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Apple to Open Covent Garden Retail Store in London on August 7th
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Out-of-towner is the way to be.... it's called quality of life
(Having lived in central London for 3 years, I can say that!)
Funnily enough my partner has a bee in his bonnet about moving to Brighton. You clearly think the move was worthwhile. I've yet to be convinced although my mind is open.
jonnyb said:Funnily enough my partner has a bee in his bonnet about moving to Brighton. You clearly think the move was worthwhile. I've yet to be convinced although my mind is open.
It's not for everyone. Got to decide what your priorities are in life. When you're young, London is great where you can do anything imaginable. Then you get to your late 20s or early 30s and realise you wouldn't want to have children in London and you can actually have some living space out of town.
Plus there's a good Apple store in Brighton
It's not for everyone. Got to decide what your priorities are in life. When you're young, London is great where you can do anything imaginable. Then you get to your late 20s or early 30s and realise you wouldn't want to have children in London and you can actually have some living space out of town.
Plus there's a good Apple store in Brighton
As sad as it sounds, one of my criteria for moving out of London is that wherever we move to has to have an Apple store. I'd need my fix wherever I was!
But yeah, there is part of me that yearns for fresh air, fewer people and a slower pace.
wasn't there a billboard for "New Labor" that looked similar?
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/90253773/Hulton-Archive
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/90253773/Hulton-Archive
Two stores in London a mere 1 mile apart, and yet still no Apple Store in Edinburgh - the capital city of Scotland! There's prime retail space up for lease on Princes Street. I'm sure that would fit in with Apple quite nicely.
I love the Covent Garden area, very nice. But please bring more to the north. Especially Lancashire. (Preston preferably ) Nearest ones to me are in Manchester and Liverpool!
) Nearest ones to me are in Manchester and Liverpool!Blackburn, Lancashire would be more likely than Preston. Apple would easily find a space there, what with all the holes.I love the Covent Garden area, very nice. But please bring more to the north. Especially Lancashire. (Preston preferably
What Apple store isn't doing very well? They are always busy and even if it's just foot traffic that's still an opportunity for the store to make money.
Oh dear. I noticed their ad when I was down there this Sunday. Covent Garden is already overcrowded, and this Apple store is in the absolute worst place of them all, the actual Covent Garden. Navigating this area in the summer months at any acceptable pace is utter impossible, and its not much better the rest of the year. With the addition of an Apple Store, this will get even worse. Awful, awful location, from a consumer point of view; although I'm sure it will be packed all the time. Expect extreme amounts of tourists checking their mail and ogling the latest and greatest out of Cupertino.
Err...that was old news back in 2006, think that was wishful thinking on someones behalf.
Wish I didn't live in Derby, hate the area.
This is good news, maybe aim for two in each big city so that they aren't overflowing all the time with kids hogging the iPads
Best thing about Derby is the Westfield, at least it has an Apple store.
Princes Street is slowly turning into a Tartan Tat alley.
Everytime i walk along it, another establshed store or similar is turned into a tourist trap venture selling Wee Jimmy bunnets, pathetic postcards and Loch Ness monster toys for weans.
The St James's centre isnt really a quality outlet, and that leaves the Princes Mall left as a prime, city centre development to move in, which has plenty of empty let spaces within it. Either that, or somewhere on the Royal Mile, but thats no better as an alley of tat either.
As much as it pains me to say it, Glasgow's shopping experience is streets ahead since the Buchanan Galleries opened. Help ma boab, but St Enochs has a better shopping experience than all of Edinburgh has.
yea you are right...i was there recently it's hell i just don't know where is it going to be exactly,what's the nearest store to it?
they should open in Soho..in Old Compton Street next to G.A.Y.
There is a whole world outside the USA you know? Maybe take a look at how much of Apple's revenue comes from sales outside your country.
Apple is preparing to open its largest store in the world, I call that page 1 news
Everyone who saw the crash coming in 2005 and paid off all their debts before the banks started failing, that's who
Excellent stuff. Even more proof for those that doubt of Apple's growth here in the UK. This will also have the added benefit of permitting those that actually want to buy stuff to get near the demo kit at Regent St.
Two in the Manchester area, which as everyone knows is the cultural and geographic centre of northern England. What more do you want?
I want one in blackpool xd. There's a new shopping centre there now, it needs an apple store.
Was in covent garden on Wednesday and the builders were movin in furniture - it was unlike anything currently in Apple Stores ( lots of comfy/office chairs) which seemed to back up the rumors that they may be using this store as one of their first 'new look' stores.
On the other hand, maybe they are just furniture for the upstairs office space.
I meant to take some pictures but we will see on 7th whether the store looks like existing stores or not - exciting!
On the other hand, maybe they are just furniture for the upstairs office space.
I meant to take some pictures but we will see on 7th whether the store looks like existing stores or not - exciting!
Out-of-towner is the way to be.... it's called quality of life
(Having lived in central London for 3 years, I can say that!)
no... just for people who cant afford to live in a civilised bit of london with greenery
I'd like to see Apple open a store in York. Beautiful city, and only a thirty minute bus journey for me, which means I'd be able to apply for a job there.