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billion ) annually to counterfeiting, equating to approximately 5% of all clothing sales in that market. Look at the value of seized items that are picked up by customs its in the hundreds of millions of dollars in particular markets, so theres a real impact of taking steps to fight it, said Ferdinand in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.
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