The U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group (The Golf Group) announced results of its latest raids of China-based counterfeiting targets. The operations, which were executed over the last two months by Chinese law ...
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Nike dealers in Brazil have marked down its official team jersey for Team Brazil by 35 percent due to a glut of counterfeit jerseys in the country, Bloomberg News reported. The magazine reported that a survey of stores operated by one of ...
Demand for active and intelligent packaging in the US alone is forecast to expand 8.0% annually to US$3.5 billion in 2017. It is the fastest growing packaging segment worldwide. Food and beverage made up 65% of demand in 2012. That is ...
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Counterfeits have been marketed on online platforms using a picture of the legitimate Rainbow Loom to dupe shoppers H. Grossman Ltd has joined forces with Amazon and eBay to stamp out counterfeit Rainbow Looms. The counterfeits have ...
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Vittoria Industries North America says it has reduced online listings of counterfeit 3T products by 95 percent in the last six months. "3T has been working to push back on business-to-consumer and business-to-business sites selling fakes, ...
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PolyOne Corp. launches Percept Authentication Technologies, a full-spectrum portfolio of brand protection solutions. This new suite of technologies draws from covert, overt and forensic techniques, enabling manufacturers to efficiently ...
PolyOne Corporation has launched Percept Authentication Technologies, a full-spectrum portfolio of brand protection solutions. This new suite of technologies draws from covert, overt and forensic techniques, enabling manufacturers to ...
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Pharmaceutical packaging requires high attention to detail due to the critical nature of the materials required to protect the active product throughout its shelf life. Types of packaging material and design can also be influenced by the ...
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Trading Standards says that sharing of intelligence is key to fighting fakes, as MEP gets behind initiative. A MEMBER of European Parliament is supporting ToyNews’ Fight the Fakes campaign for the prevention of counterfeit toys. ...
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A new London based system will allow consumers to verify directly with the brand if a product is real or fake before they buy, using their smartphone. The system, called Authicode, can even be set to share details like where and when ...
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The European Union’s rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products (RAPEX) stopped many substandard products from reaching European consumers last year, according to a report released by the European Commission today. As ...
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When eBay launched in 1995, the premise was simple: allow consumers to sell their unwanted goods to others via online auctions. Today, the multi-billion dollar business has localised sites in over 30 countries. Over 190,000 businesses ...
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Image courtesy of Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. The World Customs Organisation and GS1 will be present at the upcoming 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from ...
A billion Chinese each drank 1.4 liters of wine in 2011, or at least that’s how the average plays out. On the surface 1.4 liters doesn’t seem of much consequence — outpaced by America’s 11.2 liters of wine per capita ...
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The April 2013 edition of ToyNews is now available to read online and on your iPad. The issue boasts the first interview with Simon Hedge since he took on the role of managing director of GP Flair. We talk about the firm's strong start to ...