Report Finds Counterfeits of Designer Clothing Aren't Causing Brands Any Major Damage

Sure to ruffle some well-coiffed feathers, a new study for the British Journal of Criminology, assembled by the European Union with assistance by the UK’s Home Office, has been released, saying that counterfeit knock-offs of designer clothing does much less damage to brands than has been previously thought. While raking in billions each year, as well as the constant ire of fashion labels, the study says that these copies do as little damage as “one-fifth of previously calculated figures.”