Replica - A permanent Damage to Brand – Part 1

Definition: Replica is a duplicate, copy of original but not original. In business & trade, replica is a duplicate of original copyrighted brand; normally produced by small & medium sized enterprises (SME’s). China is known to be a country of largest replica manufacturers.

Branded Products
It takes years and plenty of efforts to build a brand. Numerous brands appeared in last century throughout the world. Each brand with its own characteristics is unique on its own. Through understanding of human psychology, companies have succeeded in associating quality attributes with their products which is the essence of all brands. We normally not inspect every time we buy a branded product because we know beforehand what we are going to buy.

Why is Replica Industry growing?
Small and medium sized enterprises mostly in China are producing replicas; helping environment to be contaminated by low quality replica products in our everyday life. Some buyers due to lack of knowledge buy replica products and some deliberately buy them as they are darn cheaper than the original/branded products.

So far I haven’t seen many happy faces especially in electronics industry. Apparel and fashion replicas might have a little better score. Since everyone doesn’t have access to original brands, replica products are quite famous in developing countries as they are scarcely available in open markets.

Famous Replica Brands

Famous products in replica industry are replica shoes, replica watches, replica clothes and replica electronics products. These products are easily available on internet on nearly all famous b2b websites.

B2B Directories are a major source for Replica Products

The most effective channel for promoting replica products is through online b2b directories. Since it is not easy to sell replica products due to restrictions, they pay handsome amount to online b2b directories that promote these products on their websites. Not only this they assign trust points and give them prominent listings on their relevant products display pages for better exposure and inquiries. Replica products manufacturers can be easily found on famous b2b directories including Alibaba, Made-in-China, Tradekey, ECPlaza, EC21 and GlobalSources.

Top Replica Industries - Replica - A permanent Damage to Brand - Part 2

Top Replica Industries - Replica - A permanent Damage to Brand - Part 2

Replica products are quite common and easily available in following industries for the famous brands. The top shoes brands include Gucci, Nike, Puma, Timberland, UGG, Adidas, Bape, Prada, Channel and Armani.

Apparel brands replicas include Lacoste, Appolo, Levis Strauss, Bape, Gucci, Nike, Puma, Timberland, Boots, Adidas, Evisu, Red Monkey, True Religion, A&F, D&G, Hollister, Channel, Armani, Aero Boustal, Ice Cream, LRG (Lifted Research Group), Akademics, Echo, Ed Hardy, Zara, Juicy Coutui, Christine Dior and Tomy.

Fashion brands includes swatch watches, Rado watches, Rolex watches, Swiss watches, Gucci bags, Chi-Hua-Hua handbags, Prada handbags, Channel handbags, Louis Vuiddun handbags, Couch handbags, Fendy handbags, Shole handbags, Miu-Miu handbags, Mulbarry, Christine Dior handbags and D&G handbags are common. While other replica fashion products easily available in China includes jewelry, perfumes, leather bags, leather wallets and leather belts.

Electronics brands includes Nokia phones, Apple iphone, Samsung mobile phones, Motorolla phones, Sony Ericson phones, Apple ipods, Nintendo wii, Sony Playstation, Sony PSP, Gameboy, Panasonic phones, Sanyo cordless, CD players, DVD players, Stereos, LCD, Television and computer systems.

Despite these brands there are several other replica of famous brands available in different industries including furniture, home supplies, home appliances, kitchen appliances and automobile industries. Infact show your desired product to some Chinese manufacturer and get same product in return. Product quality is normally referred to as “Class”. The class mainly depends on your budget.