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Michael Jackson retail ripoff
Broadcast Date: July 9, 1984
His image is everywhere — T-shirts, sweatshirts, buttons, posters and more. Michael Jackson's popularity in Canada is at an all time high. So too is the brisk trade in bootleg MJ merchandise — by some accounts, more than a million dollars a week in unlicensed retail goods. As we see in this 1984 clip from CBC-TV's The National, the King of Pop is sending in foot soldiers to retake his retail empire.
Michael Jackson retail ripoff
• When Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, his CDs and merchandise immediately flew off the shelves, and his music shot to the top of the charts on Amazon.com and iTunes. Once again, local stores and online retailers quickly cashed in with unauthorized Jackson T-shirts and other merchandise.Michael Jackson retail ripoff
Medium: Television
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: July 9, 1984
Guest(s): Ian Tod
Host: Knowlton Nash
Reporter: Claude Adams
Duration: 2:09
Last updated:
June 26, 2009
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Last updated: June 26, 2009.
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