Samsung Opens New Apple Store In Australia 154
An anonymous reader writes "Samsung opened its first retail 'Experience' store in Sydney, Australia today and its design and ethos, even in the most generous light, bear an uncanny resemblance to those of the Apple Store. Now, to be fair, Samsung’s corporate color is blue and there are only so many ways you can design a retail experience. That said, it seems difficult to look at Samsung’s store and not immediately be reminded of Apple’s understated chain of brick-and-mortar retail stores which, at the time it debuted, was considered pioneering. And it’s awfully hard to imagine that the similarities between the two won’t further bolster Apple’s allegations that Samsung is a 'copyist.'" This comes on the heels of both companies claiming the other is "anticompetitive" during Tuesday’s summations in the Apple-Samsung trial.
And the real article with more information is.. (Score:4, Informative)
To be found at the Sydney Morning Herald website: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/store-wars-samsung-apple-gadgets-at-10-paces-20120823-24njn.html [smh.com.au]
The link in TFS is lacking any detail. Go to the above.
Re:Apple store? Really? (Score:4, Informative)
Looks like a standard Japanese cell phone shop to me. Nothing innovative there.
Re:The Samsung Store lacks only one thing: (Score:4, Informative)
Actually they have that, but they are not called Geniuses they are called Smart Tutors. And no, I'm not joking.
Re:It is a very common design (Score:5, Informative)
Here. [cultofmac.com]