Clothing & Accessories

• Retraced raises €15m for fashion traceability platform

  11-Sep-24 - CEO says financing is a pivotal moment for the company as it helps fashion and textile firms meet ESG goals.

• EMPACT arrests for IP crime top 1,000 in 2023

  11-Sep-24 - That marks a massive increase on the previous year, when there were 115 arrests, according to a new fact sheet.

• Customs seize 669,000 fake Olympics items

  06-Sep-24 - Counterfeits can put purchasers at risk and cut into funding for athletes who rely on funding from IOC to compete.

• Fashion group Shein sues Temu, alleging counterfeiting

  03-Sep-24 - Complaint accuses e-commerce rival of counterfeiting, theft of trade secrets, IP infringement, and fraud.

• Fake football shirt market 'worth £180m in UK'

  28-Aug-24 - Criminals are producing and selling an estimated 16.2m shirts per year, at an 86 per cent discount to the genuine items.

• US Senate bill aims to fight illegal product imports

  27-Aug-24 - The FIGHTING Act would bar certain categories of products from the 'de minimis' loophole for duty-free imports.

• Tingit raises €500k for circular economy platform for clothes

  23-Aug-24 - Lithuanian startup wants to add resale, traceability, and authentication to its offering and expand into other sectors.

• Study finds green labels fall short on EU deforestation law

  16-Aug-24 - None meet the requirements of the EUDR fully, and they have deficiencies in systems to assure compliance with standards.

• EU backs African circular economy scheme with €40m

  16-Aug-24 - SWITCH-2-CE will target sustainable, green, circular and digital transformation of plastics, textiles and electronics sectors.

• UK agencies update Euro 2024 counterfeit haul

  15-Aug-24 - Border Force agents seized fake football apparel worth around $575,00 in and around the Euro 2024 championships.

• Seals to deter cargo theft are being ignored, says insurer

  13-Aug-24 - Seals – however basic – can play a central role in identifying location, method and often perpetrators of cargo theft.

• UK markets join forces on refreshed anti-fakes campaign

  07-Aug-24 - Markets across the UK are taking part in a re-launched Real Deal campaign to protect businesses, customers from harm.

• US men convicted of counterfeiting Levi's jeans

  05-Aug-24 - Tens of thousands of fake Levi’s components and 2,000 finished jeans were seized during the investigation.

• Viewpoint: How is AI used to commit chargeback fraud?

  02-Aug-24 - Roger Alexander explains how merchants can mitigate the impact of AI-powered fraud and avoid disaster.

• Scientists make 'programmable' luminescent markers

  31-Jul-24 - They continue to glow after a UV light is removed and can be programmed to fade in stages, making them hard to forge.

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