Delortae Agency, launch a luxury authentic on line store in the UK

Delortae Agency, launch a luxury authentic on line store in the UK. THE UK’s leading independent fashion designer authentication and appraisal specialist, and leading luxury authentic handbag SPA is pleased to announce they have launched a luxury authentic on line store in the UK.

Delortae Agency, THE Authentic Designer Bag Care Resource Portal, is pleased to announce that it has launched a luxury authentic on line store in the UK.  Delortae Agency is letting consumers buy luxury authentic apparel and accessories from top brand designers at discounted prices.

The Delortae Agency luxuryonlinestore.net Web site offers access to women’s and men’s luxury apparel and accessories from a growing list of fine vintage and consignment stores across the world targeting all lovers of authentic designer apparel and accessories. The online store’s items are culled from the most trusted and reputable consignment venues across the world.

“Delortae Agency’s goal is to bring the best rare, limited edition, hard to acquire and discontinued pieces from trusted consignment suppliers throughout the world to one place,” said Brendalee Lambert, founder of Delortae Agency “It’s a unique model with a specific focus on luxury authentic designer fashion and accessories.

“What truly sets Delortae Agency luxuryonlnestore.net apart is our trusted reputation as the UK’s leading independent luxury designer authentication and appraisal specialist,” she said. “Delortae Agency exclusive UK Luxury Designer Resource Portal brings quick and easy desktop access to favourite consignment items together with our luxury authentic handbag SPA, sole UK distribution of luxury authentic handbag care product range and full range of exclusive luxury services worldwide. As a company, we are continually looking at ways we can add and improve the current range of products and services we offer clients, no other UK company does more for the luxury authentic designer community. 

“Buyers don’t have to travel across town or get on a plane to search for a coveted find.”

The e-commerce destination is located at http://www.luxuryonlinestore.net to purchase items, consumers can join exclusive Gold Membership which offers buyers more benefits.

Delortae Agency luxuryonlinestore.net features clothing and accessories from Marc Jacobs, YSL, Chloe, Chanel, Hermés, Miu Miu, Fendi Louis Vuitton and other designers

For example, the site currently has Hermes Louis Vuitton and Celine handbags for sale.

Marketing plans include extensive media outreach including broadcast, print, social media and blog coverage, Ms. Lambert said.

“Media outreach will also be coupled with a strong luxury networking campaign, and a robust search engine optimization and marketing strategy,” she said.

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In addition, Delortae Agency has also announced "designer-to-consumer" (D2C) integrated site for limited edition or custom-made clothes will soon be added. Along with this consumers will be able to shop new arrivals by designer, season, style, colour, price, size or condition.

Additionally, consumers will also be able to consign their luxury authentic items for re sale through the site, safely and securely.

 “One of the most challenging aspects of buying online is having the confidence that your item is 100 per cent authentic,” Ms. Lambert said. “All Delortae Agency’s luxuryonlinestore.net suppliers are invited or hand-selected into the community for their niche concentration on authentic products and verified by our own authentication in house panel. We are, in fact, providing consumers with peace of mind,” she said. “Buyers know our items have been vetted by our own experienced authentication team prior to listing. 

About Delortae Agency
the UK’s leading independent fashion designer authentication and appraisal specialist. Trusted supplier of luxury Authentic new and pre owned merchandise. The UK’s principal Luxury Authentic Handbag SPA, specialist. Delortae Agency offers a growing range of Designer Handbag Leather Care products including the complete MyBagSpa and Apple Leather Care range, to help authentic bag lovers prolong their handbag investments. Central London based, Head Office in Cambridgeshire, also ship worldwide. http://luxuryonlinestore.net

Exclusive! Counterfeit Website reveal exactly how they make the perfect fake!

Exclusive! We have access, word-for-word how one counterfeit online seller, create the perfect fake!

It is no secret that Delortae Agency is committed to brand protection, designers copyright and trademark infringement. Our Authentication Service is recommended by Major Brand Houses, PayPal, law enforcement, Trading Standards, Office of Fair Trading, small claim courts, respected auction houses, insurance and credit card companies.

We have blocked out the site details (though on file) as we do not want to publicize their illegal activity further but answers the question how fakes are getting more sophisticated. This is taken from the actual transcript, here it is;


• We are Shanghai XXXX the high replica products company.We apply ourselves to providing you with the very best quality replica handbags, knock off purses, leather wallets and designer totes. We are proud to be the best online replica handbags shop in the world.

