With an unprecedented lawsuit, private investigations, a standoff with new mayor Zohran Mamdani and deals with market vendors, the major luxury brands have stepped up their game in the war against counterfeits on New York City's infamous thoroughfare over the past year.
In the fight against the proliferation of counterfeit goods on Canal Street – the New York City thoroughfare where all sorts of luxury knock-offs are sold in plain sight – high-end brands are taking a wide range of actions, desperate to stem a phenomenon that has been going on for decades. In late May, Glitz has learned, Burberry even entered into discussions with a number of vendors with a view to reaching an out-of-court settlement, having grown weary of seeing its tartan pattern being sold on
