Yonghui Supermarket responds to Women's Day poster being accused of infringement: has ordered the involved store to cease using related materials and will further implement intellectual property management systems.

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Guangdong Yonghui Supermarket has apologized and returned the related materials after some stores used Women's Day posters without authorization, which caused controversy. The company admits to gaps in copyright compliance and plans to strengthen intellectual property management to prevent similar issues from happening again in the future.

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2026-03-04 15:20:31

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Recently, regarding the controversy over some stores displaying Women’s Day posters, the Yonghui Supermarket customer service account on Xiaohongshu responded in the comments section of related posts. This exposed serious flaws in the company’s copyright compliance processes and a lack of respect for creators. All involved materials have been taken down and rectified.

Image source: Xiaohongshu screenshot

On March 4th, the Guangdong Yonghui Supermarket Xiaohongshu account stated: “Regarding the recent behavior during our store decoration contest, where a single store used and modified original Women’s Day themed posters without authorization, Yonghui Supermarket sincerely apologizes to the original creators and the public. We deeply recognize that this behavior not only infringes on the copyright of the original work but also contradicts the core message of the Women’s Day posters. It caused trouble and negative impact to the original creators. We feel deeply responsible and uneasy about this.”

The account also explained that after the incident, the company immediately ordered the involved stores to stop using the related materials and conducted a comprehensive review and rectification of internal copyright review and event management processes. Moving forward, we will further strictly implement intellectual property management systems, strengthen copyright awareness among all staff, and resolutely prevent such infringement issues from happening again. Yonghui Supermarket always respects the labor成果 of every creator, upholds the bottom line of originality and intellectual property rights. We sincerely apologize again to the original creators and all friends from society who are concerned about this matter, and we sincerely thank everyone for their supervision and criticism.

Image source: Xiaohongshu screenshot

(Xiaohongshu)

(Editors: Wang Can, Lin Chen)

Keywords: Retail Yonghui Supermarket

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