Consumer Goods .

• Consumer Goods

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Robert Bosch GmbH - Consumer goods and power tools

1 Bosch caters to the areas of consumer goods and building technology with its power tool,

thermotechnology, and security systems, as well as with its home appliance|household appliances

business within the BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH joint venture. In the US,

power tools are provided by the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation based in Mt. Prospect, Illinois.

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1 With its brands Bosch, Hawera, Skil, Dremel, RotoZip, Freud, Vermont

American, and many more, Bosch is one of the largest manufacturer of

portable power tools worldwide



1 Bosch is the largest European manufacturer of thermotechnology

(heating units, etc.) with its subsidiary BBT Thermotechnik GmbH. It had revenues of €2.8billion in 2006. Its

brands include Bosch, Buderus, Junkers, Dakon, e.l.m leblanc S.A., Florida Heat

Pump (FHP), Geminox, IVT, Nefit, Sieger, Vulcano and Worcester Bosch Group|

Worcester.


Consumer goods

1 Consumer goods are goods that are ultimately consumed rather than used in the production of another

good


Consumer goods

1 When used in measures of national income and output, the term final goods only

includes new goods. For instance, the Gross domestic product|GDP excludes items

counted in an earlier year to prevent Double counting (accounting)|double counting of production based on resales of the same

item second and third hand. In this context the economic definition of goods includes

what are commonly known as service (economics)|services.


Consumer goods

1 Manufactured goods are goods that have been processed in any way. As such, they are the opposite of raw materials, but include intermediate

goods as well as final goods.


Consumer goods - Classification

1 There are legal definitions. For example, The United States

Consumer Product Safety Act has an extensive definition of 'consumer

product', which begins:



1 CONSUMER PRODUCT.--The term ‘‘consumer product’’ means any article, or component part thereof, produced or distributed (i) for sale to a consumer for use in or around a

permanent or temporary household or residence, a school, in recreation, or

otherwise, or (ii) for the personal use, consumption or enjoyment of a consumer in or around a permanent or temporary household

or residence, a school, in recreation, or otherwise; but such term does not include—



1 (A) any article which is not customarily produced or distributed

for sale to, or use or consumption by, or enjoyment of, a consumer,



1 It then goes on to list eight additional specific exclusions and further

details.http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/cpsa.pdf


Consumer goods - By durability

1 Consumer durable goods usually have a significant life span which tends to be a minimum of 1 year based on guarantee or warranty

period and maximum life depends upon the durability of the product or

good



1 Consumer nondurable goods are purchased either for the immediate use or to keep it for very short span of time. Generally the life span of

nondurable goods may vary from a few minutes to up to three years. Few examples of such goods are

food, beverages, clothing, shoes, and gasoline.



1 Consumer services are the intangible in nature: they cannot be seen, felt or tasted by the consumer but still

they give satisfaction to the consumer. They are also inseparable and variable in nature which means they are produced and consumed

simultaneously. Examples of consumer services include haircuts,

auto repairs, landscaping, etc.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-consumer-goods-toolkit.html

Consumer goods - By consumer's buying habits

1 Final goods can be classified into the following categories, which are determined by the consumer's

buying habits:


Consumer goods - Convenience goods

1 Convenience goods are goods which are easily available to consumer, without any

extra effort are convenience goods. Generally convenience goods come in the category of nondurable goods such as fast

foods, cigarettes and tobacco with low value. Convenience goods are mostly sold by

wholesalers or retailers, so as to make them available to the consumers in good or large volume. Convenience goods can further be

categorized into:



1 *Staple convenience consumer goods



1 Staple convenience consumer goods are those kinds of goods which come

under the basic necessities of the consumer. These goods are easily

available and in large quantity. Examples include milk, bread, sugar,

etc.



1 Impulse convenience consumer goods are the goods which do not

belong to the priority list of the consumer. These goods are

purchased without any prior planning just on the basis of the impulse are called impulse convenience goods. Examples include potato wafers,

candies, ice creams, cold drinks, etc.


Consumer goods - Shopping consumer goods

1 Consumer goods companies usually try to set up their shops and show rooms in active shopping area to

attract customer attention and their main focus is to do lots of advertising

and promotion so that to attract more customer.


