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Yesterday Apple opened up the doors of its first retail store in China in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment district. The store opened at 10 a.m. local time.
"This is the first of many stores we will open in China," says Ron Johnson, Apple's senior vice president of retail.. He later added that Apple will open stores "in Beijing, in Shanghai and beyond," and confirmed that another store will open in Beijing's Qianmen area, a shopping street south of Tiananmen Square that has been renovated ahead of the Olympic Games, which begin next month.
The store carries the same design as Apple's other retail stores but with a multilingual Genius bar. Since Apple has not yet negotiated a distribution deal with Chinese carriers, the iPhone will not be available initially. Apple's presence in China was reportedly minimal before the iPod's introduction about five years ago, but Apple appears to be continuing to expand its international retail push. This will be the legendary company's 219th retail store worldwide.
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News category: China
Published on this site: Jul. 22, 2008
Source:macrumors.com
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