40,000 jobs lost in Italy over past decade to counterfeits

Posted on April 27, 2008
Filed Under Europe, counterfeit and piracy |

60 percent of the counterfeit goods market is based on counterfeit clothing and other fashion products, and caused 40,000 lost jobs in Italy over the past decade.

Source: Vivia Chen, ” Italy’s Fashion Houses Wake Up to the Impact of Counterfeit Goods,” August 22, 2006,  (accessed: August 23, 2006).

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