In what has now change into per week of fake pas for Samsung, the South Korean tech firm at the moment (December 10) introduced a shock collaboration with streetwear large Supreme. Only all wasn't what it appeared.
Live streamed on China’s Weibo platform for the launch of the brand new Galaxy A8s telephone, Samsung China’s Head of Digital Marketing could be seen welcoming two males on stage, believing they're the CEOs of the American model.
This information comes after Samsung was criticised final week for utilizing what was deemed to be a inventory picture to exhibit its ‘Portrait Mode’ for the Galaxy A8 Star.
Samsung is but to touch upon the problem.
This story is just not the primary Supreme-related hoax to hit China this 12 months. In the summer season, an actor employed by Chinese streetwear firm OXN posed as Supreme’s president so as to promote OXN’s counterfeit merchandise.
You can see the footage of the Samsung x ‘Supreme’ incident right here. The pair come on at round 33 minutes.
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