Factory surplus are easily detectable from the genuine article…unfortunately the loss of revenue caused certainly isn't!  

Typically an unprincipled manufacturer under contract can make more production by carefully utilizing the material received from the brand company. This excess product then floods the market at a discounted price, thus damaging the company’s brand image.

If you suspect surplus or composite production, GPM market know-how and business penetration agreements can assist you to identify the culprit and gather evidence against them.

What would you prefer; to gauge the competition to the product you have launched or to spend time in establishing the extent of counterfeits in the market where your products are sold?

GPM carries out product and market surveys to ascertain the extent to which a Client may have a problem in a particular area.

Utilizing specialist business check and capacity gauging techniques, plus our market intelligence sources, GPM will assess and evaluate a market, identifying counterfeiting 'hotspots' within a specified city or area. We will then carry out an audit of various distribution mediums; sales, markets, discount retailers, wholesalers and importers, etc.

The end result is a handbook of information including test purchases, photographic and documentary evidence to support your subsequent actions, up to and including litigations.