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Knock Off: fronting false fashion
Fashionably Yours is a Toronto consignment store that specializes in reselling second-hand, brand-name fashion items. Exposure to counterfeiting is part of the business.
“There are some people who come in and say, ‘Oh, look at this bracelet I just bought.’ And I say ‘Oh, that’s not real,’ ” said Michelle Cross, a store employee.
Knock Off: electronic exports
China’s bustling Silk Market is renowned for selling knock-off electronics.
Business at the Silk Market has boomed in the past few years, according to David Gruels, a tour operator to China who said he has visited the country over 50 times.
iPads are among the recent surge of counterfeit electronic products being sold to foreign consumers wary of North American prices.
