Of late, the FMCG sector has been suffering from the problem of counterfeiting. As per a report by FICCI CASCADE around 35% of FMCG items are fake. The study also reveals that around 80% of consumers believe that they are buying genuine goods.
The growth of fake goods in the FMCG sector has had an impact on both consumers and producers. While the manufacturers suffer from a tarnished brand image and low sales the consumer is at the risk of losing money and a bad impact on his or her health. He also says that unscrupulous manufacturers are also detrimental to the national economy.
Counterfeiters also repackage fake goods to make them visually similar to the genuine ones. It has been seen that old plastic water bottles are being repackaged and sold in the market, the same is the case with many other goods. Such deceptive duplication leads to a loss of consumers and brand owners as well.
In India, a large number of the population settled in rural parts of the country suffer from rampant counterfeiting of FMCG goods. With a little check of authorities and poor regulation and manufacturing guidelines counterfeiting is easily slipping in the pockets of the common man.
Advancements in technology and easy procurement of the same have made it possible for counterfeiters to establish little backyard factories and hubs for the manufacturing of duplicate items. It has also been observed that counterfeiters are making fake labels and packaging to dupe consumers. In the year 2014-2015 sale of FMCG, tobacco and alcoholic beverages constituted 65 percent of the total sales.
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