UPDATE 1-Apple pies and iPads sweeten China's dreaded TV expose
March 13, 2015 at 05:45 AM EDT
SHANGHAI, March 13 (Reuters) - From cut-price apple pies to free iPads, companies in China are transforming Sunday's dreaded consumer rights day into a shopping frenzy, to blunt the impact of being named and shamed in state broadcaster CCTV's annual expose.