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Mumbai: Apple’s first store in India will open on Tuesday, April 18 at Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. While the second store in Delhi will open on 20 April. This store will be in Citywalk Mall of South Delhi. The stores’ launch comes as Apple celebrates more than 25 years in India.
The opening of Apple Stores in Mumbai and Delhi emphasizes the company’s efforts to expand its market and strengthen its production in India. In the last one year, Apple has assembled iPhones worth more than Rs 57,368 crore in India. This is about 7% of global production.
First glimpses of the Mumbai store reveal a massive glass facade making for a unique-looking store. The tall ceiling and pillars open up a space with various desks lined-up parallelly, videos and pictures shared by media personnel invited to the store show.
Ahead of the launch of the Apple Store in Mumbai, the company has revealed several services offered to the customers. In this store, customers will not only get products like iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac Book, customers will also be able to sell their old products there. Instead, they can use the ‘store credit’ they get for their next purchase.
The ceiling is made of wood with triangular handcrafted texture. Each tile is reportedly made from 408 pieces of timber, forming 31 modules per tile with a total of 1,000 tiles that make up the ceiling.
Along with the facility of taking orders for products for online shopping, one specialist for each section will also be available at the store, who will also provide technical assistance to the customers.
According to a report, the BKC store is designed to be one of the most energy-efficient Apple Store locations in the world. The store is operationally carbon neutral, running on 100 percent renewable energy.
The store will have over 100 employees who collectively speak more than 20 languages.
Apple opened its first Indian online store in 2020. India is the world’s second-largest smartphone market and among the fastest-growing for the company.
According to CyberMedia Research (CMR) , Apple captured 4 per cent market share in India with 17 per cent year-on-year increase in its shipments in 2022.
