Producing a Successful Brand
Craig-Alexander Wilson, Head of Strategic Development, at Fake Bake Beauty at Home and Beauty Editor at The Sunday Mail will be speaking at the UK’s biggest packaging event, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC on 25 and 26 February 2015.
Celebrating it tenth anniversary Packaging Innovations, with dedicated Ecopack and Contract Pack areas, and co-located with Empack and Label&Print, will showcases over 350 exhibitors specialising in all aspects of packaging from materials and design, to machinery, new technologies and equipment.
http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/62049/Producing-a-Successful-Brand.html
Lear MoreSmuggled veggies seized
SMUGGLED produce was intercepted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) keeping local products safe from unfair competition. In a statement, the DA reported P140 million worth of smuggled agricultural products were seized at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagaloan, Misamis Oriental. Agriculture Undersecretary Emerson PaladPalad said the DA with the Bureau of Plant Industry and Sugar and Regulatory Administration were part of an interagency inventory and examination of the Bureau of Customs of the containers of rice, sugar, garlic, carrots and potatoes, which were seized last week.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/local-news/2015/02/09/smuggled-veggies-seized-391215
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Police could struggle to cope with counterfeit cigarettes, warn ex-cops
In the letter, the group of former police officers warns that they are concerned about ‘the impact this move will have on crime’.
Police will struggle to cope with counterfeit cigarettes hitting Britain’s streets if cigarettes have to be sold in plain packets, warn retired police officers in letter to The Daily Telegraph.
The letter is signed by Sir Ian Johnston, former Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, as well as retired fraud squad and flying squad officers.
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Smuggler’s paradise in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Pakistan’s largest and poorest province Balochistan has the unfortunate reputation of being a transit route for drug smugglers, who bring products across the border from sellers in the Gulf states and Iran.It is also a popular marketplace for stolen US and NATO supplies, including weapons, ammunition, vehicles, fuel, and contraband.Markets in Balochistan, southwest Pakistan, teem with a variety of goods being sold at throwaway prices, and all have been smuggled across Pakistan’s borders with Iran and Afghanistan.
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Showroom shut over fake goods
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has shut down an electrical goods showroom in the Industrial Area for a month for displaying and selling counterfeit products as authentic.
The product was being sold under the name of a reputed international brand, the ministry said yesterday. Several other fake products were also detected during surprise raids conducted by the Consumer Protection Department at the company’s store.
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qatar/320421/showroom-shut-over-fake-goods
Lear MoreCounterfeit ‘Japanese steel’ rampant in China
There have been more than 100 cases in which steel materials falsely designated as Japanese-made have been marketed in China or elsewhere, according to investigations by major Japanese steel manufacturers.
The latest findings show that counterfeits sold as Japanese products are rife not only in the automobile and electrical appliances markets, but in the sale of steel and other raw materials. Domestic steelmakers will redouble their efforts to prevent the production and sale of products falsely labeled as Japanese-made, company officials said.
Fake university uses Apple Store pics to lure unsuspecting students
Move over Xiaomi! While it’s easy to claim that China’s biggest smartphone upstart holds the crown for boldest Apple ripoff artist, Xiaomi has nothing on the Suwen University of Hong Kong.
If you haven’t heard of Suwen University, don’t worry: You’re not alone. It’s a fake, selling false diplomas and bachelor’s degrees online through China’s largest shopping website, the Alibaba-owned Taobao.
Turkey ranks behind China in production of counterfeit goods
Turkey ranks behind China for its production and market of counterfeit goods, the Turkish news agency Cihan reported on Thursday.The total volume of these goods in the Turkish market is worth 10.8 billion dollars, making it the second largest in the world after China.According to a report by the Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP), the 10.8 billion dollars does not include smuggled fuel and tobacco products. If that number is calculated in, the number reaches above 20 billion dollars.
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How to Avoid Buying Fake Herbal Supplements
Some popular herbal supplements sold at chain retailers don’t contain the herb they tout and contain other substances not labeled, according to DNA testing commissioned by New York State’s attorney general. A.G. Eric Schneiderman has sent “cease & desist” letters to four major retailers – GNC, Target, Walmart and Walgreens – ordering them to stop selling certain popular products, including Echinacea, Ginseng, St. John’s Wort, and others until they could “provide detailed information relating to the production, processing and testing of herbal supplements sold at their stores, as well as set forth a thorough explanation of quality control measures in place,” a statement said.
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-avoid-buying-fake-herbal-supplements.html#ixzz3RKcTAD4l
Lear MoreNo ‘restricted areas’ in combating smuggling: Deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed that there are no ‘restricted areas’ in preventing and combating smuggling when he urged the authorities of the northern province of Quang Ninh to step up their fight against illicit trade.
Deputy PM Phuc, who is also the head of the National Steering Committee on the Prevention and Control of Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Fake Commodities, made the emphasis while he was speaking to local officials during his overseeing trip to border gates and border guard stations in the province on Tuesday.
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