“It is too precious to be wasted!” Counterfeit branded fashion goods for everyday consumption

Due to the plethora of counterfeit goods in the physical and virtual marketplace, the plummeting demand for genuine fashion goods led to social and economic problems in the fashion goods industry. These dark markets pose the most critical challenge for luxury brand manufacturers in discouraging cons...

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Main Authors: Rosely, Nurhidayah, Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina, Hashim, Haslinda
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29938/1/UUM%20IQRC%202022_95_104.pdf
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author Rosely, Nurhidayah
Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina
Hashim, Haslinda
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description Due to the plethora of counterfeit goods in the physical and virtual marketplace, the plummeting demand for genuine fashion goods led to social and economic problems in the fashion goods industry. These dark markets pose the most critical challenge for luxury brand manufacturers in discouraging consumers from participating in counterfeiting activities. Based on a hermeneutic phenomenology study, this research attempted to examine an exhaustive and contextualized account of 12 consumers consumption experiences on the purchase of counterfeit branded fashion goods through in-depth interviews. The data were analysed using thematic analysis, and two themes emerged from this study; special occasions and prized collection. It validated that consumer refused to detach from the brand and purchased counterfeit branded fashion goods due to the intense attachment with the desired brand. It enables them to connect to the brand daily, which echoed profane consumption. The data confirmed how consumers treat the original branded fashion goods as sacred objects, even though the value should be preserved, and their involvement in counterfeit consumption was merely to protect those original branded fashion goods. This analysis adds knowledge to counterfeit branded fashion goods and consumer behaviour as the emerging themes depicted the actual experiences captured from the consumers who continuously involved in counterfeit consumption practice.
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spelling uum-299382023-11-15T10:10:39Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29938/ “It is too precious to be wasted!” Counterfeit branded fashion goods for everyday consumption Rosely, Nurhidayah Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina Hashim, Haslinda HF Commerce Due to the plethora of counterfeit goods in the physical and virtual marketplace, the plummeting demand for genuine fashion goods led to social and economic problems in the fashion goods industry. These dark markets pose the most critical challenge for luxury brand manufacturers in discouraging consumers from participating in counterfeiting activities. Based on a hermeneutic phenomenology study, this research attempted to examine an exhaustive and contextualized account of 12 consumers consumption experiences on the purchase of counterfeit branded fashion goods through in-depth interviews. The data were analysed using thematic analysis, and two themes emerged from this study; special occasions and prized collection. It validated that consumer refused to detach from the brand and purchased counterfeit branded fashion goods due to the intense attachment with the desired brand. It enables them to connect to the brand daily, which echoed profane consumption. The data confirmed how consumers treat the original branded fashion goods as sacred objects, even though the value should be preserved, and their involvement in counterfeit consumption was merely to protect those original branded fashion goods. This analysis adds knowledge to counterfeit branded fashion goods and consumer behaviour as the emerging themes depicted the actual experiences captured from the consumers who continuously involved in counterfeit consumption practice. 2022 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29938/1/UUM%20IQRC%202022_95_104.pdf Rosely, Nurhidayah and Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina and Hashim, Haslinda (2022) “It is too precious to be wasted!” Counterfeit branded fashion goods for everyday consumption. In: UUM International Qualitative Research Conference (QRC), 28 - 30 November 2022, Virtual Conference.
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