Consumer goods - Shopping consumer goods

1 Example include clothing items, televisions, radio, footwear, home furnishing, etc.


Consumer goods - Specialty consumer goods

1 Specialty goods are unique in nature; these are unusual and luxurious items available in

the market


Consumer goods - Unsought consumer goods

1 Unsought goods neither belong to the necessity group of consumer goods list nor to specialty goods. They are always available in the

market but are purchased by very few consumers, either based on their

interest or their need for some specific reasons. The general public does not purchase such goods often.


Consumer goods - Unsought consumer goods

1 Examples include snowshoes, fire

extinguishers, flood insurance, etc.


Fast moving consumer goods

1 'Fast-Moving Consumer Goods' ('FMCG') or 'Consumer Packaged

Goods' ('CPG') are products that are sold quickly and at relatively low cost



1 Fast-moving consumer electronics are a type of FMCG and are typically

low priced generic or easily substitutable consumer electronics, including mobile phones, Portable

media player|MP3 players, Handheld video game|game players, and

digital cameras which are of disposable nature.



1 Global leaders in the FMCG segment include Johnson Johnson, Colgate-Palmolive,

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Henkel, Kellogg's, S.C. Johnson, Dr Pepper Snapple Group,

Beiersdorf, Mars Inc., Heinz, Nestlé, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever, Procter Gamble,

L'Oréal, The Coca-Cola Company, General Mills Inc., PepsiCo, Mondelēz and Kraft

Foods.http://www.mandmglobal.com/community/blog/12-04-27/The-FMCG-landscape-an-

infographic.aspx


Fast moving consumer goods - Scope

1 The term FMCGs refers to those retail goods that are generally replaced or fully used up over a short period of days, weeks, or months, and within

one year. This contrasts with durable goods or major appliances such as

kitchen appliances,which are generally replaced over a period of

several years.



1 FMCG have a short shelf life, either as a result of high consumer demand or because the product deteriorates

rapidly



1 ** Low involvement (little or no effort to choose the item – products with strong brand loyalty are exceptions

to this rule)


Fast moving consumer goods - ISIC definition

1 The retail market for FMCGs includes businesses in the following

International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) (Revision 3)

categories, p.2, p.3-4



1 * ISIC 5231 retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles



1 * ISIC 5251 retail sale via mail order houses



1 * 1543 cocoa, chocolate and sugar

confectionery



1 * 1544 macaroni, noodles, couscous



1 * 2102 corrugated paper, containers



1 * 2424 soap and detergents, cleaning

preparations, perfumes.


The Consumer Goods

1 The Consumer Goods appeared on the Winnipeg-

based Grumpy Cloud Records.


The Consumer Goods - Political and cultural references

1 Many of the Consumer Goods' songs refer to contemporary and historical politics and culture. For example:



1 * the famous U.S. supreme court case of Roe V. Wade is used as a

backdrop to the amusing pro-choice anthem Rovie Wade



1 * Canadian Conservative hockey pundit Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don

Cherry is the central character in satirical pop anthem Hockey Night in

Afghanada



1 * Malcolm X's speech about violent and non-violent revolution is featured on Christmas in

Camden



1 * Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz is mocked for his repressive civic record in And The Final Word is Yours, Sam

Katz



1 * the 1898 invasion of Cuba by the United States in the Spanish-

American War, and subsequent imperialist domination of the island until 1959, is referenced in Gunboat

Diplomacy



1 * The Terminator Rules is a reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Hollywood

actor who played the role of The Terminator in the 1990s and who now holds the office of California Governor - the song references his aggressive policies towards

undocumented foreign workers in that state. The song refers to the trailer park

Duroville.http://radio3.cbc.ca/programs/podcast.aspx?podcast=5episode=1400



1 * Mao Zedong's aphorism Revolution is no tea party is featured on the track of the same

name



1 * a speech by Dick Cheney is appropriated and edited in a mocking tribute to Cheney, George W. Bush,

Colin Powell, and Donald Rumsfeld in Eat a Dick, Cheney



1 * the phrase camels coming home to roost on London Bombs refers either

to Ward Churchill's controversial essay On the Justice of Roosting

Chickens or Malcolm X's commentary on the assassination of U.S. President

John F. Kennedy



1 * commentary on the Devil's Lake (North Dakota)#Issues and

controversies|Devil's Lake outlet controversy and criticism of Premier

of Manitoba Gary Doer on Good Thing (for Bourgeois Nationalism)



