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France, Switzerland
Cartier overwhelmed by fakes of its bestsellers

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“The geopolitics of fake goods”

Europe, Hong Kong, Russia, Turkey

The geopolitics of fake goods

The counterfeit market has exploded in recent years, from fake Hermès Birkins to fake Chanel 2.55s, fake luxury trainers to fake Rolex watches. Thanks in part to the internet, but first and foremost to the current global geopolitical situation, the quality of counterfeit luxury goods is improving - to the extent that even experts have a hard time distinguishing real from fake. Moreover, the networks trafficking fakes between Paris, Hong Kong, Ankara and Moscow are becoming better organised. [...]

Jewellery from Cartier's two most iconic - and bestselling - collections are being copied on an almost industrial scale. The Richemont subsidiary is fighting back. [...]

Published on 30/01/2025 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Noëmie Leclercq

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Front Row | United States
Luxury 'dupe' king Steve Madden expands in Europe

Turkey
Instagram bans Cumaliibags counterfeiter

Italy
Loro Piana caught out by its own 'no-logo' strategy

France, United States
Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

France, Japan
Japanese luxury concessionaire Yagi Tsusho's legal battle with Chambord château

China, France
Dior and Givenchy battle Chinese counterfeit platform DHGate

France
France poised to tax second-hand luxury watches like jewellery

France
Van Cleef & Arpels opts to ride counterfeit wave rather than fight it

Spotlight | Switzerland
Rolex's reluctance to certify its watches worries auction houses and buyers

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Switzerland
The secret negotiations paving the way for Richemont's rise in Saudi Arabia

Spotlight | Switzerland
Richemont's hush-hush real estate acquisitions in global luxury capitals

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Front Row | United States Luxury 'dupe' king Steve Madden expands in Europe

Turkey Instagram bans Cumaliibags counterfeiter

Italy Loro Piana caught out by its own 'no-logo' strategy

France, United States Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

France, Japan Japanese luxury concessionaire Yagi Tsusho's legal battle with Chambord château

China, France Dior and Givenchy battle Chinese counterfeit platform DHGate

France France poised to tax second-hand luxury watches like jewellery

France Van Cleef & Arpels opts to ride counterfeit wave rather than fight it

Spotlight | Switzerland Rolex's reluctance to certify its watches worries auction houses and buyers

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Switzerland The secret negotiations paving the way for Richemont's rise in Saudi Arabia

Spotlight | Switzerland Richemont's hush-hush real estate acquisitions in global luxury capitals

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France, Switzerland
Cartier overwhelmed by fakes of its bestsellers

Front Row | United States
Luxury 'dupe' king Steve Madden expands in Europe

Turkey
Instagram bans Cumaliibags counterfeiter

Italy
Loro Piana caught out by its own 'no-logo' strategy

France, United States
Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

France, Japan
Japanese luxury concessionaire Yagi Tsusho's legal battle with Chambord château

China, France
Dior and Givenchy battle Chinese counterfeit platform DHGate

France
France poised to tax second-hand luxury watches like jewellery

France
Van Cleef & Arpels opts to ride counterfeit wave rather than fight it

Spotlight | Switzerland
Rolex's reluctance to certify its watches worries auction houses and buyers

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Switzerland
The secret negotiations paving the way for Richemont's rise in Saudi Arabia

Spotlight | Switzerland
Richemont's hush-hush real estate acquisitions in global luxury capitals