China’s fake Apple Stores become Smart Stores

China may have rather lax enforcement of copyright and trademarks, but Apple’s managed to get the authorities of the Chinese city of Kunming to go after the fake Apple Stores that have made tech headlines lately.
Authorities have ordered the fake Apple Stores to abandon the use of Apple’s trademarks, now calling themselves the Smart Store. Perhaps the name of the store comes from its “genius” staff… or maybe they should call them Brainiacs, or something.
MIC Gadget has more pictures from these newly rebranded stores. The layout concept and internal look still borrow liberally from Apple, but at least now it’s not paraded as a corporate store. All the goods sold are believed to be legitimate products.











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