In a Retailer's Crisis, Hunting for the Real Knockoff

Four Italian businessmen with hardened expressions anxiously waved passports and passed out name cards at a meeting in Beijing while pleading with reporters to believe their story – and not China Central Television.

They were successful, high-end furniture company executives – Stefano Vagelli, president of Riva; Tino Cappelletti, CEO of Cappelletti; Antonio Munafo, CEO of Jumbo; and Luca Baldi, chairman of Baldi – who had arranged the meeting in November with Caixin reporters.