Apple to Remodel Flagship Regent Street Store in United Kingdom

dastinger said:

It seems like they're taking away some space off of the first floor. Or am I looking at it wrong? Because if they do, considering how busy that store always is, I don't understand why.

And I liked the huge staircase too

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I like the staircase, but at peak times it's a nightmare, two side staircases probably will be better.

as long as they stay historic i don't care what they look like

It's worth checking out who the building owner is, check out clause 29 of the application form, excellent!

Hustler1337 said:

Yep, it will be reduced according to the article:



I dislike the patented glass stairway in the middle, too wide and a headache to climb. I'd rather have two staircases as is being proposed right now, escalators would have been ideal but that isn't the Apple way.

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I didn't read the whole article, only looked at the plants, thank you.

PJWilkin said:

I like the staircase, but at peak times it's a nightmare, two side staircases probably will be better.

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Yes, if looking at it as the utility it is, no doubt that two will probably be better but aesthetically I love that thing.

Need another branch, at least.

London needs more branches, full stop. Forget the story about the re-jigging of this place for a moment (and making the floor plate area smaller in the process), and think how the branch is over-busy 24/7. As is Covent Garden.

Reason: too few London stores, that's why. In zones 3/4/5 there is next to no branches to pop into, even for a bloody cable.

I just order online from Amazon or some other third-party small things, as I certainly cannot be arsed to trapse into Central London zone 1 (or Shepherd's Bush/White City zone 2, for that matter!) for such trivialities. Even being in zone 3, from a West London POV, there are NO branches from W4 to the outskirts of town, which is quite ridiculous in a city as sprawling as London is.

From that image, it looks like they're ditching the theatre.

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jimthing said:

London needs more branches, full stop. Forget the story about the re-jigging of this place for a moment (and making the floor plate area smaller in the process), and think how the branch is over-busy 24/7. As is Covent Garden.

Reason: too few London stores, that's why. In zones 3/4/5 there is next to no branches to pop into, even for a bloody cable.

I just order online from Amazon or some other third-party small things, as I certainly cannot be arsed to trapse into Central London zone 1 (or Shepherd's Bush/White City zone 2, for that matter!) for such trivialities. Even being in zone 3, from a West London POV, there are NO branches from W4 to the outskirts of town, which is quite ridiculous in a city as sprawling as London is.

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Brent Cross
https://www.apple.com/uk/retail/brentcross/
As for official Apple Cables, Argos can provide - I'm sure there's one of those closer.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1168790.htm

According to a document in the application, this photo was taken in 2004!

Sure, we had iCloud, the iPhone 4s and MacBook Airs in 2004...

jimthing said:

London needs more branches, full stop. Forget the story about the re-jigging of this place for a moment (and making the floor plate area smaller in the process), and think how the branch is over-busy 24/7. As is Covent Garden.

Reason: too few London stores, that's why. In zones 3/4/5 there is next to no branches to pop into, even for a bloody cable.

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Agree. At the very least there should be one in the City; all that disposable income!

But it's not good that they're reducing the floorspace, it could do with more if anything. It also looks like they are reducing the accessories and other third party items that they sell; for example there are now hardly any laptop bags/cases/backpacks when previously there was a good choice.

MrJM said:

Only Apple store I've been in with a toilet!

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The only store with a lavatory? Good to know.

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jimthing said:

London needs more branches, full stop. Forget the story about the re-jigging of this place for a moment (and making the floor plate area smaller in the process), and think how the branch is over-busy 24/7. As is Covent Garden.

Reason: too few London stores, that's why. In zones 3/4/5 there is next to no branches to pop into, even for a bloody cable.

I just order online from Amazon or some other third-party small things, as I certainly cannot be arsed to trapse into Central London zone 1 (or Shepherd's Bush/White City zone 2, for that matter!) for such trivialities. Even being in zone 3, from a West London POV, there are NO branches from W4 to the outskirts of town, which is quite ridiculous in a city as sprawling as London is.

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I'm afraid that for those slumming it in the suburbs, one has to make do with no Apple Stores. That's life.

Benjamin Frost said:

The only store with a lavatory? Good to know.

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Covent Garden also has a lavatory.

Loge said:

Covent Garden also has a lavatory.

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Also good to know! Thanks.

Loge said:

Covent Garden also has a lavatory.

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That is good to know!

rochford said:

It's worth checking out who the building owner is, check out clause 29 of the application form, excellent!

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That same owner owns almost the entire street (Regent street, named for the Prince Regent who later became George IV)

jimthing said:

Reason: too few London stores, that's why. In zones 3/4/5 there is next to no branches to pop into, even for a bloody cable.

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Not arguing there isn't room for more, but there are several Apple stores in Suburban London:

- Brent Cross
- Kingston
- Stratford
- Bluewater (technically in Kent, but draws plenty of traffic from outer E/SE of London)

Croydon will also almost certainly get an Apple store in the next few years as the Whitgift Centre is redeveloped.

The common theme for suburban stores is that they are all located in shopping malls. Other than White City I can't think of any top-tier malls in West London that Apple would be interested in moving into.

Reason077 said:

Not arguing there isn't room for more, but there are several Apple stores in Suburban London:

- Brent Cross
- Kingston
- Stratford
- Bluewater (technically in Kent, but draws plenty of traffic from outer E/SE of London)

Croydon will also almost certainly get an Apple store in the next few years as the Whitgift Centre is redeveloped.

The common theme for suburban stores is that they are all located in shopping malls. Other than White City I can't think of any top-tier malls in West London that Apple would be interested in moving into.

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Yeah, there is that for West London, but if the likes of NYC can have more local branches across the city, a few more in a city of 8-9m people should surely not go amiss.

Trouble is London has so much centralism of quality shopping, that makes the outer districts suffer greatly – thinking here about parts of the north circular road I was driving the other day that are just dumps of zero regeneration and buildings falling apart!

Boris loves to have his picture taken in glossy Central London or Silicon Roundabout, saying "best city in the world, yadda yadda", but take him to the old London outer districts and he has no regeneration plan "ideas", lol!