General sales terms and conditions

1. Subject

1.1. These Terms and Conditions of Sale (hereinafter, the “T&Cs”) govern the offer and sale of products through the website www.hot-selection.com (hereinafter, the “Website”), property of Interfashion S.p.A., with registered office in Rimini, via Coriano 58/90 (hereafter the “Owner”), and managed by Triboo Digitale S.r.l. - a Triboo Group company - with registered office in Viale Sarca 336, 20126 Milan, Italy, tax code, VAT No, and Milan Business Registry Enrolment No.(hereafter “TRIBOO DIGITALE”).
The Website is an e-commerce platform dedicated to the online sale of clothing, footwear, and accessories (hereinafter, the “Products”). 
By placing an order through the Website, the purchaser fully accepts these T&Cs.

1.2. TRIBOO DIGITALE sells the Products on the Site on behalf of the Owner. The Parties involved in the purchase of Products via the Site shall be TRIBOO DIGITALE as Seller (hereafter the "Seller ") and the party purchasing one or more Products for reasons other than in relation to the profession, business, trade or craft conducted by that party, as the buyer (hereafter the  "Client") (the Seller and the Client shall be referred to jointly as the "Parties").

1.3. The Owner is not a party of these general terms and conditions of sale, but holds all rights to the Site's domain name, the logos, the registered trademarks relating to the products available on the Site and holder of all copyrights relating to the Site and its contents

1.4. Any communication by the Client in connection with and/or in relation to the purchase of the Products, including any notifications, claims or requests concerning the purchase and/or delivery of the Products or exercising the right to cancel, etc, shall be sent to the Seller at the addresses set out on the Site and in accordance with the procedure also set out on the Site and to the e-mail address info@hot-selection.com.

1.5. All purchases are regulated by the general terms and condition of sale published on the Site at the time the order is submitted by the Client.

1.6. The Site deals in retail sales and as such is designed for the exclusive use by Clients only.  It follows that only Clients are permitted to submit orders via the Site. Should one or more sales be made to a buyer who does not qualify as a Client, these general terms and conditions of sale shall be applicable but, in derogation of what foreseen by the same:

1.7. On submitting the order, the Client agrees that the confirmation of the order information and these general terms and conditions of sale shall be sent by e-mail to the address provided by the same during the site registration or purchase process.

1.8. Clients must be aged 18 or over in order to make purchases on the Site and have legal capacity; the Client declares compliance with such requirements.

1.9. The Client shall be charged for any costs incurred to connect to the Site via the Internet, including any telephone expenses, according to the rates applied by the service provide chosen by the same.

2. Product features and availability in the various geographical areas.

2.1. The products are sold by the Seller with the features described on the Site and in accordance with the general terms and conditions of sale published on the Site at the time of the order, excluding all other terms or conditions.

2.2. The Supplier reserves the right to amend all or part of these general terms and conditions of sale at any moment in time and at its own discretion, with no obligation to give notice to users of the Site. Any amendments shall come into force from the date on which they are published on the SIte, and will only apply to sales concluded from that date onwards.

2.3. Sales prices, the Products sold on the Site and/or the characteristics of the same, are subject to change without notice. The Client is therefore advised to check the actual prices before submitting the purchase order, pursuant to article 3 below.

2.4 The Site can be accessed from all over the world. However, the Products available on the Site can only be purchased by users who request delivery to one of the Countries listed on the Site.

3. Product purchase procedure - Conclusion of each individual purchase contract

3.1. The presentation of the Products on the Site, which are not binding for the Seller, is merely an invitation to the Client to make a contractual offer to purchase and is not an offer to the public.

3.2. The purchase order submitted by the Client to the Seller via the Site shall be a valid contractual offer and is subject to these General Terms and Conditions of sale, which form an integral part of said order; by placing an order with the Seller the Client undertakes to fully accept the same without reservation. Before proceeding with the purchase of the Products by sending the purchase order, Clients will be asked to read these general terms and conditions of sale carefully, further to the notice concerning withdrawal rights, to print off a copy of the same by clicking on the ‘print’ button and to save or keep a copy of the same for their own records. Clients will also be asked to check and correct any errors in their personal data.

