Update, 7/22/11: China’s Fake Apple Store Sparks Customer Ire; Staff Remains Defiant
Submitted by W.J. Elvin III: Love it that maybe the employees don’t even know they’re not working for Apple…
China’s Fake Apple Stores Mimic Real Thing–Down To Product Displays
by Steven Hoffer
The Huffington Post
July 20, 2011
The following is perhaps the greatest Chinese knock-off of all time.
A blogger living the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, in Yunnan province has discovered bit-for-bit rip-offs of the iconic and well-branded Apple retail stores.
The BirdAbroad blog describes a store housing display cases filled with what appear to be Apple products, that unmistakable Apple Store design, “classic Apple store winding staircase” and even Apple “employees” wearing blue t-shirts ready to assist customers with all of their Apple troubleshooting needs.
But, of course, there’s more to this store than meets the eye. Bird writes, “this was a total Apple store ripoff. A beautiful ripoff – a brilliant one – the best ripoff store we had ever seen (and we see them every day). Continue reading “Chinese Take-Out? Make That Fake-Out”