1 * the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon

is the subject of Lebanong Song



1 * Winston Churchill's unfortunate description of Iraq as an ungrateful

volcano when Iraqis refused to comply with British subjugation after the First World War is the subject of

the song of the same name



1 * the gradual demise of the Montréal Expos on C'est la Vie

Westerne



1 * the story of the ill-fated Taiping Rebellion is articulated on the track Taiping Riverboat



1 * author of the U.S. Patriot Act, John Ashcroft, is skewered in Happy Bidet

(Let The Balled Eagle Soar)


The Consumer Goods - Band members

1 The only permanent member of The Consumer Goods was Tyler Shipley.

Other members of the band included:


The Consumer Goods - Band members

1 * Ryan McVeigh (also the producer)


The Consumer Goods - Discography

1 * Sentinel Road, Tyler Shipley solo record, Grumpy Cloud

Records, 2010.



1 * The Anti-Imperial Cabaret, Grumpy Cloud Records, 2008



1 * Happy Bidet, Grumpy Cloud Records, 2007


Counterfeit - Counterfeiting of consumer goods

1 The spread of counterfeit goods (commonly called knockoffs) has

become global in recent years and the range of goods subject to infringement has increased

significantly



1 In a detailed breakdown of the counterfeit goods industry, the total loss faced by countries around the

world is $600 billion, with the United States facing the most economic

impact.



1 When calculating counterfeit products, current estimates place the global losses at

$400 billion



1 Some see the rise in counterfeiting of goods as being related to globalization



1 Certain final good|consumer goods, especially very expensive or

desirable brands or those that are easy to reproduce cheaply, have become frequent and common

targets of counterfeiting



1 Most counterfeit goods are produced and manufactured in China, making it the counterfeit capital of the world



1 In the United States, a federal crackdown on counterfeit imports is

driving an increase in domestic output of fake merchandise,

according to investigators and industry executives



1 A number of companies involved in the development of anti-

counterfeiting and brand protection solutions have come together to form

special industry-wide and global organisations dedicated to

combating the so-called brand pirates



1 To try to avoid this, companies may have the various parts of an item manufactured in independent factories and then limit the

supply of certain distinguishing parts to the factory that performs the final assembly to

the exact number required for the number of items to be assembled (or as near to that

number as is practicable) and/or may require the factory to account for every part used

and to return any unused, faulty or damaged parts


Mockup - Consumer goods

1 Mockups are used in the consumer goods industry as part of the product

development process, where dimensions, human factors, overall impression, and commercial art are

tested in marketing research.


Industrial Revolution - Clothing and consumer goods

1 Consumers benefited from falling prices for clothing and household articles such as cast iron cooking

utensils, and in the following decades, stoves for cooking and

space heating.


Wisconsin - Consumer goods

1 Wisconsin is a major producer of paper, packaging, and other

consumer goods. Major consumer products companies based in the state include SC Johnson Co., and

Diversey Inc., Wisconsin also ranks first nationwide in the production of paper products; the lower Fox River from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay (Lake Michigan)|Green Bay has 24

paper mills along its stretch.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-consumer-goods-toolkit.html

Wisconsin - Consumer goods

1 The development and manufacture of health care devices and software

is a growing sector of the state's economy, with key players such as GE Healthcare, Epic Systems, and

TomoTherapy.


Delivery (commerce) - Consumer goods delivery

1 Most consumer goods are delivered from a point of production (factory or farm) through one or more points of storage (warehouses) to a point of

sale (retail store), where the consumer buys the good and is

responsible for its transportation to point of consumption


List of companies of Hong Kong - Consumer goods

1 * Group Sense PDA, consumer electronics


List of companies of Hong Kong - Consumer goods

1 * Vita Green, health and beauty products


List of Israeli inventions and discoveries - Consumer goods and appliances

1 * Epilator (originally Epilady) – an electrical device used to remove hair by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and

pulling them out. It was developed and originally manufactured at Kibbutz

HaGoshrim.[http://www.mako.co.il/women-magazine/diva/Article-

f59708410f7e021006.htm : המצאות נשית גאווהלנו שעושות ישראליות

-http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L[כבוד2621280,00.html



1 *Wonder Pot – a pot developed for baking on the stovetop rather than in an oven.Roast in the Wonder Pot, The Kosher For Pesach Cookbook (1978).