Our website is http://www.XXXXX.co.cc is one of the biggest online commercial corporations in Asia, committing itself to build a worldwide wholesale&retail shop online. Our company was originally set up in Shanghai, China in 2004, aiming to operate the b2c or b2b transactions with overseas consumers.

All pictures on our website are of the exact products you will receive  We have been purchasing original designer handbags, and shipping them to our factories in Italy, France and Asia. We then inspect every nook and cranny and purchase the same materials to ensure that the products we manufacture are virtually indistinguishable from the designer originals in every way.
 
All pictures on our website are of the exact products you will receive. We know that you want to know exactly what you are going to get when you place an order, so we have our photographer take pictures of every new product before it is put up for sale on our website.

Customer satisfaction is important to our business. We know that people who lovedesigner handbags always want the newest and hottest styles on the market. Often, we get our hands on new items even before they are released to the public. Then we begin the process of finding the materials, and creating the finest replicas available anywhere. Our customers are usually amazed that products that they can't find anywhere else are available on our website, and that the quality is of the best. That is why 65% of our business comes from repeat customers.

Every bag we made is 95% exact like the original.  Replica handbags are shipped to you directly from our warehouse in Asia. Our staff oversees the production of each replica handbag to ensure quality and customer satisfaction. This means you get the best selection of replica designer handbags at the lowest price. We care about you so we take care in the selection of your handbag and we respond to all questions or comments on the next business day.

We will keep in touch with you. We have e-mail agents on standby to answer any questions you might have, as well as to keep our customers informed on the latest specials and newest items. We add items to our site regularly, so be sure to sign up for our newsletter. As a LightintheBags subscriber, you will be privy to the latest trends in the designer handbag world, and receive discounts on selected items available on our website.

We guarantee that you will receive your designer replica bags promptly and intact without any hassles from the courier or customs agents. All of our customers are provided with a tracking number and access to our customer service via emai. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with your designer replica simply email or give us a call and we will address the problem.

Our website is http://www.XXXXX.co.cc •

The assurances of "without any hassles from the courier or customs agents" hints that this is an highly organized operation, that maybe also paying off certain authorities to 'turn a blind eye', only shows further what lengths these companies will go to, in order to bring us the perfect fake.

Fendi Waging the War Against Counterfeiters with sophisticated Holograms

In our role of independent luxury designer authentication and appraisal specialist, we view some of worlds most sophisticated counterfeit items ever made. These items, most everyday consumers never get exposed to, but due to the counterfeit market opening up and the ease of obtaining such materials and new countries entering into this lucrative arena.

We are aware that these items are filtering through to the general domain. It is no secret that Delortae Agency is committed to brand protection, designers copyright and trademark infringement. Our Authentication Service is recommended by Major Brand Houses, PayPal, law enforcement, Trading Standards, Office of Fair Trading, small claim courts, respected auction houses, insurance and credit card companies.

Over the last five years we have seen a growing number of more sophisticated counterfeits being presented. A worrying trend that has not been overlooked by the major brand designers who are victims of this new wave of sophisticated counterfeiters.

We are all too familiar in the industry, what lengths major brand houses will go to in order to protect their product and the consumer against counterfeiters. We have seen straight stitching, angled stitching, alligator skins not to mention gold zippers to help us set apart the authentic from the counterfeit, now the house of Fendi are introducing holograms.

Nothing new about that. Holograms have been used for years to in the war to combat counterfeit activity to identify authenticity of many luxury goods much of the appeal due to holograms being hard, not to mention expensive, to copy. Holograms are known to use machinery that uses create patterns using laser various different laser beams. These holograms invariably incorporate images, numbers and bar codes that are visible under forensic equipment.

The Italian fashion house Fendi, a unit of LVMH Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey, the worlds largest luxury goods group, have been for some time stitching holograms into the lining of their bags, suits, scarves, boots not to mention mink coats. No one has used holograms quite like Fendi are doing.

The coloured, rectangular stamps with encrypted codes, are visible only with a special magnifying device. The devices are being made available to the Police and Custom Officials to help identify a Fendi branded authentic item from a counterfeit. The holograms also have a wireless tracking device embedded into them which allow Fendi to track if a product has gone a stray from the strictly controlled distribution network or sold in an unauthorized store as the tags are deactivated once an item has been sold.

Michael Burke, Chief Executive of Fendi says "The best way to fight is to stay ahead" also added "We want the certainty of quickly determine whether an item is fake" their familiar two mirroring 'F's in brown and black, is one of the most copied labels in the world.

French fashion house Louis Vuitton have also acknowledged copies of their handbags are so good that their customers only realise their purchase is counterfeit when taken to a boutique for repair. We also only repair authentic luxury items in our own Luxury Handbag SPA and have seen an increase in our own returns of restoration items that have been presented to our Technicians Studio.

