Chander S Jeena
                    
                    
                    
                      
                        
                          Regional Director, Reconnaissance International
                        
                      
                    
                    
                    
                      
                        
                      
                    
                    
                  
               
              
          
          
          
            
              
              Monday, June 23, 2025
            
          
          
  
          
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            Consumer Goods
            
          
            
            Counterfeiting
            
          
            
          
         
       
      
        Even Monsters Aren't Safe from Copycats
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
            
            Credit: Pop Mart
          
          
          
        
        
          
            Labubu fever is everywhere, but with that popularity comes an influx of fakes. The quirky monster doll is making headlines again - this time for all the wrong reasons. Labubu, the wide-eyed creature popularised by the Chinese toy brand Pop Mart, is now at the centre of a growing counterfeit crisis.
          
        
          
            
              
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