By John Glenday

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has weighed into the debate over counterfeit goods after finding that far from being inferior to genuine products, clones are actually in many instances superior.

The findings centred on fake goods being sold on the Alibaba trading platform as factory bosses cut out the middleman to sell their wares direct to the public.

In many cases western firms use Chinese factories to produce their products with Ma pointing out that it is these ‘exact same’ factories and raw materials which churn out copies, even if they do not use brand names.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said: “The problem is Read full story ›

Source: The Drum