Product Liability As An Assistant Buyer For Belk Department Store

Product liability concept is the legal liability a manufacturer or a retail trader incurs for producing or selling a faulty product. For instance, when an individual is injured as a result of a defective product, the aggrieved person may take an action or sue the company that manufactured, sold, leased or designed the product. In other words, the firm may be liable to the person for causing an injury thus may be required to compensate him or her for the damages. I am currently an Assistant Buyer for Belk Department Stores. At Belk we not only merchandise, we also have several private label goods that we manufacture. Notably, there are three types of product liabilities in the retail industry, namely manufacturing, design and marketing defects. Manufacturing defects results in the manufacturing process; design defects occur where the design of the product is dangerous, and marketing defects is due to non-obvious dangers (Sherrow & Marzilli, 2010). Mostly, when a product injures a person he or she may base his or her recovery of damages on either of the following theories, negligence, and breach of warranty or strict tort liability. Negligence is the failure to exercise care to avoid injuring a person to whom you owe the duty of care. Breach of warranty is a claim or promise made about the type, quality as well as the performance of the product. On

Currently, retail industries are producing products of good design to meet technical and legal requirements. For instance, products are of satisfactory, good quality and fulfil the purpose the client is expecting. In addition, most companies are complying with the environmental law as well as making sure the product has no unintended side-effects. Notably, some laws such as General Product Safety are now enforced to ensure consumers are sold products that are safe and to maintain the general duty placed on retail