London’s The Daily Mirror newspaper has reported that China is building a new shopping centre dedicated to fake brands. The newpaper reported that the mall, which is being built in Nanjing, includes a McDnoald’s hamburger restaurant, a Bucksstar Coffee shop and a Pizza Huh restaurant.
The newspaper says city leaders are “under pressure” to ban the soon-to-be opened mall from local shoppers fearing they would be taken advantage of by the fake brands.
“Not every shopper is brand conscious so a lot of people will walk into these stores thinking they are getting the real thing,” said an angry shopper in a local newspaper.
“The whole idea of this mall is plain dishonest. Some fakes are done light-heartedly to be funny, but these stores look so much like the real thing people are going to feel cheated,” the shopper added.