Jerusalem:Yeshivat Aish HaTorah Women's Organization, p. 58.



1 * Artificial gills (human)#Like-A-Fish|Artificial gills – a theoretical special diving system not yet in production,

currently being developed by the Israeli company Like-A-Fish

Technologies, it produces oxygen from water, making oxygen tanks

unnecessary.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/4665624.stm BBC NEWS |

Science Environment | Inventor develops 'artificial gills']


Capital goods - Differences between capital and consumer goods

1 Some of the capital goods can be used in both production of consumer

goods or production ones, such as machinery for production of dump

trucks.


Capital goods - Differences between capital and consumer goods

1 It is generally considered that the consumption is the logical result of all economic activity, but

but it is also obvious that the level of the future consumption depends on the future

capital stock, and this in turn depends on the current level of production in the capital-goods

sector. Hence if there is a desire to increase the consumption, the output of the capital

goods should be maximized. EconomicJournal. Mar66, Vol. 76 Issue 301, p70-83. 14p. 1

Graph.


List of companies of Peru - Consumer goods

1 * Agroindustrial Casa Grande


List of companies of Peru - Consumer goods

1 * Enrique Cassinelli and Sons


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union

1 Group B was 'Soviet consumer goods' (final goods used for Consumption

(economics)|consumption), including food, clothing and shoes, houses|housing, and such heavy-industry

products as appliances and fuels that are used by individual consumers


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - The consumer industry and Soviet economic development

1 Following the Bolshevik Revolution|October Revolution of 1917, the economy of the Soviet Union,

previously largely agrarian, was rapidly Industrialization|industrialized


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - Introduction of consumer goods

1 The 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|Party Congress of February 1934 bolstered

the calls for improvement of both quantity and quality in food products

and other consumer goods



1 By granting all citizens access to larger variety of consumer goods, views of consumer goods shifted

from representative of the elite and therefore despised to being desired

by all citizens



1 The government used consumer items as legitimate awards to honor comrades whose work contributed to the building of socialism. However,

the culturalization of society legitimized the formerly despised

bourgeois concerns about status and possession, and the practice of

giving special goods to a subset of the population also created a new

social hierarchy which received special privileges.


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - Distribution and supply

1 In the early 1930s, the closed distribution system was the primary

method of consumer goods distribution



1 Rationing was regarded as the default option

during this time period



1 At the same time, there were three other legal alternatives to closed distribution stores: commercial

stores, Torgsin stores and Kolkhoz markets. All had higher prices than the closed distribution stores. Since

the state controlled all of these distribution methods, it could

exercise a distribution monopoly.



1 In May 1936, a law was passed that slightly improved the supply of consumer goods by legalizing

individual practice of trades such as cobbling, cabinetmaking, carpentry,

dressmaking, hairdressing, laundering, locksmithing,

photography, plumbing, tailoring, and upholstery ndash; it slightly

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1 The State also set up Torgsin stores that sold scarce goods in exchange for foreign currency, gold, silver and

other valuables. The purpose of these stores was to expand Soviet hard currency reserves so that the

country could import more equipment for the industrialization

drive. Since these goods were scare, consumers viewed them as treasure

and selling them was a huge sacrifice. Prices were kept low to

entice people to participate in the Torgsin stores. These stores ran from

1930 to 1936.



1 From 1929, the State ran commercial stores that functioned outside the rationing system. Goods were sold for higher prices than in the closed

distribution stores, two to four times as much. The goods sold were

regarded as higher quality than goods sold by the closed distribution

stores.



1 At the end of 1933, the first department store, called the Central Department Store, opened in Moscow. It ran until the fall of the

Soviet Union in 1991 as part of the commercial store network. The end of the

first rationing period and the abolition of the closed distribution system in 1935 caused

the commercial store network to expand. In January 1935, there were five department

stores open in the USSR. A year later, fifteen more department stores had opened.


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - Foreign influence

1 The import of foreign goods was extremely limited during the 1930s.

The official slogan was There is much to be learned from the example of

the advanced capitalist countries in the field of consumer goods. Small

amounts of foreign goods were imported, studied, and then copied.

