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Fake Apple store spied in China

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

July 21, 2011 | 2 min read

A doppelganger Apple store, complete with blue t-shirted assistants, has been spotted in China by an attentive blogger in Kunming, China.

Replete with winding staircase, Apple logo’s and Apple-a-like products the convincing fake was only spotted due to poorly painted walls and a flimsily put together staircase.

BirdAbroad wrote: “This was a total Apple store ripoff. A beautiful ripoff – a brilliant one – the best rip off store we had ever seen (and we see them every day).”

Counterfeit goods are a massive issue in China with plagiarised goods and brands springing up with abandon, Kunming alone boasts another two fraudulent stores just around the corner.

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