Samsung cancels its fake Supreme collaboration in China

Samsung has canceled its partnership with a knock-off Supreme brand after announcing its plans to work with it last December. In a short update posted to Weibo, Samsung said it would discontinue the partnership with Supreme Italia, a brand that clones Supreme’s red box logo but is actually a copycat hiding under an Italian trademark.

Supreme Italia planned to launch stores in China, and Samsung had signed on to create exclusive products for it. Samsung was promptly called out for working with a knock-off, and the company said it would reevaluate the partnership in response. Now, the company says it’s definitely not happening. Engadget translated Samsung’s statement, and it says:

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