3.3. The Client's purchase order is accepted by the Seller by sending an e-mail to the Client confirming the order, to the address provided to the Seller during the Site registration process; the e-mail will include the text of these general sales conditions, a summary of the order placed and a description of the product features. The Client’s order, the Seller's order confirmation and the general terms and conditions of sale applicable to the contract signed between the Parties will be filed electronically by the Seller’s IT systems and the Client may request a copy of the same by sending an e-mail to the Seller at info@hot-selection.com.

3.4. Any contract for the purchase of the Products shall be deemed concluded when the Client receives the order confirmation from the Seller by e-mail

4. Product selection and purchasing procedure

4.1. The Products displayed on the Site can only be purchased by selecting the relative Products and adding them to your virtual shopping cart. Once that selection  is complete, in order to purchase the Products chosen and added to the shopping cart, the Client will be asked to (i) register with the Site, providing details as requested, or, (ii)where already registered, to login, or (iii)to provide their details so that the order can be completed and the contract can be concluded. If the details on the order are different from those provided during the Site registration phase, the Client will be asked to confirm the details (by way of example and not limited to: name, surname etc.) as well as the delivery address for the Products chosen, the billing address and, on an optional basis, a telephone number on which the Client can be contacted in relation to the purchase made. The Client will be shown a summary of the order to be processed, and change the contents:  at this point, the Client, is required to carefully read and expressly approve the general terms and conditions of sale by ticking the relative check box and, finally, confirm the order by pressing the "Place Order" button; this will send the order to the Seller with the consequences illustrated in paragraph. 3.2. of this contract.  The Client will also be asked to select a delivery  option and a payment method from those available. If the Client selects immediate payment by credit card or Pay Pal, he will be prompted to provide the relevant data via a secure socket connection. The Seller reserves the right to check the personal details provided by the Client for accounting and administration purposes. For payments by credit card, the purchase price will only be charged to the Client when the Seller sends the actual order confirmation.

4.2. In the event that during the Product selection procedure on the Site pursuant to art. 4.1 above, the Consumer should notice that the price of one or more of the Products he/she intends to select and purchase is clearly lower than the standard applicable price, net of any discounts and/or promotions in force at that time, due to a technical problem that has occurred on the Site, the Consumer is kindly requested not to proceed with the purchase order and report the technical error to the Seller's Customer Care service by e-mail to the following address info@hot-selection.com.

5. Delivery and acceptance of goods

5.1. Whilst the Site generally states whether or not Products are available and the relevant delivery times, such information is purely indicative and under no circumstances binding on the Seller.

5.2 The Seller undertakes to do everything within its power to comply with the delivery times given on the Site and, in any event, to deliver within a maximum of 30 (thirty) days from the day after the Client places the order. If the order cannot be processed by the Seller, as the Product ordered by the Client is not available, even temporarily, for delivery, the Seller shall notify the Client in writing and refund the amount already paid as illustrated in more detail in art. 5.3 below. 

5.3. The Products ordered by the Client shall be delivered according to the method chosen from those available and listed on the Site when the order was placed. The Client undertakes to promptly check, within and no later than 3 (three) days of receipt of the Products, that the delivery is correct and includes all and only the purchased Products, and to notify the Seller, within this deadline, of any faulty products received or any discrepancy between the order and the goods actually received, following the procedure referred to in art. 8 of this contract; failure to do so will infer that the Products shall be deemed as accepted. In the event that the packaging or boxing of the Products ordered by the Client reaches its destination visibly  damaged, the Client is invited to refuse to accept the delivery from the courier or accept the delivery “with rights reserved”.

6. Prices, shipping costs, customs duties and taxes

6.1. The price of the Products on sale is that indicated on the Site at the time the order is placed by the Client. Product prices shown on the site are inclusive of the costs of standard packaging, VAT (where applicable) and any indirect duties (where applicable), and are exclusive of shipping costs, which will be calculated before the order placed with the Seller by the Client is confirmed, and which the Client agrees to pay to the Seller in addition to the price shown on the Site

6.2. Product prices may vary according to specific market price policies and shipping costs. Sales periods and relative discounts may also differ according to the habits and customs of individual markets, in addition to local laws and regulations.

