Just when you thought that China was out of new ideas in the the “faking” department, something more elaborate and larger than any fake iPhone has caught the attention of many.

Meet the fake Apple store:

The Apple iPhone and iPad have become a major hit in the Chinese market. Many businessmen were quick to capitalize on such trend. One decided Instead of just selling fake Apple products, to fake the entire Apple store.

The stores are located in Kunming and from a distance, look just like one of Apple’s iconic full-service retail stores. Featuring a glass exterior, pale wood display tables, a winding staircase and giant posters displaying Apple products, and a neatly organized accessories wall. Even the employees wear the blue shirts and Apple-emblazoned name tags similar to those worn by Apple Store employees in China.

Since the story broke out, 2 of the 5 fake stores in Kunming have closed. Some netizens have reported that the stores were selling genuine apple products. However, the stores cannot be found on Apple’s list of authorized retailers.

China has only four authorized Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai, although the electronics firm has labeled China a “key market”. In contrast, it has 236 stores in the United States.

Given the insanely strong demand for the iPhone and iPad in China and the extremely large population in China, it would be wise to increase production and the number of stores. Far worse than these fake Apple stores in China are the scalpers that make Apple products constantly unavailable and Apple’s inability to properly deal with the matter.

Source: WSJ and chinadaily

odidos

The official flagship store of the fake brand…


At least this bottle looks obviously fake, otherwise, the perfume inside would be very hard to differentiate.

LOKASTA

PenesamiG

Actually, for fake batteries, these look pretty “original”.

Some things will never happen, like the collaboration between Adidas and Nike. The good thing about producing fake goods is that they you can be as “creative” as you want.

Check out these Adidas sandals with Nike Air cushioning:

adidas AIR sandals

KLG

Let me guess…Kentucky Lickin’ Good?


FTZA

There’s really nothing that is not copied in China. From high-end luxury brands like Burberry to cheap pirated DVDs, nothing really is not copied in some form or another.

But Fila? Does anyone still remember what it is?

I thought the point of copying something was to benefit from the brand recognition. I don’t remember seeing any Fila shops last time I visited China…

Because they want to control your thinking…

Like

Here’s a good motto: “Just buy it, god damn it.”

Lexus doesn’t sell bicycles, at least not at the moment the last time I checked, but if they do, it would look nothing like this…

Lexus Bike

Cnovesre

Switching the letters of a brand name to avoid copyright issues seems pretty clever; until you end up with something that is incomprehensible and very hard to pronounce.

I never understand why the Chinese copycats bother to change the brand name but copy the design 100%. Is there a law in China that allows pirated goods as long as the brand name is different?

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