In Afghanistan, the shop found a fake Apple [Photo]

China - the birthplace of fakes. In the Middle Kingdom can be found counterfeit products under the brand name of almost any world producer. But this time, distinguished entrepreneurs from Afghanistan. Quartz's said that recently in Kabul, opened its first store infringing Apple.

 

In the Afghan capital, in the main shopping center of the city there was a fake Apple Store. Here you can buy the iPhone, iPod, Macbook and other products popular American company. According to Quartz, the creators of the store is not much attention paid to design a shop, and the only employee of the «Apple Store» well aware that working in a fake store.

Design pseudo-Apple Store will not play the look of these retail outlets Apple: kiosk itself takes less than 20 square meters. The fact that this company salon U.S. corporation, designed to convince visitors glowing logo and the inscription «Apple Store Afghanistan» over the front door.

According to the seller Mashuda Hossain, iPhone and Mac are iconic things in Afghanistan, signs of wealth and good taste. Each day, the store sells iPhone smartphones 5-6 and 1-2 laptop MacBook. By the standards of the local market, the demand for "Apple" products high, so the creator of the store decided to use the symbolism of Apple to attract customers.

Afghanistan - is not the only country where copied the Apple Store. In 2011, authorities in the Chinese city of Kunming have identified 22 stores illegally using the brand Apple. Following the discovery of outlets Administration of Industry and Commerce of China put forward the demand to eliminate the violations. Soon, shops were closed, although some of them refused to use the "Apple" logo.