EU loses €4.7bn from counterfeit cosmetics activity

Published: 17-Mar-2015
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Counterfeiting also costs the sector 50,000 jobs annually

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Nearly €5bn and 50,000 jobs are lost every year in the cosmetics and personal care sector due to counterfeiting, a new report has revealed.

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