PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT INDUSTRY FIGHTS TO PRESERVE ITS REPUTATION AGAINST COUNTERFEITERS AND PIRATES
April 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL, JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo, EMMA JACKSON and LEAH GERMAIN
TIME was when counterfeit personal care products were commonly crude fake perfumes pedalled in markets and workplaces during the Christmas and other festive periods to bargain hunters who knew they were buying rubbish. No longer. Counterfeit packaging and products of varied cosmetics, creams, soaps and scents are now often so hard to detect, only manufacturers can really spot a fake. Add to that the growing grey market of personal care products designed for one country's regulatory regime ...
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