All Your ‘Blands’ Belong To Us

Posted by Dylan Tran on January 10, 2009 11:15 AM

Bucksstar Coffee? Pizza Huh? No, your eyes are not fooling you: it’s the new Chinese shopping center in Nanjing featuring all fake brands.

Other brand imposters (or what I like to call “blands”) include McDnoald’s and Adidos. Un-brand-conscious shoppers may have a hard time knowing which to put on their feet and which to put in their mouths.

Seriously, though, the mall has predictably caused quite an outrage, not only amongst intellectual property rights owners, but also shoppers who feel they’ve been ripped off.

Read more about the controversy here.

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Comments

  1. gochot says:

    wow. First there was Pink Berry, then Red Mango, now Bucksstar! I knew there was something going on!

  2. Dylan Tran says:

    LOL, you have no idea…

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  4. Dylan Tran says:

    Sure thing. Thanks for the link!

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