International Apple Stores: Canada, UK, Australia

MacRumors · 05:44 PM

Apple is reportedly working on expanding their international presence with new Apple Stores in a number of countries.

TheRegister.co.uk reported that Apple Australia has begun recruiting staff for a new store in Sydney's central George Street. Meanwhile Apple UK is recruiting for staff in stores in Milton Keynes Central shopping mall; Solihull; Exeter's Princesshay centre; Brighton's Church Hill Square; Reading's The Oracle site; Glasgow's Buchanan Street; and Essex's Lakeside shopping centre.

Meanwhile Appleinsider reports that Apple is planning a "double-decker flagship" store in Montreal, Canada. The new store will be located at 1321 Ste-Catherine Ouest (location photos) in Montreal's shopping district.

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johnee · Aug 16, 2007, 03:33 PM

cool. Another reason to go to montreal!

raggedjimmi · Aug 16, 2007, 03:35 PM

How many more Apple Stores does the London area need?

Patch^ · Aug 16, 2007, 03:40 PM

We need one in Bournemouth UK, the media school, art institute and many design and media business runs on macs in the area, I think it would do well if Bournemouth had one, there is a couple Apple resellers, but an official Apple store would be better.

But the news of more Apple stores in the UK and worldwide is good!!

notjustjay · Aug 16, 2007, 03:40 PM

Cool, so Toronto and Montreal are covered...

Bring on Ottawa!

(And bring on iTunes TV shows and movies, while we're at it...!)

bmcgrath · Aug 16, 2007, 03:41 PM

Wheres the Irish store then Apple? You have your factory here so why not a store?

~Shard~ · Aug 16, 2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by notjustjay

Cool, so Toronto and Montreal are covered...

Bring on Ottawa!

Nah, time for a west coast store first.

Bring one to Vancouver or Calgary, that would be excellent...

Ottawa would be a great future location though as well. I really enjoyed it when I used to live there.

thomasp · Aug 16, 2007, 03:43 PM

I'm surprised they're going for Lakeside as well (in the UK), especially as Apple have the store in Bluewater, just on the other side of the Thames. Unless they can get a much bigger site at Lakeside and they'll close the Bluewater store.

timmillwood · Aug 16, 2007, 03:45 PM

We need one in Cardiff, it is the capital of Wales!

Raid · Aug 16, 2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ~Shard~

Nah, time for a west coast store first.

Bring one to Vancouver or Calgary, that would be excellent...

Ottawa would be a great future location though as well. I really enjoyed it when I used to live there.

Sorry Shard but I've got to say it, in terms of retail space, the prices in Ottawa look way more reasonable than Vancouver/Calgary!

oh, I almost forgot to say it: Way to go Montreal!

X5-452 · Aug 16, 2007, 03:46 PM

I thought they were planning on bringing one to Calgary in Chinook shopping centre. It has the 3rd largest revenue of any mall in Canada, with the first 2 being in Toronto. Montreal makes no sense.

johnee · Aug 16, 2007, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bmcgrath

Wheres the Irish store then Apple? You have your factory here so why not a store?

that is a bit strange, maybe there isn't enough irish buyers? I certainly would have thought Ireland would have had one....

CrzyCanuck72 · Aug 16, 2007, 03:50 PM

a "double decker flagship store" would look hot on Bloor in Yorkville in Toronto. Crazy rent, though.

bmcgrath · Aug 16, 2007, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by johnee

that is a bit strange, maybe there isn't enough irish buyers? I certainly would have thought Ireland would have had one....

Theres plenty of buyurs. Dublin city is full of Apple users and I cant understand why they dont have a store yet. Not even 1. I'd expect that in Dublin anyway but Apple must have other ideas. Boo to them

~Shard~ · Aug 16, 2007, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Raid

Sorry Shard but I've got to say it, in terms of retail space, the prices in Ottawa look way more reasonable than Vancouver/Calgary!

Oh for sure, in terms of cost, you definitely don't want to be buying anything in Vancouver or Calgary right now!

