Cosmetics & Personal Care

• Hong Kong cracks down on fake cosmetic therapy machines

  20-Dec-23 - Six machines, with an estimated market value of about HK$360,000, were seized at four beauty parlours, with five arrests.

• Merck and p-Chip join forces on ‘digital twin’ tech

  30-Nov-23 - Platform combines software and hardware to create a means of proving the authenticity of items “through the product life cycle.”

• Four new industry execs join GS1’s US board

  29-Nov-23 - New members hail from health care group Johnson & Johnson, grocery chain Kroger, retailer Target and Wakefern Food Corp.

• US, Canada see a spike in cargo thefts in Q3

  14-Nov-23 - There was an increase in shipment misdirection and cases of fraud against small motor carriers or owner/operators.

• UK police trumpet Operation Vulcan success

  03-Nov-23 - In 12 months, Greater Manchester Police and enforcement partners have seized 1,040 tonnes of fake goods worth £143.5m.

• Design group taps SnapDragon for SME IP protection

  31-Oct-23 - Alliance aims to fight counterfeits by offering design-driven organisations “guidance, advice, and technical monitoring."

• Amazon opens Transparency to other serialisation systems

  17-Oct-23 - Retail giant has recognised that many brand owners are already using other serialisation technologies to protect products.

• Shop Safe Act reintroduced by US lawmakers

  28-Sep-23 - It would establish liability for online retailers when a third party sells a counterfeit that poses a risk to consumer health or safety.

• Study uncovers four global illicit trade hubs

  25-Sep-23 - The hubs in South and Central America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe allow criminals and enablers to thrive.

• Skincare brand Cosrx says TikTok awash with fakes

  14-Sep-23 - Brand says the rise in counterfeit products is being driven by a trend among some purchasers to seek out cosmetic 'dupes'.

• Limitless says counterfeiters may be making $1m a month

  10-Jul-23 - Health and wellness company has sent cease-and-desist letters to counterfeit sellers on online marketplaces.
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  Biogency’s healthy brand protection strategy with Laava

  03-Jul-23 - Nutraceutical manufacturer minimised counterfeit activity on seven products with Laava Smart Fingerprints.

• Operation Pirates 1 nets €33m in fake goods

  21-Jun-23 - A total of 810,995 counterfeit fashion items and 61,246 counterfeit electronic devices were seized in the crackdown.

• Half of EU young people think its OK to buy fakes

  18-Jun-23 - On the positive side, most Europeans reject justifications for buying counterfeit goods, says the EUIPO.

• EUIPO completes blockchain authentication pilot

  15-Jun-23 - EBSI-ELSA tech is the outcome of a project to find an open-source blockchain architecture for anti-counterfeit.

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