These Soviet versions of foreign consumer goods were distributed

through consumption channels. The State did not directly import large

quantities of consumer goods.


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - Foreign influence

1 During the Soviet-Nazi pact period (1939ndash;41) the Soviet citizens' primary interaction with the outside world was with the newly occupied borderlands of Finland, the Baltic States, Bessarabia, and Poland


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - Consumers goods in the 1980s

1 From the planners' viewpoint, it was necessary to balance the output of consumer goods and services with

the population's income.



1 Soviet planners fought a constant battle for the consumer goods

balance throughout the Soviet era. After World War II, they kept wages under better control, and increased the output of consumer goods. By

the end of the Soviet era, however, they were plagued by what they perceived as a substantial and

growing monetary overhang, which took the form of supply shortages.



1 After the industrial stagnation in the 1970s and early 1980s (see Economy

of the Soviet Union#Economic development|Soviet economic

development), planners expected that consumer industries would

assume a more prominent role in Soviet production beginning with the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (Soviet Union)|

Twelfth Five-Year Planhttps://store.theartofservice.com/the-consumer-goods-toolkit.html

Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - The processes and goals of consumer production

1 Therefore, the Twelfth Five-Year Plan called for a 5.4% rise in nonfood

consumer goods and a 5.4% to 7% rise in consumer services


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - The processes and goals of consumer production

1 Consumer goods targeted included radios, televisions, sewing machines,

washing machines, refrigerators, paper, and knitting|knitwear


Consumer goods in the Soviet Union - Consumer supply in the 1980s

1 In the 1980s shortages continued in basic consumer items, even in major

population centers. Such goods occasionally Rationing in the Soviet Union|were rationed in major cities

well into the 1980s. Besides the built-in shortages caused by planning priorities, shoddy production of consumer goods limited actual

supply. Poor work practices such as shturmovshchina were partly to

blame for quality problems.



1 Analyzing shortages in Soviet Union showed very uneven distribution among the

population



1 While it was often possible to buy meat, milk and most kinds of

produce on farmers markets (), the prices there were typically two to

four times higher than in state stores and the availability was highly

seasonal.



1 During the 1980s, the wide availability of consumer electronics

products in the West demonstrated a new phase of the Soviet Union's inability to compete, especially because Soviet consumers were

becoming more aware of what they were missing



1 Non-rationed foods and non-food consumer goods had virtually disappeared from state

owned stores


Fast-moving consumer goods

1 'Fast-moving consumer goods' ('FMCG') or 'consumer packaged

goods' ('CPG') are products that are sold quickly and at relatively low cost


List of companies of South Africa - Consumer goods

1 * Union Carriage Wagon


Counterfeiting - Counterfeiting of consumer goods

1 Most counterfeit goods are produced and manufactured in China, making it the counterfeit capital of the world


Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis - Consumer goods

1 *Société l'Accumulateur Tunisien



1 *Société Générale Industrielle de Filtration



1 *Société Tunisienne des Industries de Pneumatiques


Blister pack - Consumer goods

1 Other types of blister packs consist of carded packaging where goods

such as toys, hardware, and electrical items are contained

between a specially made paperboard card and clear pre-formed plastic such as Polyvinyl

chloride|PVC


Marc Newson - Consumer goods

1 * Lockheed Lounge (designed in 1986 shortly after he graduated from

school and one of the items that established Newson as a designer)



1 * Furniture for Cappellini



1 * A Magnum Presentation Set for Dom Pérignon (wine)|Dom Perignon in 2006Style and Spirits and 2010

Black Box


List of companies of Ireland - Consumer goods

1 * Cantrell and Cochrane CC - (Quoted on Irish Stock Exchange|ISE London Stock Exchange|

LSE)



1 * Condensed Milk Company of Ireland - ceased in 1974, subsumed into Kerry Group



1 * EDUN - fashion brand to encourage trade with Africa



1 * Fyffes - (Banana Importers) - (Quoted on Irish Stock Exchange|ISE London Stock

Exchange|LSE)



1 * Glanbia - (Quoted on Irish Stock Exchange|ISE London Stock Exchange|

LSE)



1 * Greencore - (Quoted on Irish Stock Exchange|ISE London Stock Exchange|LSE)



1 * Guinness - (Part of Diageo)



1 * Kerry Group - (Quoted on Irish Stock Exchange|

ISE)



1 * Tipperary Natural Mineral Water - Irish brand of mineral water, part of the Gleeson Group


Lists of Chinese companies - Consumer goods

1 * Aigo, consumer electronics



1 * Bolisi, hair care products



1 * Brilliance Auto (華晨中國汽車控股有限公司 ), automobiles



1 * BYD Auto, automobile, bus,

etc.