But it's Apple's money, not mine, so I say go for it.

Guigue · Aug 16, 2007, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X5-452

I thought they were planning on bringing one to Calgary in Chinook shopping centre. It has the 3rd largest revenue of any mall in Canada, with the first 2 being in Toronto. Montreal makes no sense.

The Montreal store wouldn't even be in a mall. And Montreal is still a bigger city than Calgary

Antares · 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnee

that is a bit strange, maybe there isn't enough irish buyers? I certainly would have thought Ireland would have had one....

Perhaps this is a similar to other manufacturers. Like in Indonesia...where people work in a Nike plant but can't afford to buy the shoes that they, themselves, manufacture. Or like the Island of Fiji. Where something like 35% of the population doesn't have access to clean drinking water yet entire villages may work at the Fiji Water bottling plant. Perhaps its a similar situation in Ireland.....

dAlen · Aug 16, 2007, 04:00 PM

Hmmm...apple store Hungary would be useful.
They have two 'apple' stores, but not the 'real' deal in Budapest.

Better yet, itunes availability in Hungary would be cool - the country is in the E.U. but you sure couldnt tell.

Peace

dAlen

flipperman75 · Aug 16, 2007, 04:00 PM

The store in Montreal will be on Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest (French for West Saint Catherine Street), not Quest.

bmcgrath · Aug 16, 2007, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antares

Perhaps this is a similar to other manufacturers. Like in Indonesia...where people work in a Nike plant but can't afford to buy the shoes that they, themselves, manufacture. Or like the Island of Fiji. Where something like 35% of the population doesn't have access to clean drinking water yet entire villages may work at the Fiji Water bottling plant. Perhaps its a similar situation in Ireland.....

what...?

RichardI · Aug 16, 2007, 04:06 PM

Apple certainly do things differently. A flagship store in Montreal?

With the totalitarian language laws in Quebec, I guess it will have to say "Pomme" on the sign, or they could just use

.
I wonder how you say flagship in French?

Rich

Guigue · Aug 16, 2007, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardI

Apple certainly do things differently. A flagship store in Montreal?

With the totalitarian language laws in Quebec, I guess it will have to say "Pomme" on the sign, or they could just use

.
I wonder how you say flagship in French?

Rich

Yeah, it's totally totalitarian here. That's why we have no big companies at all.

Wal-Mart couldn't even figure how to translate their name. We still mostly use a barter system, it's simpler

Chris F · Aug 16, 2007, 04:07 PM

St Catherines St in Montreal is a perfect location for an Apple store.

ventro · Aug 16, 2007, 04:09 PM

What About Western Canada?!!?!?!?!?!?!?

boxlight · Aug 16, 2007, 04:09 PM

Apple is planning a "double-decker flagship" store in Montreal, Canada.

Nice, but can be have a regular old mall store in Ottawa, please?

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dAlen macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2006	Hmmm...apple store Hungary would be useful. They have two 'apple' stores, but not the 'real' deal in Budapest. Better yet, itunes availability in Hungary would be cool - the country is in the E.U. but you sure couldnt tell. Peace dAlen

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flipperman75 macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	Saint Catherine's Quest? The store in Montreal will be on Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest (French for West Saint Catherine Street), not Quest.

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RichardI macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada	Apple certainly do things differently. A flagship store in Montreal? With the totalitarian language laws in Quebec, I guess it will have to say "Pomme" on the sign, or they could just use . I wonder how you say flagship in French? Rich __________________ iMac 24", 2.8 Ghz., 4 Gb. ram, HD2600 Pro, 750Gb. Hard Drive, OSX 10.6.X (latest) MagicMouse, CH Fighterstick. iPod Shuffle (2nd G) 1 Gb.

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Chris F macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2007	St Catherines St in Montreal is a perfect location for an Apple store.

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ventro macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2006	What About Western Canada?!!?!?!?!?!?!?

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boxlight macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2006	Apple is planning a "double-decker flagship" store in Montreal, Canada. Nice, but can be have a regular old mall store in Ottawa, please?

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