a result of this inadvertent mis-labeling of the shelf (to which Gold Brothers plead guilty) they were fined a shed load of money.

Here's what bothers me. Suppose for a moment that the "Made in Scotland" shelf was in a sweet shop, and had previously been loaded down with Edinburgh Rock (a locally made candy). A shop employee rearranges the shelves, moves the Edinburgh Rock to another location and replaces it with Toberlone chocolate, which is made in Switzerland. In so doing the employee fails to remove the "Made in Scotland" sign from the edge of the shelf.

Looking at the Toberlone chocolate, the package is marked "Made in Switzerland", so it is clearly not "Made in Scotland". But does the fact that it is inadvertently on a shelf with a "Made in Scotland" sticker on its edge really suggest that Mr. McTavish, the shop owner, should be subject to a nearly five thousand pound fine? I tend to think not, which is why I am not sure why Gold Brothers got hit with such a whopper under similar circumstances.

Like I said, there must be more to this than what was in the papers.