Counterfeit Sports Memorabilia and Sporting Goods Market Value: $500 Million
The Counterfeit Sports Memorabilia and Equipment market consists of two separate but related industries. The Counterfeit Sports Memorabilia market consists of products that claim to be team or player products but are not authentic. Counterfeit Sports Equipment products are items that are sold under brand names without the authority of the [...]
Counterfeit 2010 Winter Olympics Goods already available for sale
Jeff Lee, “Counterfeit goods seized from Metro retailers,” Vancouver Sun, April 24, 2008.
Fake basketballs sales in China
According to company executives, 5.6 counterfeit balls are sold for each authentic Spalding basketball in China.
Source: William Freebairn, “Spalding tries to prevent basketball counterfeiting,” June 15, 2006, The Republican (U.S.), (accessed: July 1, 2006).
Counterfeit golf clubs in China
The price of counterfeit golf clubs manufactured in China usually sells at levels 75 percent below the authentic price.
Source: Bloomberg News, “Fake golf clubs are ‘nightmare’,” International Herald Tribune, May 18, 2005,(accessed: July 1, 2006).
4 fake products sold for each real product sold in China
In a report published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, a sports equipment manufacturer who is familiar with the counterfeit market in China estimates that “for every one legitimate item sold, there are four counterfeits sold.”
Source: “Sporting Goods Market in China,” U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration,September 20, 2005,(accessed: July 10, [...]
$40 million counterfeit sports goods seized in 2004
Source: Dave Battagello, ” Counterfeit goods a growing threat, ” Windsor Star, May 3, 2005.