6.3. If the Products are to be delivered to a country outside the European Union, the total price indicated in the order and confirmed in the order confirmation, including indirect taxes (where applicable), may not include customs duties or other sales taxes required under the applicable national legislation.
In such case, the Customer undertakes to pay any such amounts, if due, in addition to the price indicated and confirmed, in compliance with the laws of the country where the Products are delivered.

The Customer is therefore advised to check in advance with the competent authorities of their country of residence or of destination of the Products in order to obtain information on any applicable duties or taxes.

6.4. All additional costs, charges, taxes and/or duties payable in any given country, under whatever title, to the Products ordered under the general terms and conditions of sale are the exclusive responsibility of the Client.

6.5. The Client hereby declares that where, at the time the order is placed with the Seller, the former is unaware of the costs, charges, taxes and/or duties referred to in paragraphs 6.3. and 6.4. above, this shall not constitute grounds for termination of this contract and shall under no circumstances be charged to the Seller.

7. Payments

7.1. Payment for Products purchased on the Site shall be made strictly within 3 (three) days from when the order confirmation is sent by the Seller to the Client. The Client expressly agrees that performance of the contract by the Seller will commence the moment the price of the purchased product/s is credited to the Seller’s bank account.

7.2. Payments for orders placed on the Site can be paid for by credit card, or via PayPal at the conditions provided below. The Seller may also allow other payment methods, as seen in the specific payment section on the Site.

7.3. In the event that payment is made by credit card, the Consumer will be redirected to a secure website, and the credit card information will be transmitted directly to Shopify International Limited, with registered office in Dublin (Ireland), 2nd Floor Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, D04 XN32, registered in Ireland under number 560279 (Ireland, VAT number IE 3347697KH), the entity responsible for processing payments on behalf of the Seller. The transmitted data will be sent in a secure manner, by means of encrypted transfer using 128-bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology. Such data shall not be accessible by the Seller.

7.4. The invoice/tax records relating to the purchase will be sent to the Client in electronic format, if required by law, to the e-mail address provided by the Purchaser during the registration process, if the products are to be delivered to a recipient in the Italian territory, or attached to the purchased product in paper format, in all other cases.

8. Seller's legal warranty of conformity, reporting of non-conformities and interventions under warranty.

8.1. Pursuant to and for the purposes of the European Directive 771/2019 EC and the Italian Legislative Decree no.206/2005 (hereinafter "Consumer Code"), the Seller guarantees the Consumer that the Products will be free from design and material defects and conform to the descriptions published on the Site for a period of 2 (two) years from the date of delivery of the Products to the Consumer. The application of any warranty is excluded in the event of use or washing of the Product that does not comply with that of the Product and with the instructions / warnings provided by the Seller and / or by the Owner, or reported in the reference documentation, in the tags or in the labels.  The Seller also guarantees that the good is of the quantity, quality, durability, functionality, compatibility and safety ordinarily present in a good of the same type.

8.2. The  Consumer  can report any defects and non-conformities  by sending the correctly completed form to info@hot-selection.com (click here to download the defective product return form), with indication of the defect and / or non-conformity found, as well as the relevant documentation indicated in the return form itself (at least n. 1 (one) photograph of the Product, the order confirmation sent by the Seller and / or the purchase receipt).  The action aimed at asserting the defects not maliciously concealed by the Seller will expiry in any case after twenty-six months from the delivery of the Products to the Consumer.

8.3. Following receipt of the form and related documentation, the Seller will evaluate the defects and non-conformities reported by the Consumer through the assistance service of the Owner and, after carrying out the quality checks to verify the actual non-conformity of the Product, will decide whether to authorise the return of the Products by providing the Consumer with an e-mail reply containing the "Return Code", sent to the address provided by the latter during the registration process on the Site or when transmitting the order. The authorisation to return the Products will in no way constitute recognition of defects or non-conformities, the existence of which must be ascertained after the return. The Products for which the Seller has authorised the return must be returned by the Consumer, together with a copy of the return authorisation notice bearing the "Return Code", within 30 (thirty) days of reporting the defect or non-conformity, to the following address:
TRIBOO DIGITALE S.r.l., c/o TWS,
Via Philips 23,
zip code 20900
Monza (MB) - Italy.

