Louis Vuitton is one of the luxury brands that has the most replicated fake products. Tired of breaking records in copies and counterfeits, in March 2021 they decided to start remedying it by incorporating a new authenticity microchip inside the bags.
The French luxury bag and accessories brand, created in 1854, has decided to innovate and confront the illegal counterfeits that deceive many people who believe they are buying an original bag when in reality it is not. The leading brand in the luxury accessories sector has chosen RFID microchips to put an end to fake bags.
Here we explain how the new Louis Vuitton microchips work.
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) microchips are tiny electronic devices that can be scanned using a mobile application that Louis Vuitton store workers have. The new chips in the bags will gradually eliminate the authenticity certificates, just as the manufacturing code inside the bag will be eliminated.
It is only necessary to scan the chip to check if your bag is original or fake. The downside? Only Louis Vuitton employees can perform this management, and they only do it with the bags they sell in their own stores.
This chip contains all the manufacturing and distribution data of the product, such as:
Obviously, the information provided by the microchip is what determines if the Louis Vuitton bag is original or not, but since not all bags of the brand have these chips, other factors must also be taken into account to determine the authenticity of a product, such as those indicated below:
Another way to know that you have an original brand bag is by going to professionals in the sector who can analyze it and offer you an authentic and reliable verdict. At Keway Bags we are experts in luxury bags. That's right, we know how to determine if products from these luxury brands are fake or authentic. Do you need to sell a luxury bag? Bring your luxury bag to a team of professionals and make sure of the authenticity of your product, it will give you more confidence.
Louis Vuitton is not the first luxury brand to include RFID chips inside their bags to put an end to the counterfeiting of their products, there are other brands that have also made this great decision, including Montcler, who have been introducing these chips in their jackets since 2016 to face the counterfeiting of their products.
The famous shoe brand Ferragamo has been using microchips embedded in the sole of their footwear to prevent counterfeiting since 2014.
In short, by observing the decisions that the major brands are making to put an end to counterfeiting, it is very likely that most luxury brands will join this option and start incorporating microchips in all luxury bags.
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