Fendi is not the only luxury goods company using holograms. Gucci Group, owners of Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Yves Saint Laurent, confirms it also uses similar technology to protect its brands.

It costs approximately 15,000 Euro to create a holograms encrypted image with an additional few euros tagged on to the actual product. For major brands that represents one Euro out of a thousand but for counterfeiters it is one Euro out of ten says Marc-Antoine Jamet, General Secretary of LVMH and serving Head of France's Union des Fabricants, known for lobbying anti counterfeit measures.

No longer can luxury goods company rely on their exemplary craftmanship, quality skins and ahead-of-their-times designs to ensure authenticity. The luxury goods industry is notoriously reserved when it comes to talking about their anti theft protection. An industry, that up until recently, have only admitted publicly they even have a counterfeit problem.

Police in Naples have already reportedly uncovered a warehouse with photocopiers used to create fake holograms with the basic design without the deep colours and multidimensional images, for counterfeit handbags. A Fendi spokesperson said they have already seen a counterfeit Fendi complete with hologram.

So even luxury goods executives admit holograms are not fool proof. "Holograms are better than nothing but they are already being copied," says Claudio di Sabato Head of Security at Italian fashion house Prada Group NV.

Luxury goods experts say the holograms should allow consumers who buy for secondary retailers or pre owned used goods stores to know whether the product is authentic. But what if the consumer does not know how the authentic hologram or product should look, it would appear holograms offers no protection whatsoever.

Having said that Fendi hope the added complexity of it's holograms and the fact the Police and Custom Officials can root out fakes more efficiently will provide an extra deterrent against counterfeiting. The technology is considered so valuable at Fendi that only two people at its fashion house know the code behind the encrypted holograms.

Exclusive! Counterfeit Website reveal exactly how they make the perfect fake! Word-for-word, how the perfect fake is actually made! HERE

Is this the way forward?

EU customs seize $1.4 billion of fake goods in 2010

(Reuters) - Customs officials seized fake goods worth more than one billion euros ($1.4 billion) at European borders last year as they paid more attention to shipments ordered online, the European Commission said in a report on Thursday.

China was the source of 85 percent of the fakes, with substantial quantities of counterfeit goods also from Turkey, Thailand, Hong Kong and India.

Nearly 80,000 incoming packages were seized in 2010, containing counterfeit goods such as cigarettes, clothing, toys and medicines. That was nearly double the number from the previous year, due to more investigations into postal shipments for online orders.

The 103 million items seized would have had a value of more than one billion euros if sold as authentic goods, the report said.

"The goods are entering the EU in smaller packages but in bigger numbers, which gives an additional workload for customs," EU customs commissioner Algirdas Semeta said.

He said nearly 50,000 of the packages intercepted last year were in the post. Medicines such as fake Viagra and diet pills made up more than two-thirds of the items destroyed.

(Tony Zafiropoulos)

The EU report is located at the EU site Europa.eu . The most prominent section:  "Stresses that on-line sales caused a spectacular increase of detentions in postal traffic where 60% of the goods detained were medicines."  the combination of online sales and  the difficulty in policing websites creates a challenge to catching the criminals.

That's no Starbucks: What's with China's fake stores?

A man (seen in larger image) walks past a Xing Bake Cafe shop Wednesday Jan. 4, 2006 in Shanghai, China. (AP / Eugene Hoshiko)

Shopping in China can give you a serious case of déjà vu.

You can follow the arrows to browse bookcases in an Ikea-like blue-and-yellow warehouse. There are employees in familiar blue shirts selling iPhones under an Apple sign that isn't Steve Jobs-approved. Even the food court, serving foot-long subs and thick Oreo ice cream treats, could fool you into thinking you're at a Subway or Dairy Queen.

There have been dozens of cases of Chinese businesses spotted emulating the retail experience of major world brands such as Nike, Ikea or Starbucks, right down to the smallest detail.

Counterfeit products have long been available in the Chinese marketplace, but now it's the retail experience that is being counterfeited. Due to weak copyright laws and a growing population of shoppers hungry for Western brands, the knock-off retail market has proliferated in recent years.