8.4. In the event of defects or non-conformities, the Consumer will be entitled to have the Product restored to conformity by the Seller, through repair or replacement, or alternative remedies in the cases expressly provided for by the  Consumer Code.

If the Seller has undertaken to reimburse the Consumer for the price paid, the refund will be made, where possible, by the same means of payment used by the Consumer when purchasing the Product. It will be the responsibility of the Consumer to communicate to the Seller, again by e-mail at info@hot-selection.com, the bank details to make the transfer in his favour and to ensure that the Seller is put in a position to be able to return the sum due.

9. Liability for damage from defective products

9.1. As regards any damage caused by defects in the Products, the provisions of the Consumer Code apply. In its capacity of distributor of the Products through the Site, the Seller frees itself from any liability, none excluded and / or excepted, indicating, at the request of the damaged Consumer, the identity and address of the relevant manufacturer.

10. Right of Withdrawal

10.1. The Client shall have the right to withdraw from any contract concluded pursuant to these general terms and conditions of sale for any reason, without having to provide any explanation and without incurring any penalty, within 14 (fourteen) days from the day on which the Products ordered are received.

10.2. To exercise the right to withdraw, the Client shall send a request to the Seller within the indicated deadline via the area Return Request on the website.

10.3. If the Products have not been sent to the Client, the withdrawal shall be intended as exercised the moment the Seller receives the withdrawal request from the Customer for the entire order addressed to info@hot-selection.com.

10.4. If the Products have already been sent to the Client, on receiving the request as foreseen in point 10.2, the Seller will send the Returned Products Form via e-mail to the Client. Within the following 14 days, the Client is required to return the Products to the Seller, together with the Returned Product Form sending or delivering them to  Triboo Digitale c/o TWS, Via Philips, 12 - 20900 Monza (MB) – Italy.

10.5. It is agreed that all shipping risks and costs when returning the Products to the Seller shall be borne by the Client.

10.6. In order for the withdrawal right to be validly exercised, the Products shall be delivered, or otherwise sent, to the Seller fully intact (with no signs of wear, abrasion, nicks, scratches, deformation, etc.), complete with all parts and accessories (with unaltered labels still attached to the product), accompanied by any instructions/notes/manuals supplied, the original packaging and packing and the original warranty, if any. Failure to observe this requirement means the Client will forsake his right to a refund. To this purpose, it is highly recommended to use the original packaging of the Products plus further protective packaging that will keep them intact and protect them from writing or labels.

10.7. The Seller will accept the return of Products, reserving all rights to ensure the same are returned pursuant to the conditions illustrated in par.  10.6.

10.8. If verification of the returned Products satisfies the conditions and the withdrawal right has been validly exercised by the Client within the foreseen deadline and in the manner described, the Seller will refund the Client the full amount paid for the purchase of the Products, including shipping costs in the shortest time possible and, in any case, within 14 (fourteen) days. All shipping costs and any additional duties or taxes incurred by the Client return the Product to the Seller, remain the sole responsibility of the Client.

10.9. The refund will be effected, where possible using the same payment method used by the Client to purchase the Product; the Client shall provide the bank details on the returned products request or by email to info@hot-selection.com so the Seller is in a position to refund the relative amount. In the event that the payment was made by credit card, the refund will be made within the indicated time by direct crediting of the amount due to the credit card used by the Client to pay for the goods. In the event that the payment was made by PayPal, the refund will be made within the indicated time by direct crediting of the amount due to the account used by the Client to pay for the Products.

11. Intellectual Property Rights

11.1. The Client acknowledges that he or she is aware that all trademarks, names and other distinctive signs as well as any names, images, photographs, written text or graphics used on the Site or relating to the Products are and remain the exclusive property of Interfashion S.p.A. and/or its assignees, with no rights arising on the part of the Client in relation to the same as a result of access to the Site and/or purchase of the Products.

