French consumers have bought a counterfeit product believing it to be genuine; this figure stands at 37 per cent for 15–18-year-olds
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Behind the copy
In France, counterfeiting leads to the loss of 38,000 jobs a year and costs the economy €6.7 billion.
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34%
1.34 B€
Counterfeiting costs France 1.34 billion euros in tax revenue every year.
Consumers aged between 15 and 35 believe that buying a ‘dupe’ is the same as buying a counterfeit item
64%
2.5%
Counterfeiting accounts for 2.5 per cent of global trade; it capitalises on trends, and counterfeiters are stepping up their efforts to swindle consumers.
