SmartCompany – The copycat craze is putting small artists and designers out of business

As 2024 shapes up to be another crunch year for small businesses, more artists and designers than ever are being pushed to the brink by these ruthless operators.

While small businesses bear all the risk of bringing their ideas to fruition, doing the hard work of marketing and selling them, opportunistic retailers are all too happy to snatch the profits out of their hands.

We need to protect Australian small business owners or they will eventually die off.