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Another Apple Retail Store Opening This Saturday in Glasgow
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So glasgow, pop. 600k gets two stores and leeds population 800k gets none?
Asshats.
The 'urban core' of Leeds has a population of around 443,000 people, but the Leeds City region (which incorporates Otley and all manner of places miles away from Leeds) make it up to about 762,000 or thereabouts. Population wise, there's not much difference between the West Yorkshire urban area and the Glasgow urban area.
To not have one in Leeds is ridiculous though. A while back I posted a plan view for the new Trinity Leeds shopping centre which showed an Apple logo on a retail unit, but it's not there any more. Surely to God they'll put one in there...
Aberdeen store is special - Apple didn't pay a penny for it
They rent it just like every other outlet in Union Square and just like every other Apple store that exists within a shopping centre.
Glasgow's miles better!
That takes me back to being a kid, growing up in Aberdeen. Used to see these all over the place (despite not being in Glasgow all that much)
But Edinburgh's more prestigious, I reckon.
Can you post the link for the image you're talking about? (hard to convey tone here so I'm going to point out that wasn't' a challenge, I'm just curious!)
Ugh, how rubbish! When Briggate and the Victoria Quarter are /right there/! I hate shopping centre's, so bland and characterless and cheap looking. So un-Apple!
Should have ...
Yeah, realised my mistake - but even with that store, there's still that big hole of Edinburgh. Never understood the policy of opening two stores in one place when other large urban areas are still lacking though.
Nope, coz since you brought up metropolitan boroughs, which are a much more realistic way to judge the size of a place over ancient city limits, Greater Manchester has 2.3million people, despite our tiny City centre only having 400,000. Oh and we've had two Apple stores for years
Wow, Apple seems really to expand. is it me or is like 30% of the news on here is on new retail stores all over the world...? Nice to know though my birth town has a store at a prominent place (Hamburg, Jungfernstieg). Last time I was there it was still under construction - with the MS Windows prank removed...
There are chavs in every major city, i'm sure the chav population in your city is the same. Why you feel the need to highlight it when talking about Glasgow is beyond me, I have lived here all my life and it's a beautiful city full of friendly people.
I thought MR knew about the Glasgow store? I posted this about 6 hours ago.
That's like saying why does London have so many Apple stores when the population of London (City of) is only 11,500.
City of Glasgow population: 600k
Greater Glasgow population: 1,199,629
And to be a pedant, the Braehead store isn't in Glasgow, it's in Renfrewshire. The border is between King George V dock and Ikea.
I just got the email from, the Braehead store opens 9am this Saturday (17 Sept). That's a 5 minute walk from my house!
I still don't know what unit they've built it in, will do some recon tonight.
So glasgow, pop. 600k gets two stores and leeds population 800k gets none?
Asshats.
That's like saying why does London have so many Apple stores when the population of London (City of) is only 11,500.
City of Glasgow population: 600k
Greater Glasgow population: 1,199,629
And to be a pedant, the Braehead store isn't in Glasgow, it's in Renfrewshire. The border is between King George V dock and Ikea.
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Braehead isn't in Glasgow. It's in Renfrewshire.
These lazy journo / blogger types...
Braehead isn't in Glasgow. It's in Renfrewshire.
These lazy journo / blogger types...
I know where you're coming from but the plans for Trinity look quite nice
Victoria Quarter would be a bit too small I think, and you would think they could have found something suitable down Briggate.Apple in Trinity hasn't been confirmed as such but as the other post pointed out, there was a floor plan for the development with whats believed to be confirmed retailers which Apple were included on, only to be edited out shortly after.
They then later released the following images, which show an Apple logo with 2 leaves... Either they are trying to get them there, Apple bailed, or Apple dont want it announcing yet.
Well aren't the old Burger King and Boots units at the East end of Princes St, across from the Balmoral Hotel not been ear marked for the Embra Apple store??
Isn't Braehead half empty these days? But then again, you can always pop over to IKEA for some flat pack furniture and meatballs if you still have cash after buying some Apple products!
As a Weegie living in Embra, the tourist tat tartan and bagpipes do my head in!!! Glasgow's miles better!
Yeah, I've heard that rumour for a while. Even one of my friends who works for Boots told me that's one of the reasons that store got closed, but it seems to have gone quiet. Another rumour I've heard is that the glass front building on the other side of the road from the Balmoral, towards Waterloo road is a potential site.