Here's a list of some of the pirate stores found in China:

A man walks past windows of a shop masquerading as a bona fide Apple store in downtown Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo)

• 11 Furniture, a 10,000-square-foot furniture warehouse, is bathed in Ikea's well-known blue and yellow colour scheme. There are miniature pencils to write down the numbers of furniture, and the merchandise bears more than a passing resemblance to the common-sense look of Ikea. Mock-up rooms? The Chinese version has them, too. Plus, the minimalist cafeteria serves Swedish meatballs that can also lead to authentic tummy regret.
• In Kunming, China, five stores selling real Apple products were investigated in July because they imitated the actual Apple store to such an extent that customers unfamiliar with the real deal couldn't tell the difference. But three were allowed to stay open because officials couldn't find any actual fake products. Apple only has four official stores in China.
• Also in Kunming, there are four Nike stores on one popular pedestrian-only street. Trouble is, Nike lists only three of its stores on that street, meaning one is an imposter.
• In 2006, Starbucks won a copyright lawsuit against Shanghai Xing Bake Café, which was using the company's Chinese name and copying the design of the Seattle-based coffee shop.
• Western fast-food chains are also finding stores mimicking their brands. For example, there are sub shops selling six and 12-inch subs (like Subway), and one shop will even accept Subway stamps. But since Subway has only about 200 shops in China, the mimicry may actually be expanding its brand awareness.
• Shijingshan Amusement Park was forced to close down in May because their characters looked just like Disney's Mickey and Minnie Mouse. And the park's familiar centerpiece, labelled "Cinderella's Castle," could easily be mistaken for being in Disney World. A promo banner for the park even said, "Disney is too far, so please come to Shijingshan."

Get rich quick?

According to Panos Mourdoukoutas, an economics expert in New York, China's desire to copy and clone Western brands comes from a series of factors relating to culture, politics and weak laws.

Writing in a recent article for Forbes, Mourdoukoutas spoke about a pervasive "get rich quickly mentality" as China attempts to recover from years of poverty and failed communism.

However, Mourdoukoutas notes that despite this desire to raise living standards at home, some business owners "have yet to grasp the meaning of modern capitalism: a system of wealth creation within certain social norms, including respect for other people's property."

On the other hand, scarcity may be contributing to the issue, as Chinese entrepreneurs move in to take advantage of consumers with increased spending cash.

While brand knock-offs are garnering headlines and legal action in China, are North American entrepreneurs much better?

Eddie Murphy fans will remember the fake fast-food spot McDowell's in the 80s movie "Coming to America" as a key reminder of domestic rip-off artists.

In the real world, it's common to find fast food spots named Dairy King or B&W in many towns and smaller communities that haven't been granted franchises by bigger chain restaurants.

Plus, while many fake brands are made in China, Canadians have no problem purchasing cheaply made imitation iPods and other devices at big-box stores.

In fact, the Office of the United States Trade Representative placed Canada on a "priority watch list" in 2011 for counterfeiting, alongside nations like China, Russia and India.

"Unfortunately, Canadian efforts in 2010 to enact long-awaited copyright legislation were unsuccessful," the U.S. report said.

The report also recommended that "Canada should provide its customs officials with (official) authority to effectively stop the transit of counterfeit and pirated products through its territory."

Certainly, it's something to keep in mind this winter, when you spot a "down-filled Canada Goose parka" online for a fraction of the price.

Some say the real problem lies with the Chinese government. They allow and encourage all of these fake stores and counterfeit products because they are making money off of it and that they don't care about the west or anyone else but themselves.

What's your view?

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Counterfeit Stores Are Not New, Remember Fake Balmain Store in Dubai!

In the midst of the recent fake Apple Store in China, we have to remember that this is not a 'one off'.

We have, over the years, been made aware of this activity going on all over the world. We remind you of the fake Balmain Store, told by INDIA-JEWEL JACKSON  back in 2009 reproduced below.


"How does the saying go? “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is…”

I should have listened.

A couple of weeks ago, I made the 13-hour journey to the United Arab Emirates, a.k.a. shopper’s paradise. Virtually everyone has set up shop in the golden city of Dubai; YSL, Manolo Blahnik, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel—the entire fashion set is present and accounted for. And with the current state of the economy, it wasn’t uncommon to see storefronts peppered with signs that read “Sale!” “25% off!” “Buy One, Get One Half Price!”

Imagine my surprise when I ran across a standalone Balmain boutique at the base of my hotel. All kinds of thoughts of fashionable grandeur ran through my mind… Rihanna, Kate Moss, exaggerated shoulders, Beyonce, Cassie, crystal studded sandals, Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, marching band ‘drum major’ vests… It was all too much to process. Balmain? In my size? On sale for 75% off?
I should have know something was fishy—who advertises a sale on neon poster-board?

