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Astrid Mitchell

25 April 2022

3 min read

Waste Not, Want Not

You may have noticed that, in the last few issues since the launch of the newly-branded Authentication & Brand News™, there has been something of an emphasis on sustainability. For companies in our sector (indeed, companies in any sector), sustainability, particularly in the environmental sense, is no longer a ‘nice to have’ – it’s a ‘must have’.

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Francis Tuffy

1 March 2022

4 min read

Why Brand Protection is Important

Last month’s relaunch of Authentication & Brand News™ comes, ‘at a time when it is more important than ever for brand owners to safeguard their intellectual property’. This is undoubtedly true, with the effects of COVID-19 making it easier than ever for counterfeiters and fraudsters to abuse intellectual and other corporate property.

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Nicola Sudan

20 Dec. 2021

7 min read

2021 – A Year in Headlines

A review of this year's headlines.

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Nicola Sudan

20 Dec. 2021

7 min read

2021 – A Year in Review

No review of 2021 would be complete without mention of the COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic effect it has had on almost everything – including illicit trade.

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Nicola Sudan

30 March 2021

3 min read

Confusion Reigns Over Difference Between Authentication Labels and Tax Stamps

An ongoing issue of concern to the tax stamp world has recently resurfaced. It refers to the use of the term ‘tax stamp’ to describe security features that have nothing to do with tax collection.

Editorials Free Free

Nicola Sudan

23 Dec. 2020

5 min read

Headlines of 2020

A review of this year's headlines.

Editorials

Nicola Sudan

17 Dec. 2020

6 min read

2020 – A Tumultuous Year in Review

Phew! What a year 2020 was! A year which had a profound, and mostly adverse effect on almost all countries and industry sectors – including those sectors concerned with excise administration and controlling the illicit trade of excise products.

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Ian Lancaster

30 Nov. 2019

6 min read

Human and/or Digital Interrogation of Tax Stamps

An intriguing and important discussion regarding the relative role of human senses and digital methods in authentication has been sparked by two contrasting presentations at the recent Tax Stamp Forum™. Ian Lancaster, who presented one of those papers, here describes the contrasting presentations and the follow-up discussion.

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Waste Not, Want Not

Why Brand Protection is Important

2021 – A Year in Headlines

2021 – A Year in Review

Confusion Reigns Over Difference Between Authentication Labels and Tax Stamps

Headlines of 2020

2020 – A Tumultuous Year in Review

Human and/or Digital Interrogation of Tax Stamps

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