How to spot a Fake Louis Vuitton #ForbesGreatestHits

How to Spot a Fake Louis Vuitton

forbes.com 23 Dec '12, 8pm

How to spot a Fake Louis Vuitton #ForbesGreatestHits

Counterfeiting is a $600 billion dollar industry, according to International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, accounting for 7% of world trade. Some luxury purveyors have called it flattering to have their products copied, but others are not as amused. Fendi just won a $10.05 million settlement against Berlington Coat Factory–the factory had been selling fake Fendi bags. And Louis Vuitton has sued both eBay and Google for selling knock-offs. But it’s not really about money lost, Vuitton head Yves Carcelle told me. It’s about protecting a brand. “The problem with counterfeiting is that it destroys your image,” Carcelle said. “In every study we do, it shows that brand lovers are always at risk one day to see somebody carrying an ugly counterfeit and then say ‘I don’t love them anymore. They betrayed me.’” Besides the obvious implications of funding illegal drugs, sex trafficki...

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