Against my better judgment—lured by the thought of buying Balmain at Bebe prices—I bought two pairs of jeans and scurried upstairs to try them on with the YSL shoes I’d bought earlier that day. Since I’ve been on Weight Watchers, I’d actually unknowingly dropped a pant size, so my new fancy jeans were a bit too big. I scurried downstairs to make a quick exchange when I was told, “No. All Sales are Final.”

Slightly angry, but more confused, I decided to do a bit of investigative research. (A bit late, I might add.) First, I Goggled. No information on a Balmain store in Dubai. Then, I searched for legitimate store locations. No Balmain boutique south of Turkey. Finally, I called the flagship Balmain boutique in Paris. Definitely no Balmain store in Dubai.

I’d been duped.

Selling knockoff purses out of a warehouse in Chinatown is one thing, because if you’re shopping in Chinatown, you’re obviously looking for fakes. But setting up an entire store under the guise of a haute couture brand is another. They’d blatantly ripped off the current runway collection, the shopping bags, the price tags, even the logo was perfect. (How do these people sleep at night?)

Needless to say, I’ve returned to NYC with two pairs of fake denim that I can’t be bothered to wear, but can’t bear to get rid of. I guess I just think of them a reminder of why I hate fakes.

At the end of the day, I was the posterchild for ‘American greed.’ Ah, well. You live and you learn!" quote~India-Jewel Jackson.

This is just one of the countless stories we have had confirmed over the years, this poses a new threat for brand protection as the audacious grow bolder.

Counterfeit goods fund violent gang activity

 

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- LAPD investigations show that gangs are deep into the counterfeit goods business, enabling gang members to fund illegal activities.

It takes low risk but yields high reward.

"They're using every single penny of that to fund their criminal activity," explained an undercover police officer.

For Los Angeles street gangs, counterfeit goods make for big business.

"They're making more money selling pirated CDs and DVDs than they would selling narcotics," said LAPD Senior Lead Officer Randy McCain. "They make a lot of money and they make the money faster."

Investigators say it's important for people to understand that buying those cheap counterfeit purses, sunglasses or shoes is not a victimless crime.

"We've found it tied to murder, extortion, human trafficking, insurance fraud," listed Kris Buckner, a former L.A. County Sheriff's deputy. Buckner now trains law enforcement personnel on how to spot and investigate counterfeit goods.

"In the past couple of years, we've seen a huge surge in gang members, 18th Street, MS-13, 42nd Street Little Gangsters," said Buckner.

Why? It's all about economics.

"They're now trying to run their organizations like Fortune 500 companies. They need to raise revenue, but if they're out there shooting each other, doing drug sales, their potential to make higher revenues is actually lower," explained Buckner.

So every time you buy a fake Fendi or a knock-off Chanel, you could be putting cash in the pockets of some of L.A.'s most dangerous gangs, including the Mexican Mafia.

"What does the Mexican Mafia do with that money? Smuggles drugs into the prison system, kills people, all sorts of things," said Buckner.

Investigators say cutting off demand from shoppers will cut down on crime as a whole.

"They come here and sell DVDs for super cheap, make a lot of money to fund buying guns that could either take someone off the street or a fellow officer," explained LAPD Officer Matt Shafer.

An undercover LAPD officer who could not reveal his identity said that gang members also use the money from counterfeit goods to buy cars.

"Escalades, Lexus and Mercedes," lists the officer.

In one case, he testified against two Compton gangsters caught selling counterfeit Nike shoes.

"They are Compton Crips with extensive rap sheets, weapons charges, murder, attempted murder," described the undercover officer.

Also, it's not just a matter of safety. A 2005 study found that the sale of counterfeit goods cost L.A. County alone $483 million in lost tax revenue and 106,000 jobs. That's just for one year.

And it's not just bags and shoes.

"Airplane parts, brake pads, medicine, dog food," lists Buckner.

Shafer describes it as a "turf war" among rival gang members.

"One gang member or crew will be territorial over their turf, and if another comes over, fights ensue," Shafer said.

Home video seized from a Carnales gang member shows a gang initiation, but earlier on the tape, footage shows the gang members staking out a corner of a parking lot to sell their counterfeit DVDs.

"So basically what they're doing is, they're up here selling their DVDs and smoking marijuana and just acting like the little fools they are," said McCain.

In another incident, the LAPD set up a sting where an undercover officer rolled up to a gang-infested neighborhood with a car full of counterfeit cigarettes. The officer left the car door open with the music blaring. In less than a minute, a man jumped into the car and attempted to steal it. Unfortunately for him, the engine was cut off by police. One more gang member trying to profit off counterfeit goods was taken off the streets.

(Copyright ©2011 KABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

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