1 * Chang'an Automobile Group, state-owned

automotive



1 * Changhe, automobiles



1 * Chery|Chery Automobile, automobiles



1 * Dongfeng Motors, state-owned automotive



1 * First Automobile Works, state-owned

automotive



1 ** FAW Tianjin, automobiles



1 * Geely, automobiles



1 * Haier, consumer electronics



1 * Hangzhou Wahaha Group, beverages, based in Hangzhou (Zhejiang|Zhejiang province)



1 * Huiyuan Juice Group, privately owned juice and

beverage



1 * Jiangling Motors, automotive



1 * Little Sheep Group (小肥羊公司 ), restaurants, condiments



1 * Mengniu, dairy products, ice cream



1 * Nanjing Automobile, state-owned automotive



1 * Panda Electronics, consumer electronics



1 * Pearl River Piano Group, pianos



1 * SAIC Motor, automobiles



1 ** Shanghai GM, joint venture with General Motors Company



1 * Suzhou Synta Optical Technology, telescopes and other optical devices,

subsidiary of Synta Technology Corporation of Taiwan



1 * SVA Group, electronics



1 * TCL Corporation, consumer electronics



1 * Yahorng, home audio



1 * Yili Group, dairy and ice-cream



1 * ZX Auto (中兴汽车 ), automobiles


Energy policy of the European Union - Consumer goods

1 A further area of energy policy has been in the area of consumer goods, where European Union energy label|

energy labels were introduced to encourage consumers to purchase more energy-efficient appliances.


List of companies of the Netherlands - Consumer goods

1 * Douwe Egberts, formerly part of

Sara Lee Corporation|Sara

Leehttps://store.theartofservice.com/the-consumer-goods-toolkit.html


1 * Numico, now part of Groupe Danone



1 * Spyker Cars, automotive



1 * LandFighter, automotive



1 * Trust (electronics company)|Trust

Computer Products



1 * Unilever (Anglo-Dutch)


List of companies of Indonesia - Consumer goods

1 * Megatech (Indonesian company)|Megatech,

automotive


List of companies of Indonesia - Consumer goods

1 * Unilever Indonesia, food, personal care

products


List of companies of Costa Rica - Consumer goods

1 * Cacique Guaro, liqueur


List of companies of the Dominican Republic - Consumer goods

1 * Barceló (rum)|Barceló Export Import, distilled beverages


List of companies of the Dominican Republic - Consumer goods

1 * Bermúdez (rum)|J. Armando Bermúdez Co., distilled

beverages


List of companies of Madagascar - Consumer goods

1 * Karenjy, automotive


List of Austrian companies - Consumer goods

1 * Agrana, sugar, starch, fruit (fruit juice

concentrates fruit preparation)



1 * AKG Acoustics, professional audio,

headphones



1 * Augarten porcelain



1 * Kores (company)|Kores, school supplies



1 * ÖAF, automotive



1 * Swarovski, jewelry and optical instruments



1 * TushekSpigel Supercars, super

sport cars


List of companies of Mauritius - Consumer goods

1 * Phoenix Beverages, largest brewery in Mauritius


List of companies of New Zealand - Consumer goods

1 * Canterbury of New Zealand, sports clothing


List of companies of New Zealand - Consumer goods

1 * Fonterra|Fonterra Co-operative Group, dairy


List of Moroccan companies - Consumer goods

1 * Laraki, automotive


Manufactured goods - Specialty consumer goods

1 Specialty goods are unique in nature; these are unusual and luxurious items available in

the market


List of companies of Senegal - Consumer goods

1 * Gum arabic#Production|Compagnie Française du Sénégal, gum arabic producer from the colonial period


List of companies of Senegal - Consumer goods

1 * Agriculture in Senegal#Agricultural commodities|Grands moulins de Dakar, grain

miller


Counterfeit consumer goods

1 'Counterfeit consumer goods' ('knock-offs' in colloquial language)

are by legal definition goods infringing the rights of a trade mark holder by displaying a trade mark

which is either identical to a protected trade mark or by using an identification mark which cannot be distinguished in its essential aspects

from such trade mark, and which thereby infringes the rights of the

holder of the trade mark.



