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Apple Retail Stores - The UK & Toronto In 2005?

The Apple Store London - Regent Street opens this weekend, along with the announcement of two additional UK stores to open in the near future. In a statement Apple's senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson confirmed the company's plans to expand its European offerings. Johnson could only confirm the Birmingham and Kent stores will open "sometime in 2005", though his manner implied that Apple hopes to open in the new locations early in 2005.

Across the pond, Canada appears to be the next international candidate to receive a brick-and-mortar Apple Store. An email circulated by Apple Canada's National Channel and Business Development Manager reveals that Apple will be opening a new Apple Store based on the Apple Retail Concept in Toronto, Canada by mid-2005.

Apple Canada is announcing today that an Apple Branded Retail Store location will be opening in Toronto, mid year 2005.

Apple currently has ninety-six retail stores in the US, two in Japan, and one opening in London, England this weekend. The stores have been incredibly popular, attracting more than fifty million visitors since the first store was opened in May of 2001.

They provide great hands-on experience for customers, and we welcome the store to Canada as a great complement to our existing distribution channels.

If you have additional questions regarding the Apple Store in Canada, you may direct them to Marion Manalo at mmanalo@apple.com.

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94 months ago
Good if you live there.
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94 months ago
I live about 45 minutes from Bluewater in Kent! YES!
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94 months ago
im an hour by train from birmingham could :)
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94 months ago

Good if you live there.


i live in boston right between (10 and 15 min by car) two apple stores and god knows how many comp usa shops with an Apple department. never realized that for other people there is no close by location to get apple stuff and play with all the toys.

there should an apple store in every city worlwide! GO APPLE

andi
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94 months ago
I stated here that this story coincides with the completion date for the renovations in Yorkdale Mall, Toronto (store map showing renovated area). Only one subway stop from my apartment! :D
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94 months ago
Boo hoo... I was going to go to that store damnit!

I got important college work to do instead. :(

But I am happy that i'm doing the art work.
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94 months ago
I really wish the Negative Nancys of a particular subject would at least explain why they rated the story as such. I'm really curious...what could be bad about more folks having better access to Apple and Apple related merchandise?
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94 months ago

I really wish the Negative Nancys of a particular subject would at least explain why they rated the story as such. I'm really curious...what could be bad about more folks having better access to Apple and Apple related merchandise?


Either that, they had wanted the store to open say last year as opposed to it opening now. Maybe that is why they voted it negative.
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94 months ago
looks like i will have to go on a road trip from montreal to toronto, for the grand opening

also, for those who know the answer, how many of those apple surprise bags to they have in supply?

aethier
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94 months ago

I live about 45 minutes from Bluewater in Kent! YES!

Me too - well I live in rural Essex and have to cross the Dartford bridge but I do go there fairly regularly so it'll be brilliant to have an Apple Store there. Bluewater is a really nice mall.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some Apple Stores in Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle in the near future either, or and maybe Bristol and the Oracle at Reading.

And a Paris store must be a real possibility sometime soon...
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