The most recent fake store in Kunming, China was stumbled upon by a 27-year-old American blogger living in the city, the capital of China’s mountainous southwestern Yunnan province, complete with the white Apple logo, wooden tables and cheery staff claiming they work for the iPhone maker, while the Chinese government has launched an investigation into fake Apple stores that have popped up around the southwestern city of Kunming.
The store looked every bit like Apple Stores found all over the world, according to the blogger, who goes by the name “BirdAbroad.” Yet, Apple has no stores in Kunming and only 13 authorized resellers in the city, who are not allowed to call themselves Apple Stores or claim to work for Apple.
But as that blog post gained international attention, the Chinese authorities got involved.
The Associated Press reports that Chinese authorities found five fake Apple stores in Kunming and shut down two of them. The AP adds:
“Officials couldn’t do anything about the other three stores — which prominently displayed Apple signs and logos — because they did not find any fake Apple products for sale, according to a report by a local newspaper posted on the Kunming city government’s website. After the blog appeared on Wednesday, the Kunming Trade and Industry Bureau inspected more than 300 electronics stores in Kunming…”
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