1 Both sponsored and independent news aggregators monitor ongoing

developments in counterfeit consumer goods.



1 The range of counterfeited consumer goods is immense



1 The spread of counterfeit goods has

become global in recent years



1 Revenues from the counterfeit market feed back into a variety of criminal organization|criminal and

terrorist organizations



1 The United States faces the most economic impact, being the world's largest consumer

nation



1 quote|Counterfeiters use the reputation of a trademark, which

brand manufacturers have built up on the basis of the quality of their products, to fool consumers about the true origin and quality of the

goods.|Germany|German Customs– Official Homepage



1 U.S


Counterfeit consumer goods - General description

1 According to the OECD, counterfeit products encompass all products

made to closely imitate the appearance of the product of another

as to mislead consumers


Counterfeit consumer goods - General description

1 Among the leading industries that have been seriously affected by

counterfeiting are software, music recordings, motion pictures, luxury

goods and fashion clothes, sportswear, perfumes, toys, aircraft

components, spare parts and car accessories, and pharmaceuticals.


Counterfeit consumer goods - Apparel and accessories

1 Counterfeit clothes, shoes, jewelry and handbags from designer brands

are made in varying quality; sometimes the intent is only to fool the gullible buyer who only looks at

the label and does not know what the real thing looks like, while others put some serious effort into mimicking

fashion details


Counterfeit consumer goods - Wine

1 In China, counterfeit high-end wines are a growing beverage industry segment, where fakes are sold to

Chinese consumers.Paull, John (2012) [http://oneco.biofach.de/en/news/?focus=883468aa-9837-4893-997e-

b1827725a578 China fakes Australian premium organic wine],

Organic News, 26 June



1 The problem is so widespread in China, the U.S



1 wine fraud|Counterfeit wine is also found in the West; it is primarily a problem for collectors of rare wine, especially of pre-World War II|WWII

French wines, as producers kept spotty records at the time


Counterfeit consumer goods - Media

1 Compact Discs, videotapes and DVDs, computer software and other media that are easily copied can be

counterfeited and sold through vendors at street markets, night

markets, mail order, and numerous Internet sources, including open

auction sites like eBay


Counterfeit consumer goods - Media

1 In August 2011, it was reported that at least 22 fake Apple computer stores were operating in parts of China, despite others having been shut down in the past by authorities at

other locations.[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20091248-501465.html?tag=mncol;lst;10 22

more fake Apple stores found in Kunming, China, says report], CBS News, August 11, 2011 The following month, also in China, it was discovered that the popular mobile

game Angry Birds, had been re-created into a theme park without permission from its Finnish copyright or trade mark owners.[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/16/scitech/main20107294.shtml China steals Angry Birds for theme

park], CBS News, September 16, 2011


Counterfeit consumer goods - Medication

1 According to the U.S



1 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describes

counterfeit drugs as those sold under a product name without proper

authorization:



1 :Counterfeiting can apply to both brand name and generic products, where the identity of the source is mislabeled in a way that suggests that it is the authentic approved

product. Counterfeit products may include products without the active ingredient, with an insufficient or excessive quantity of the active ingredient, with the wrong active

ingredient, or with fake packaging.[http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm169898.htm Counterfeit Drugs

Questions and Answers] FDA



1 Experts estimate that counterfeit medications kill at least 700,000

people a year, mostly in undeveloped countries.[http://www.policynetwork.net/health/media/fake-drugs-kill-over-

700000-people-every-year-new-report Counterfeit medicine killing

700000 people a year] According to The Economist, between 15%-30% of antibiotic drugs in Africa and South-

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1 The EU reported that as of 2005 India was by far the biggest supplier of fake drugs, accounting for 75 per

cent of the global cases of counterfeit medicine



1 In 2005, counterfeit pharmaceuticals affected less than one percent in

developed countries, such as the U.S


Counterfeit consumer goods - Food

1 Food fraud, the intentional adulteration of food with cheaper

ingredients for economic gain, is a well-documented crime that has

existed in the U.S. and Europe for many decades. It has only received

most attention in recent years as the fear of bioterrorism has increased. Numerous cases of intentional food

fraud have been discovered over the last few years:



1 * In 2008, U.S. consumers were panicked and a media firestorm ensued when Chinese milk was

discovered to have been adulterated with the chemical melamine, to make milk appear to have a higher protein content. It caused 900 infants to be

hospitalized with six deaths.



