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Retail Asia29/03/2021

Hanoi market authorities found more than 2,000 fake Samsung power banks in a store in Thanh Tri District on Friday. They all had ‘20+ Samsung’ printed on the surface, and 836 said made in China while the rest had no indication of origin. Hoang Dai Nghia, head of the Hanoi Market Surveillance Department’s Team 1, […]

Retail Asia29/07/2019

Online retail giant Amazon is expanding its product serialization service to Canada, India and some European countries to tackle counterfeit products in the supply chain. Amazon Transparency involves the application of unique codes to products to allow the retailer, its customers, brands and other members of the supply chain to authentic every unit of a […]

Retail Asia24/06/2019

Fashion label Supreme has won a fight against a copycat company using a similar brand name in Mainland China. According to records from the China Trade Mark Office (CTMO), Supreme Italia, the counterfeit business, has lost its registered trademarks in China relating to ITSupremeNow. The copycat Chinese business has long been a thorn in the […]

Retail Asia29/05/2019

Hong Kong Customs has seized 55,000 items of fake goods destined for the US during a three-month campaign to combat cross-border counterfeiting. The haul, some of which is shown in the accompanying photograph, included trainer, apparel, mobile phones and accessories, handbags and Beats-branded headphones. Customs officers estimated the value of the haul to be about […]

Retail Asia19/04/2019

Counterfeit goods are a big problem for any established brand, but when Apple is involved, you know that there will be both demand and supply through the roof given the iPhone role as a status symbol, especially in Asia where most of the fake goods originate from. Two Chinese students in Oregon, Yangyang Zhou, and Quan […]

Retail Asia01/04/2019

Police have shut down a huge China counterfeiting ring estimated to have raked in some US$15 million. Chinese police have arrested 32 people believed to be part of the operation, which focused on counterfeiting luxury-branded goods. The Shanghai raid led to the seizure of more than 4000 items of luxury apparel and accessories bearing Louis […]

Retail Asia18/06/2018

In a sting to thwart criminal attempts to sell 2018 FIFA World Cup fakes, Hong Kong Customs’ Operation Goalkeeper has so far resulted in about $15.3 million worth of suspect merchandise being seized, plus five arrests. Aimed at preventing such items crossing the border, Operation Goalkeeper launched at the end of April with a focus […]

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Authorities find over 2,000 fake Samsung chargers in Hanoi shop

Amazon increases efforts to tackle counterfeit goods

Supreme wins China trademark battle

Customs seizes $7 million worth of fake goods

Apple ‘fixed’ thousands of fake iPhones

Police smash massive China counterfeiting gang

Operation Goalkeeper World Cup against Counterfelt Goods