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Retail Asia16/01/2018

Taobao has been added to the USTR counterfeit blacklist for the second successive year for selling suspected fake items on its shopping platform. However, the Chinese e-commerce giant says the listing does not reflect its IP-protection efforts. Owned by Alibaba Group, it is one of 25 online markets along with 18 physical markets to make […]

Retail Asia01/03/2017

Alibaba Group has called for tougher laws, stricter enforcement and stiffer penalties to crack down on purveyors of counterfeit goods in China. At a press conference at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Alibaba said China’s “ambiguous counterfeiting laws” were hampering authorities’ ability to build legal cases against counterfeiters, resulting in a low conviction rate that is […]

Retail Asia04/02/2016

Even as it announces record revenues and net profit, Apple says it has sold fewer iPhones in the first quarter and is bracing for a fall in sales in its critical Chinese market. “It’s becoming more apparent that there are some signs of economic softness,” says CFO Luca Maestri. “We are starting to see something […]

Retail Asia30/12/2015

Hong Kong Customs officials report they have arrested a record number of teenagers for selling counterfeit goods online via social media. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, officials have arrested double the number of teenagers in the first 11 months of 2015 as in the entire previous year. The majority of […]

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Taobao Again on U.S. Blacklist for Counterfeit Products

Alibaba seeks tougher penalties for counterfeit goods

Apple China bracing for fall

Boom in teenage arrests for selling counterfeit goods online