1 * In 2007, the University of North Carolina found that 77 percent of fish

labeled as red snapper (fish)|red snapper was actually tilapia, a

common and less flavorful species



1 * French Cognac (brandy)|cognac was discovered to have been

adulterated with brandy, and their honey was mixed with cheaper

sugars, such as high-fructose corn syrup.



1 * In 2008, U.S



1 However, in the U.S., where the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the

primary regulatory body for food safety and enforcement, they admit

that the sheer magnitude of the potential crime makes prevention

difficult, along with the fact that food safety is not treated as a high

priority. They note that with more than 300 ports of entry through

which 13 percent of America's food supply passes, the FDA is only able to inspect about 2 percent of that

food.



1 Food counterfeiting and piracy is a serious threat in Europe, especially for countries with a high number of trademark products such as Italy


Counterfeit consumer goods - Cigarettes

1 British undercover detectives have found that counterfeited cigarettes

frequently contain human excrement, asbestos, mold and dead

flies.


Counterfeit consumer goods - Cigarettes

1 With the sales of illicit cigarettes in Turkey exceeding 16.2 billion

cigarettes per year, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan labeled counterfeit

tobacco as more dangerous than terrorism.


Counterfeit consumer goods - Corporations

1 There has been at least one instance of an entire fake parallel

manufacturing / distributing / retail system


Counterfeit consumer goods - Prisons

1 In China, an underground factory disguised as a prison which produced counterfeit cigarettes was uncovered by police in Sichuan.Xinhua News, 28

January 2004


Counterfeit consumer goods - Military items

1 According to a U.S


Counterfeit consumer goods - U.S.

1 On November 29, 2010, the U.S



1 Some U.S



1 During a counterfeit bust in New York in 2007, federal police seized $200

million in fake designer clothing, shoes, and accessories from one of

the largest-ever counterfeit smuggling rings



1 For trade mark owners wishing to identify and prevent the importation of counterfeit goods,

the U.S



1 From 2010 – 2012, the international organization Oceana (non-profit group)|Oceana had studied more

than 1,200 samples of seafood from various retailers nationwide


Counterfeit consumer goods - Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

1 In October 2011, a bill was introduced entitled Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)


Counterfeit consumer goods - International

1 On October 1, 2011, the governments of eight nations

including Japan and the United States signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which is designed to help protect intellectual property rights, especially costly copyright

and trade mark theft


Counterfeit consumer goods - International

1 Countries like Nigeria fight brand piracy on a national level but the

penalties are dwarfed by the earnings outlook for counterfeiters: As grievous as this crime is, which is even worse than armed robbery, the penalty is like a slap on the palm, the most ridiculous of which is a fine of

50,000 naira ($307)


Counterfeit consumer goods - Internet Shopping Sites

1 Major internet shopping sites, such as Amazon.com, ebay.com, and Alibaba.com, provide complaint

pages where listings of counterfeit goods can be reported. The reporter

must show that it owns the intellectual property (e.g. trademark, patent, copyright) being presented

on the counterfeit listings. The shopping site will then do an internal investigation and if it agrees, it will take the counterfeit listing down.


Counterfeit consumer goods - Anti-counterfeiting packaging

1 Counterfeit consumer goods, unauthorized sales (diversion),

material substitution and tampering can all be reduced with these anti-

counterfeiting technologies



1 *Taggant fingerprinting - uniquely coded microscopic materials that are verified from a

database



1 *Encrypted micro-particles - unpredictably placed markings

(numbers, layers and colors) not visible to the human eye



1 *Holograms - graphics printed on seals, patches, foils or labels and

used at point of sale for visual verification



1 *Micro-printing - second line

authentication often used on currencies



1 *UV printing - marks only visible under UV light



1 *Track and trace systems - use codes to link products to database tracking system



1 *Color shifting ink or film - visible marks that switch colors or texture when tilted



1 *Tamper evident seals and tapes - destructible or graphically verifiable at point

of sale


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