the Mulberry store and the hardware was missing the distinctive tree logo. I knew instantly that it was a fake. Luckily I was able to return the bag and got a full refund, but not all sellers are as accommodating.Sixteen years on, it seems more people are being duped into buying counterfeit goods than ever.
According to a new study from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), around one in 10 people say they’ve been misled into buying counterfeit goods in the past year, with a third still unsure whether a product they have purchased is the real deal.The EUIPO attributes the rise in sales of fake merchandise to the pandemic, during which there was a rise in online shopping after brick-and-mortar stores across the globe were.
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