Retail
June 9, 2023
In 2020, StockX opened an authentication center in Hong Kong and launched localized operations in mainland China. Image credit: Shutterstock
By Amirah Keaton
New metrics from a popular marketplace for secondhand luxury goods reveal the true extent of the industry’s issue with fakes.
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