Duplicate Brand of Fogg hits real Entrepreneur

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Duplicate Brand of Fogg hits real Entrepreneur

January 10: The duplicate copies of cosmetic brands in the market have hit the real entrepreneurs hard. Fogg – a product of Vini Cosmetics of India – has said that the duplicate products have not only hampered its business but also risked the safety of its customers. Importer of the product has urged the concerned authorities to solve this issue at the earliest.

Anup Agrawal, operator of  Access Nepal Trade Link – the authorized distributor of Vini Cosmetics for Nepal – has requested the concerned government bodies to control the illegal business of duplicate brands as soon as possible.

Agrawal has sent letters to the Department of Customs (DoC), Department of Industry (DoI), Nepal Police, among other government institutions requesting the authorities to curb the illegal business. He has sent the letter with samples of the duplicate copies of Fogg, which are available in the market.

Agrawal argued that his company has registered patent with the government authorities and therefore the import of duplicate brands must be banned.

It has been found that the traders have been making more profit from the sale of duplicate brands than the original one. Earlier, police had raided shops that were selling duplicate brands to the consumers. The authorized distributor claims that the sale of duplicate brands has increased by more than double in the last six months.

Fogg has been selling more than 75 different cosmetic products in the Nepali market. Of late, duplicate products of Fogg manufactured in China is being sold in the Nepali market, according to Access Nepal Trade Link.

“Chinese made duplicate products of low quality are being imported to Nepal. This has not just affected our business but also risked the safety of consumers,” claimed Agrawal.

 

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