Are These the Most Ripped Off Brands in the World?
According to Lovemoney and MSN, counterfeit brands cost consumers and businesses a whopping $462 billion per year, and could go up to $2.3 trillion by 2022. That is kind of unbelievable. Wow.
American brands are the most pirated, and the majority originates in China. I was really surprised to see that drugs are included in on this list, which seems wildly dangerous to me. As a matter of fact, fake medications are responsible for more than a million deaths a year. But what are the most faked brands worldwide? We've got ten of them below, but be sure to check out the whole list, and your labels, too, y'all.
- Levi's
- Tiffany
- Coach
- Tamiflu
- Polo Ralph Lauren
- Walt Disney
- Ray-Ban
- Viagra
- Adidas
- Rolex