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Retail Asia06/02/2020
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Hong Kong Customs seize counterfeit US-bound goods

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Hong Kong Customs has seized some 10,000 counterfeit products destined for the US in a targeted operation to combat cross-boundary counterfeiting activities. The goods had an estimated street value of about HKD1.1 million (US$141,000), were seized, including medicines, mobile phones, handbags, shoes and clothing. The seizures resulted from a sharing of intelligence with US regulatory […]
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Retail Asia09/12/2019
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Fashion

Label technology launched to foil counterfeiters

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Security-label technology has been launched in South Korea that can prevent “label replacement” on clothing preventing counterfeit items being disguised as genuine. The state-run Korea Minting, Security Printing and ID Card Operating Corp (Komsco) say its security-label technology can make labels for clothing using fibers containing special security materials. If the label is placed in […]
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Retail Asia24/09/2019
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Hong Kong Customs seizes counterfeit sport shoes

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Hong Kong Customs seized about 12 000 pairs of suspected counterfeit sports shoes on Monday, with an estimated market value of about $1 million. The fake goods were discovered in a shipping container at the Customs Cargo Examination Compound of the River Trade Terminal in Tuen Mun. However, the shoes were not destined for the […]
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Retail Asia16/09/2019
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Another Hong Kong counterfeit ring in custody

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Customs has smashed another Hong Kong counterfeiting syndicate, this one operating from Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok. About 2600 items of suspected counterfeit goods – including handbags, wallets and belts with an estimated market value of about HKD4.3 million (US$548,000) – were seized during the raid of a fixed hawker pitch and a storage […]
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Retail Asia30/07/2019
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E-Tailing

Amazon expands anti-counterfeit program

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Amazon is expanding its successful anti-counterfeiting program to more countries. Transparency is now available to sellers and customers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, India and Canada, the e-commerce giant announced on Wednesday. Previously it only operated within the US. Online marketplaces are rife with counterfeit products sold cheaper than the genuine product, though […]
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Retail Asia29/07/2019
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Hong Kong Customs smash two counterfeit cosmetics rings

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Hong Kong Customs officers have smashed two counterfeit-cosmetics rings selling makeup and skincare products. In a five-day-long anti-counterfeiting operation last week, 12 people were arrested after seven retail stores and three warehouses were raided across the territory. Some 6400 items of suspected counterfeit cosmetics were seized with a market value estimated at HK$590,000. The raids […]
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Retail Asia09/07/2019
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Operation Octopus cracks down on counterfeit dolls in claw machines

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Hong Kong Customs has conducted a territory-wide operation to combat counterfeit dolls in claw machines. Codenamed “Octopus”, the operation proceeded from June 5–13 and resulted in the seizure of about 2700 suspected counterfeit dolls and other relevant items with an estimated market value of about HK$300,000 (US$38,322). Customs had earlier received information alleging that the […]
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Retail Asia20/05/2019
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Asean countries fight against Counterfeit Goods

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Enforcement officials, investigators, and prosecutors from across the Asean region discussed best practices for addressing the trade in counterfeit goods at a workshop on the enforcement of intellectual property rights held in Manila last week. The talks covered online business models used for the infringement of IP rights, investigative techniques and intelligence gathering, as well […]
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Retail Asia16/04/2019
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Counterfeit goods seized in Stanley retail raids

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Hong Kong Customs seized about 1300 fake branded items with a street value estimated at $600,000 during Stanley retail raids yesterday. The raid followed an earlier patrol where officers found suspected counterfeit goods were being sold at retail shops in the seaside suburb. The goods seized included handbags, leather products and clothing. A Customs spokesperson […]
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Retail Asia29/11/2018
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E-Tailing

Snapdeal unveils ‘Brand Shield’ to help firms fight counterfeits

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India’s e-commerce major Snapdeal Monday said it has launched ‘Brand Shield’, an anti-counterfeiting programme to help brands report counterfeit products being sold on its platform. The programme has been designed based on the inputs received from various brand owners, Snapdeal said in a statement. The programme is aimed at enabling a structured interaction between the platform and […]
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Retail Asia11/05/2018
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Macau Customs raids two stores selling counterfeit products

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Macau Customs officers have arrested five local residents after busting a luxury counterfeit-goods retailing business in the territory. Nearly 500 fake items of clothing, handbags, belts shoes and watches carrying brand names including Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Chanel and Hermes were seized in raids. Officers suspect the goods had a street value of MOP3.65 […]
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Retail Asia25/04/2018
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Electronics

Hong Kong Customs Roll Up Counterfeit Phone Gangs

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A territory-wide Hong Kong Customs raid has resulted in arrests and netted 100 smartphones suspected of being counterfeits. During the one-day Operation Snow Leopard, officers raided 12 shops and two storage places, seizing smartphones with suspected false trademarks or bearing possibly false trade descriptions. They also found about 3400 accessories also suspected of being fakes. […]
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Retail Asia24/08/2017
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Fashion

Thai retailers arrested for counterfeit footwear

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Thai authorities have arrested two men and seized 160,000 pairs of counterfeit footwear from six retail outlets. The footwear has a market value of about THB20 million (US$601,000), says Department of Special Investigation (DSI) deputy-chief Suriya Singhakamol. The DSI obtained warrants from the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court to search four locations in […]
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