Clothing & Accessories

• YPB wins first client for new ProtectCode security feature

  03-Jun-22 - New version of the technology includes an anti-copy feature that makes it almost impossible to replicate, says firm.

• Fashion brand Marc O'Polo taps Retraced for traceability

  31-May-22 - Says project will increase its production transparency and allow it to monitor how well it is meeting sustainability goals.

• LV denies claims shop sold fake bag to customer

  24-May-22 - Luis Vuitton is facing allegations that one of its stores in China sold a counterfeit copy of one of its bags to a customer.

• Supply chain congestion raising threat of cargo theft

  18-May-22 - Cargo thefts targeting vehicles in transit declined in 2021, but were accompanied by an increase in incidents at storage facilities.

• Update: Nike steps up complaint about fake shoes on StockX

  11-May-22 - Nike claims it purchased four pairs of counterfeit sneakers on StockX, despite its claims all its inventory is authenticated.
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  How physical brand investigation methods are evolving

  09-May-22 - Don't overlook brick-and-mortar retailers when planning your brand protection programme, advises ApiraSol's Axel Hein.

• De Beers presses go on diamond traceability system

  09-May-22 - CEO Bruce Cleaver says that Western customers want to make sure diamonds they purchase do not come from Russia.

• CBP seizes $10m in fake Rolex watches in 48 hours

  03-May-22 - The shipments, which contained 460 watches, were sent from a Hong Kong vendor linked in the past to fraudulent activity.

• Chinese police, Amazon bust fake Salvatore Ferragamo ring

  26-Apr-22 - Officials seized hundreds of counterfeit belts and buckle accessories during the operation at a warehouse in Yiwu City.

• Fake Louis Vuitton scarves seized in New York

  11-Apr-22 - The shipment of 588 scarves had an estimated value of $285,000 at manufacturer's suggested retail prices.

• 250 counterfeit Chanel brooches seized in Mississippi

  11-Apr-22 - The poor quality counterfeit jewellery bore the "CC" Chanel trademark, and if genuine would be worth $162,500.

• More than a third of fake fashion contains unsafe chemicals

  28-Mar-22 - 17 out of 47 fake products tested – around 36 per cent of the total – failed to comply with US product safety standards.

• Nike wins injunction against online counterfeiters

  23-Mar-22 - Suit alleges defendants sell unauthorised Nike products, including footwear, athletic clothes, backpacks and hats.

• Counterfeit goods 'increasingly being made in the EU'

  15-Mar-22 - Frequent seizure of fake packaging materials and semi-finished products points to the presence of EU manufacturing.

• Meta's social media sites an "empire" for counterfeiters

  23-Feb-22 - Ghostdata analysis concludes that Meta's efforts to curtail counterfeiting "are disappointing and insufficient."

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