Number Of Counterfeit Fashion Seizures Down

COUNTERFEIT fashion seizures has gone down, according to a recent report from WWD. According to a report by US customs released last week (January 2013).  Fewer counterfeit fashion and apparel products were seized in 2012 than in 2011. Officials intercepted sales of 7,800 fake apparel goods worth up to $133 million (£87.3 million) in 2012, according to a report by . In comparison, a total of 8,094 clothing items valued at $142.3 million (£90 million) were seized in 2011.

Additionally, for the fiscal year 2012, US customs seized $511.2 million (£321.8 million) worth of fake handbags and wallets; $186.9 million (£117.7 million) worth of counterfeit watches and jewellery; and $103.3 million (£65 million) worth of  footwear.  A total of 697 websites facilitating the sale of counterfeit goods were taken down over the last 12 months.  China is named as the number-one source of imitation products.

"As online commerce continues to expand, we are seeing more international criminal organisations exploiting cyberspace to further their criminal enterprises," said Lev Kubiak, director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Centre. "Websites are increasingly the front end or entry point for consumers, businesses and criminal organisations to the international supply chain."

Our own intelligence supports Lev Kubiak findings that websites are indeed increasingly the front end or entry point for consumers and urge the public that as counterfeits have become more sophisticated that luxury authentication is still one of the most successful ways to minimise the risk of being duped out of your hard earned money.


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Discreet Luxury Goods Still Favoured in Financial Crisis?

Financial crisis? What financial crisis? Are we still happy to pay big money for luxury handbags It was only the middle of last year that due to the recession customers were spending up on logo free handbags. Luxury lovers are rejecting signature prints and other heavily branded bags for more subtle designs.Lana Marks handmade leather alligator Positano bag

Remember when designers such as American Lana Marks, whose hand made leather Alligator Positano bag sold for £15,000 showed us we were still prepared to splash the cash, albeit, more discreetly.

Lana Marks handmade leather Alligator Positano Bag

So with the rise in VAT, fuel and endless others no doubt on the way are we still spending money on less obvious lines?  The weaker pound had enticed shoppers from Asia and the rest of Europe. 

The handbag market then exceeded £500 million in the United Kingdom for the first time last year, but market researcher Mintel still predicted a slump then due to the recession.

Will the January sales figures be buried conveniently as the UK brace themselves for government cuts? So I ask the question, are we still spending but less obviously??

See my own blog on Luxury And The Cuts In Spending Love Mimi