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TrueBrand

Brand authentication at every touchpoint

TrueBrand assigns cryptographically secured digital identities to physical products — making every item uniquely verifiable from factory to consumer and making counterfeiting economically unviable at scale.

The Challenge

Counterfeiting costs global brands over $500 billion annually. Products enter grey markets, reach consumers unverified, and undermine years of brand equity — with no way to know where, when, or how the breach occurred.

What TrueBrand does

Core capabilities built for enterprise-grade deployments.

  • Serialised digital identities

    Every product unit receives a unique cryptographic identity bound at manufacture — unforgeable and traceable across every downstream touchpoint.

  • Consumer scan verification

    Consumers verify authenticity instantly via smartphone scan — no app required. Counterfeit alerts and legitimate scan records are captured in real time.

  • Diversion & grey market detection

    Geographic scan anomalies surface diversion routes and parallel imports — identifying which distributors are breaching exclusivity agreements.

  • Immutable chain of custody

    Every transfer event — from factory, to distributor, to retailer — is recorded immutably, giving brand owners full provenance at every node.

  • Brand intelligence dashboard

    Real-time heatmaps of scan activity, counterfeit attempt rates, geographic penetration, and consumer engagement — all in one operational view.

  • Retailer & distributor accountability

    Scan-based acceptance events bind distributors and retailers to verified custody — creating accountability at every handoff.

See it in action

TrueBrand for Printing Companies

See how TrueBrand integrates directly into printing and packaging workflows — serialising products at source and enabling immediate downstream verification.

Official overview

Official Trailio product demonstration

Every scan tells a story. Trailio reads them all.

TrueBrand captures every scan event across the product journey — from factory to consumer — detecting grey market activity, diversion, and counterfeit attempts in real time.

Example workflow — illustrative demonstration preview

Origin Milan, Italy
Product serialised at manufacture
Production line — Batch #LX-2024-0391
✓ Verified Frankfurt, Germany
Distributor acceptance scan
Regional distributor — Authorised
✓ Verified London, UK
Retailer goods-in scan
Authorised retail partner
⚠ Alert Dubai, UAE
⚠ Consumer scan — geographic anomaly
Consumer via smartphone — same item scanned in London 6h prior
⚠ Alert Trailio Intelligence Platform
Diversion alert triggered
System — Distributor exclusivity breach detected

Global scan activity. Real-time intelligence.

TrueBrand aggregates scan events from every touchpoint across your distribution network — surfacing suspicious patterns, geographic anomalies, and counterfeit activity across 90+ markets.

Compliance and brand protection teams receive automated intelligence reports — not raw data — enabling targeted enforcement decisions and distributor accountability action.

Scan activity by region (30 days)

Western Europe
✓ Normal 21,480
Middle East
◆ Monitor 9,230
Southeast Asia
⚠ Elevated 7,841
North America
✓ Normal 6,302
Sub-Saharan Africa
⚠ Elevated 2,639
Brand Intelligence Console Live

Illustrative analytics — demonstration data

Products authenticated today
+12% 47,392
Consumer scan rate
+3.1% 92.4%
Diversion alerts (7 days)
3
Counterfeit attempts blocked
−61% 1,847
Unique scan geographies (30d)
38
Avg. time to diversion alert
−28% 4.2 min
Authentication Feed Live stream
AUTH-OK QR scan verified — Paris, FR 16:07:02
AUTH-OK QR scan verified — Munich, DE 16:07:18
WARN-DUP Duplicate scan — same serial — 3rd time today 16:07:41
AUTH-OK QR scan verified — London, UK 16:08:03
ALERT-GEO Geographic anomaly — item scanned in 2 regions simultaneously 16:08:22
AUTH-OK QR scan verified — Tokyo, JP 16:09:05

Brand protection

TrueBrand for Brand Owners

Discover how brand owners use TrueBrand's market intelligence, diversion detection, and consumer verification capabilities to protect brand equity and enforce distribution agreements.

Official overview

Official Trailio product demonstration

Brand threat intelligence

Suspicious activity — as it happens.

TrueBrand surfaces suspicious scan patterns, counterfeit attempts, and diversion events in real time — giving brand protection teams the intelligence to act before damage spreads.

Illustrative intelligence feed — demonstration data

Suspicious Scan Feed — Last 2 hours
DIVERSION 14:02:11
LX-2024-0391-#0047 · Dubai, UAE
Item last scanned London 6h ago — physical impossibility
COUNTERFEIT 14:18:44
LX-2024-0391-#0112 · Bangkok, Thailand
Serial not in product register — likely clone
DUPLICATE 14:31:07
LX-2024-0391-#0205 · Lagos, Nigeria
Scan attempt #7 today on same unit
GREY-MARKET 14:47:52
LX-2024-0391-#0331 · Guangzhou, China
Assigned Europe — scanned outside authorised territory
DIVERSION 15:02:19
LX-2024-0391-#0088 · Istanbul, Turkey
Route: FR → DE expected, appeared in TR
Active Counterfeit Cases
CTF-2024-1047 CRITICAL
Southeast Asia · Batch LX-2024-0391
204 units · Active investigation
CTF-2024-0891 HIGH
Sub-Saharan Africa · Batch LX-2023-1182
88 units · Distributor notified
CTF-2024-0744 RESOLVED
Eastern Europe · Batch LX-2024-0102
31 units · Resolved — seized
Authentication Indicators
Authenticity rate (30d) 99.97%
Avg. scans per product 4.2
Diversion events prevented 47
Markets monitored 38
Counterfeit batches blocked 8
Avg. alert response time 4.2 min

Know when products leave authorised channels

TrueBrand's geographic scan intelligence identifies when the same product unit appears in two different markets simultaneously — a clear signal of diversion, parallel import, or exclusivity breach.

Distributors who breach territorial agreements are identified within hours — not discovered months later during a manual audit.

  • Simultaneous multi-location scan detection
  • Distributor exclusivity monitoring
  • Consumer scan geographic heatmaps
  • Automated breach notification workflows
Diversion Event — Active Alert Alert

Illustrative event — demonstration data

Product serial
LX-2024-0391-#0047
Scan A — 14:24
London, UK
Authorised retail
Scan B — 14:30
Dubai, UAE
⚠ Grey market
DIVERSION ALERT — Auto-triggered
Item confirmed in London and Dubai within 6 hours — physical impossibility. Distributor exclusivity breach identified.

Measurable results

Illustrative benchmarks based on enterprise deployments.

94%

Reduction in counterfeit incidence within 12 months

3.2×

Increase in consumer trust scores

100%

Provenance visibility from factory to shelf

60%

Faster grey market incident identification

Illustrative analytics based on enterprise deployment benchmarks. Actual results vary by context.

Use cases

  • Anti-counterfeiting programmes
  • Grey market & diversion detection
  • Consumer trust & engagement
  • Retailer compliance monitoring
  • Regulatory authentication mandates

Ready to deploy TrueBrand?

Talk to our team and get a personalised demonstration for your organisation.