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Quiet luxury label Loro Piana plagued by counterfeits

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“The geopolitics of fake goods”

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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. [...]

The LVMH-owned Italian brand made its lack of logo a defining feature, but Loro Piana is now facing a sharp rise in fakes on a major resale website. [...]

Published on 12.10.2023 at 05:00 GMT

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France
Paris vies to vanquish counterfeit sales before Olympics

With the city's summer Olympic Games approaching the starting blocks, Paris authorities are cracking down on counterfeit clothing sold in the French capital. Their top target is a flea market a stone's throw from the Athletes' Village.

Subscribers only Entourage 15.02.2024

France, Italy
Leonardo da Vinci and the secrets behind LVMH's Milanese palazzi

Not content with its 2022 acquisition of the Casa degli Atellani, a 14th-century mansion in the heart of Milan that has links to Da Vinci, LVMH has quietly acquired a similar building next door.

Subscribers only Houses 08.02.2024

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Luxury resale specialists: are Monogram's discount goods the real deal?

By selling discount luxury items that are impossible to find elsewhere, second-hand retail site Monogram has elicited the incredulity of fashion houses and the suspicion of France's consumer watchdogs.

Subscribers only Entourage 01.02.2024

The second-hand retail site Monogram regularly offers rare luxury items at discounted prices.

Italy
Milan luxury shops race for protection after recent robberies

After a Formula 1 driver was robbed near Milan's Via Montenapoleone, the luxury shopping thoroughfare stepped up security, becoming a fortress with private guards outside every fashion house.

Free access Entourage 01.02.2024

France
Counterfeiters concoct fake VIP gifts

Gifts offered by luxury houses to their best customers have been popping up for sale online in recent weeks. The trouble is, they're fakes.

Subscribers only Houses 18.01.2024

Europe, France
Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

European customs authorities have recorded a significant decrease in seizures of counterfeit products. But while the number of seizures has dropped, the value of products seized is steadily increasing, as counterfeiters shift their focus to luxury products.

Subscribers only Entourage 14.12.2023

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

In the face of increasing competition from affordable luxury brands for cashmere products, Chanel has been discreetly working to buy out cashmere assets in Mongolia, where the fine wool is produced. To soften cashmere's troubling environmental reputation, Chanel has employed specialised consultants.

Free access Houses 23.11.2023

Chanel secures its cashmere supplies by investing in Mongolia, where the finest wool is produced.

France, United States
Anine Bing's AI service provider in talks with LVMH

American company FindMine, which specialises in applying AI to online commerce and is already a service provider for Anine Bing and Adidas, is negotiating with several LVMH brands.

Subscribers only Entourage 14.09.2023

France
Inside Vestiaire Collective's contract with French influencer Léna Situations

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Subscribers only Entourage 15.06.2023

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Beyond NFTs, Chanel and Vuitton work on more strategic blockchain uses

While the luxury giants launch virtual products via blockchain-based NFTs with great fanfare, they are experimenting behind the scenes with more strategic applications for the same technology, including tools for tracing their products' composite materials.

Subscribers only Entourage 06.04.2023

Chanel has been working for months on a major project grounded in blockchain technology.

Europe
Chanel bags: Vintage experts struggling to tell the originals from the fakes

Websites that sell second-hand products have had to review their procedures for identifying counterfeit Chanel goods as the workmanship of the fakes catches up with the originals.

Free access Houses 26.01.2023

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Luxury resale specialists: are Monogram's discount goods the real deal?

Italy
Milan luxury shops race for protection after recent robberies

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Counterfeiters concoct fake VIP gifts

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Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

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Anine Bing's AI service provider in talks with LVMH

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Inside Vestiaire Collective's contract with French influencer Léna Situations

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Beyond NFTs, Chanel and Vuitton work on more strategic blockchain uses

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France Paris vies to vanquish counterfeit sales before Olympics

France, Italy Leonardo da Vinci and the secrets behind LVMH's Milanese palazzi

Spotlight | France Luxury resale specialists: are Monogram's discount goods the real deal?

Italy Milan luxury shops race for protection after recent robberies

France Counterfeiters concoct fake VIP gifts

Europe, France Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

France, United States Anine Bing's AI service provider in talks with LVMH

France Inside Vestiaire Collective's contract with French influencer Léna Situations

Spotlight | France Beyond NFTs, Chanel and Vuitton work on more strategic blockchain uses

Europe Chanel bags: Vintage experts struggling to tell the originals from the fakes

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Italy
Quiet luxury label Loro Piana plagued by counterfeits

France
Paris vies to vanquish counterfeit sales before Olympics

France, Italy
Leonardo da Vinci and the secrets behind LVMH's Milanese palazzi

Spotlight | France
Luxury resale specialists: are Monogram's discount goods the real deal?

Italy
Milan luxury shops race for protection after recent robberies

France
Counterfeiters concoct fake VIP gifts

Europe, France
Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

France, United States
Anine Bing's AI service provider in talks with LVMH

France
Inside Vestiaire Collective's contract with French influencer Léna Situations

Spotlight | France
Beyond NFTs, Chanel and Vuitton work on more strategic blockchain uses

Europe
Chanel bags: Vintage experts struggling to tell the originals from the fakes