2007
Counterfeit Shoes and Apparel Ring Busted! To the tune of $700 Million
Posted by: Fashion06 in Fashion News |
Serious about starting a clothing line? If so subscribe to our RSS feed or Email notifications for exclusive articles/updates that you don't want to miss!
Twenty-nine defendants were hit with multiple charges by federal authorities. With conspiracy to smuggle 950 shipments of merchandise into the U.S. with a value estimated at $700 million principally from China and conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods.
The bust recovered multiple counterfeit brands including Nike sneakers, North Face jackets, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Fendi handbags, and True Religion brand jeans. Four members of the party were also charged with money laundering
I guess this is definitely a step toward stopping the billions of dollars that counterfeit rings and bootleggers drain from the pockets of major apparel and footwear brands. I think counterfeiters make it harder for clothing companies to compete in the market let along competing with their own brand at much lower prices and with the internet it makes shopping for variants or counterfeit clothing that much more accessible to the final consumer.
Source: WWD
Serious about starting a clothing line? If so subscribe to our free newsletter for exclusive articles/updates that you don't want to miss! or Our RSS Feed
Continue This Discussion In Dobizo Forum
Popularity: 1% [?]


















June 26th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
I GET ALOT OF JOY READING ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING BUSTED FOR THAT….. I LOVE IT!
June 27th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I would say GOOD to that ,only because i will be coming out within the next year with my line,and i don’t want no problems…really i don’t..But we all know ,this will only stop them for a minute,and then they will come at us with another angle.