Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Famously fake Chinese Apple store gets rebranded

Famously fake Chinese Apple store gets rebranded The fake, lookalike Apple store in Kunming, China, has renamed itself through a crackdown by local officials.

Chinese-language news site Shxb.net (Google translation) has posted news and photos of your store, which sparked international interest upon a article that chronicled its resemblance to Apple's own stores. Gone might be the "Apple Store" name with the top, contains instead been changed to "Smart Store." Another report by blog MIC Gadget depicts a picture belonging to the renamed cute Nexus 4 case store together case for nexus 4 with the Apple logo intact, don't mind the occasional name change.

Despite the outdoors changes, photos hint where the in the store, with their familiar wooden tables and Apple-like signage, remains unchanged.

The high-profile unearthing of the shop in Kunming last month brought about the closure of two stores in your community. A Reuters story days later noted which your same investigation also found five stores in the market to always be case for nexus 4 selling Apple-made hardware which was bought in third-party authorized resellers. Local officials later added 22 more unauthorized Apple retailers specific list, as well as a forced removal Apple branding and then any references for being an authorized reseller. An identical cover-up effort began earlier this year in Beijing.

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