The World’s Most Lucrative Business Markets

by Drea Knufken May 26, 2010, 9:00 am 54.4k Views

Counterfeits

Counterfeiting continues to burgeon, especially with regards to technology and drugs. Check out these Havocscope market size numbers:

• Counterfeit technology products: $100 billion
• Counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs: $75 billion
• Web video piracy: $60 billion
• Software piracy: $51.4 billion
• Movie piracy: $18.2 billion
• Counterfeit auto parts: $16 billion

The list above doesn’t include other lucrative counterfeit markets like clothing, shoes, and pirated music. Or fake medical devices, which make up a $7 billion market. Even more scarily, counterfeit airline parts are a $2 billion market. Cheapness, it seems, has no rational limits.

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Written by Drea Knufken

Currently, I create and execute content- and PR strategies for clients, including thought leadership and messaging. I also ghostwrite and produce press releases, white papers, case studies and other collateral.