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Major Chinese e-commerce platforms have removed all products under the brand of Dolce & Gabbana since Wednesday evening, according to a report by jinronghu.com.

They include three e-commerce giants Tmall, JD and Suning, cross-border e-commerce platforms NetEase Kaola and Ymatou, luxury e-commerce companies Secoo and Vip.com, and Yhd.com.

That means outside of the official China website of the Italian fashion company, the brand's major e-commerce sales channels in the Chinese market have been practically cut off.

In addition, the duty-free shop at Haikou Meilan International Airport also announced on Thursday it has taken all Dolce & Gabbana products off the shelves.

According to financial data released by the company in September, its revenue declined to 1.290 billion euros in the fiscal year ending March 31, from 1.296 billion euros in the previous fiscal year.

While Italy, accounting for 24 percent of its total sales, is still the company’s main market, other parts of Europe, the Americas, Japan, China and other regions accounted for 27 percent, 13 percent, 6 percent and 30 percent of its total sales.