11.2. Unless prior specific consent is granted in writing by Interfashion S.p.A., no contents of the Site can be reproduced in whole or in part, transferred using electronic or conventional means, modified or used for any purpose whatsoever.

12. Protection of Client Personal Data

12.1. In order to proceed with the registration process, place an order and sign this contract, the Client is required to provide certain personal details. The Client hereby acknowledges that the personal data provided will be recorded and used by the Seller and by Interfashion S.p.A. in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 as subsequently amended. the Privacy Code (Personal Data Protection Code), to process each purchase via the Site and, upon granting his consent, for any other activities as illustrated in the specific Informative Note on the Personal Data Protection Code provided to the Client by the Site during the registration phase.
12.2. The Client hereby declares and guarantees that the personal details provided to the Seller during the registration and purchase process are truthful and accurate.

12.3. The Client is entitled, at any moment in time, to update and/or amend the personal data  submitted to the Seller via the “My Account” section on the Site, which can be accessed after logging in.

12.4. For any further information on how the personal details of Clients are processed, please refer to the Privacy Policy and read the General Conditions of Use carefully.

13. Security

13.1. While the Seller takes all necessary precautions to protect personal data from being leaked, falsified, manipulated or used by unlawful third parties, due to the characteristics and technical limitations concerning the protection of electronic communications via the Internet, the Seller does not guarantee that the information or data viewed by the Client on the Site, even after the Client has provided relative login credentials, will not be accessible or viewable by unauthorised third parties.

13.2. In the event that payment is made by credit card, the Consumer will be redirected to a secure website, and the credit card information will be transmitted directly to Shopify International Limited, with registered office in Dublin (Ireland), 2nd Floor Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, D04 XN32, registered in Ireland under number 560279 (Ireland, VAT number IE 3347697KH), the entity responsible for processing payments on behalf of the Seller. The transmitted data will be sent in a secure manner, by means of encrypted transfer using 128-bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology. Such data shall not be accessible by the Seller.

14. Applicable law, settlements and jurisdiction

14.1. Any sales contracts signed between the Seller and the Client under these general sales conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the Italian laws in forces and, in particular, with Legislative Decree no. 206 dated September 6, 2005 of the Client Code, with specific reference made to the regulations concerning distance contracts, and by Legislative Decree no. 70 dated April 9, 2003, on certain aspects concerning electronic commerce. This is without prejudice to any rights granted to Clients by binding provisions in force in the Client's country of residence.

14.2. In the event of a dispute between the Seller and the Client, we hereby undertake to attempt to reach an amicable settlement which Clients can submit to the RisolviOnline service, an independent settlement service provided by the Board of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, which provides the possibility to reach a satisfactory agreement, with the assistance of an impartial and expert Arbitrator, in an amicable and secure manner on the internet.  For further information on the RisolviOnline regulations or to submit a settlement request, please visit the website at www.risolvionline.com.

14.3. As an alternative to the settlement proposed in art. 14.2 above, the Client is also entitled to access the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform (European ODR Platform) to resolve any disputes between the Seller and the Client. The European ODR Platform is developed and managed by the European Council implementing Directive no. 2013/11/EU and Regulation (EU) no. 524/2013, to provide out-of-court solutions that are independent, impartial, transparent, simple, efficient, fast and low-cost ways of resolving domestic and cross-border disputes which arise from online sales or service contracts between a Client residing in the EU and a professional residing in the EU by means of the intervention by an ADR entity (Alternative Dispute Resolution) providing such services, as seen in the list provided. For further information on the European ODR Platform, or to submit a complaint and start alternative termination procedures concerning the dispute relating to this contract, please use the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/odr. The Seller's email address to be reported to the European ODR Platform is as follows: info@hot-selection.com.

14.4. If no settlement attempt is made, as under section 14.2, or the attempt is not successful, the Court of Milan is assigned exclusive jurisdiction for all such disputes, except where this provision cannot be applied due to binding provisions in force in the Client's country of residence.