There is no shortage of online marketplaces for consumers seeking luxury goods, slightly used. The challenge, however, is knowing they are actually getting the real deal. Counterfeiting is a thriving global business that is expected to rake in around $1.8 trillion by the end of 2020. That’s a massive...
Instagram has a counterfeit goods problem. That is what the latest data from analytics firm Ghost Data strongly indicated, anyway, as its survey of the site has found it is becoming one of the internet’s favorite breeding grounds for the illegal sale of counterfeit fashion items....
All Deborah Copaken really wanted was a warm coat. A good coat. A Canada Goose coat. Sure, it cost more than $900 – but she rationalized that, spread over the next three decades, that was only $31 a year. And besides, if she died before getting...
Every adult knows that when faced the proposition to buy with designer shoes at Payless prices, or a pair of designer sunglasses that can be obtained for “whatever you’ve got in your pocket,” the alarm bells should go off. After all, didn’t our mothers tell...
