A brand new Apple retailer will quickly open its doorways on Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, making it the tech firm’s fourth outlet within the UAE.
The Apple Al Maryah Island retailer will provide views of the waterfront promenade and “be a house for purchasers to discover their creativity, uncover new merchandise and obtain the very best assist from the brand new retail workforce”, the Cupertino-based expertise firm stated on Thursday.
Apple unveiled a particular barricade surrounding the storefront on Thursday morning.
The barricade pays tribute to pearls and pearl divers, and what they symbolize for Abu Dhabi’s historical past and tradition.
“The pearl and the surroundings it’s born out of is a superb metaphor for the expansion of the town, and its funding in its artistic group that’s driving full velocity in direction of the long run,” Apple stated.
The shop will develop into a brand new place for the group to collect, be taught and discover inspiration, the corporate stated.
“Guests will have the ability to create, collaborate and proceed to expertise the very best of Apple, multi function place.”
Apple opened its redesigned outlet at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall final week, with the store now in a main location and twice as massive because it was.
The wood-and-glass-themed retailer affords the total line-up of Apple merchandise out there within the UAE, as effectively the corporate’s trade-in programme and technical assist.
“We stay up for persevering with to deliver the very best of Apple to the UAE and constructing on our historical past within the area,” stated Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vp of retail and folks.
From its first shops that opened within the US states of Virginia and California in 2001, Apple right this moment has a community of 516 shops in 25 international locations, in keeping with the corporate’s web site.
Apple’s shops have develop into an integral a part of the corporate’s picture and tradition. From being mere stores, Apple has expanded their goal and built-in the shops with the tradition and environment of their places.
As an example, The Dubai Mall retailer has what is named a Photo voltaic Wings balcony that’s motorised and affords a view of the Dubai Fountain, whereas its Marina Bay Sands outlet in Singapore was designed as a “floating sphere”, making it the primary Apple retailer to sit down instantly on water.
In Italy, Apple restored Rome’s Palazzo Marignoli, a Nineteenth-century palace, to arrange its seventeenth outlet within the nation.
Apple, which has been working within the Center East for greater than 10 years, already has three shops within the UAE.
The unique Yas Mall outlet opened in parallel with Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates department in 2015 – making them the primary Apple shops within the Center East – whereas The Dubai Mall retailer adopted in 2017. These shops collectively have welcomed about 30 million guests to this point.
Apple is the world’s most precious firm, with a present market capitalisation of $2.88 trillion as of the shut of buying and selling on Wednesday.
Up to date: February 10, 2022, 8:00 AM