I'm in York too, but I can't see them building an Apple store here, it's just too small. They will put one in the massive new development off Boar Lane in central Leeds I'm sure. Sheffield>Leeds>Newcastle will probably be as far as they go. Maybe Hull to cover the East Coast?
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Apple to Open Covent Garden Retail Store in London on August 7th
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I'm in York too, but I can't see them building an Apple store here, it's just too small. They will put one in the massive new development off Boar Lane in central Leeds I'm sure. Sheffield>Leeds>Newcastle will probably be as far as they go. Maybe Hull to cover the East Coast?
What's not to like with the Peak district on the doorstep. And you could always go wallaby hunting on the North Staffordshire moors.....
Mind you the football team went downhill after Cloughie senior left.
Back on topic, the new Covent Garden store will provide an alternate venue for foreign language students to check their Facebook pages.
As an 18 year old, neither really get me going
I'm not one for football either, but I know the Rams aren't up to much, bless 'em. I'd love to move to Cornwall - amazing music scene there and an all round haven in my opinion.it's all the run-down, dog-rough areas where there's always about three police cars/vans filled with skinhead "yoofs" that let Derby down. Derbyshire is nice, but the city of Derby is just horrible.
Ha, yes. I wish they wouldn't hog the iPads... I want to hog them!
I live in Derbyshire and the nearest to us is either Sheffield Meadowhall or Brum' Bull Ring ... bit of a distance but if I recommended anywhere it would be Nottingham not Derby to be honest. However ... they do seem to have places they SHOULD have Apple Stores and places they don't and blimmin' well should! Surely their own demographics/customer base potential studies must be taken into account first. At least they have one in Aberdeen now that they've discovered that Scotland is part of the UK .... well done Mr Jobs!
Err...Doesn't Nottingham and Derby already have stores..oh, and Leeds.??
They certainly did last time I was there.
They aren't real stores. See: http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/storelist/.
Probably the reason there are more stores in London is that London is richer than most other parts of the UK.
Probably the reason there are more stores in London is that London is richer than most other parts of the UK.
We do have a small Apple reseller in the city centre, but insofar as a proper Apple Store is concerned I can't see it happening, to be honest.
We're not an especially large city and our hinterland is mainly rural, and we're not exactly noted for being particularly affluent either.
Not official Apple Stores (according to Store Finder on Apple.com/uk)
For East Midlands shoppers you've not got much choice locally.
BullRing - Birmingham
Touchwood - Solihull
Meadowhall - Sheffield
HighCross - Leicester
Solihull and Leicester do have the advantage of having John Lewis in the same complex (not too sure about Meadowhall).
I'm quite fortunate having both Solihull and BullRing close by, though both shops could do with slightly bigger units. Solihull especially struggles at the Genius table (wont call it a bar, it's too small!)
There are stairs, always have been, if you're insane. But just use Leicester Square tube and walk - it's quicker.
Fantastic news! Now I can combine my two favourite things...dive into the Apple store until my credit card melts from over use and then afterwards quench my thirst with a tequila or two at Navajo Joes. I love Covent Garden!
It's nice when Apple take good stock buildings like this and sensitively repurpose them as an Apple store, at the same time restoring them. Apple by their design nature take a minimal approach to the street scape, so when there are decent architectural features of a building, the plain glass facade highlights them quite well.
Of course it's hard to say these prime locations in London needed a company like Apple to pay to restore them, but its still nice.
But redeveloping an existing subway station and park opposite the store, thats good community driven development! (however positively it will benefit Apple in terms of user experience and PR, its still a great thing to do)
Of course it's hard to say these prime locations in London needed a company like Apple to pay to restore them, but its still nice.
But redeveloping an existing subway station and park opposite the store, thats good community driven development! (however positively it will benefit Apple in terms of user experience and PR, its still a great thing to do)
Covent Garden? They couldn't have picked somewhere less filled with tourists? Now I'm going to have to fight my way through the mime-artists, buskers and hordes of Euro-teens just to stand behind a Swedish girl checking her email.
I expect they'll do a roaring trade. I'll stick with the Regents Street's store I think.
I expect they'll do a roaring trade. I'll stick with the Regents Street's store I think.
I think they're making a mistake by closing the store at 9pm - it will miss the biggest crowd of them all - which is the post theatre crowd. Lion King (Lyceum) and Oliver/Shrek (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) are 2 minutes walk from this venue - and that's 5000 people wandering past the Apple store 8 times a week at 10.30pm. I read somewhere the store was due to be open until midnight every day of the week, which would make a lot of sense. 9pm for the greatest Apple store in the world is a bit pathetic.
They'll be giving out a limited number of free t-shirts to the first X many people to walk through the door. If they follow the example of nearly every other store opening, the t-shirts will be black and say " Covent Garden" on the front.
If you're expecting free iPods you'll be disappointed...
It would help if they stopped all the kids going in to check their facebook page and hogging all the computers. Just bar Facebook access and they would all go away. It's not like they actually ever buy anything.
Apple will never do this - it's not in their business policy. I spoke to a store manager about this. They said it's not very welcoming... and it's the best trail in the world to just come in and be able to use the products at your own free will.
True, but people in the store brings more people in. If people see that there's loads of people in one store already, they're more likely to go in as well. If the store's empty, people are less likely to go in.
Couldn't agree more the Solihull store is to small there's hardly ever an iPad free to have a look at! Plus they don't have any iPhone 4's on display either?!
Shame they can't move into the Borders bookstore thats not long closed down its alot bigger and they have 2 floors!
Meadowhall has a John Lewis too, and it's about a 40 minute drive from Derby so it's not too far. Plus, you can easily make a day of it there.
If they had a proper musical instrument shop (that little secluded one doesn't count) it'd be the best shopping centre in the country in my opinion.
Stupid question from a stupid foreigner: why is this a bad thing? Is it easier to jump turnstiles if there's no elevator?
Most stations has escalators, busier central stations have multiple banks, which means there is a constant flow to get in and out of the station.
Some of the older stations, though, do not have room for escalators so only have lifts between the platforms and street level.
This means people have to queue to wait for one to arrive, then you get pushed and shoved as as many people as possible try to fit in rather than wait for the next one. They do also have staircases, often spiral, for emergencies but which can be used at any time if you would rather walk. But all this means stations without escalators suffer more crowding, are slower to get through, and less comfortable generally.
With Covent Garden though there are several stations that are only a short walk away, which are recommended on tourist maps and guides. And unless you want the Piccadilly line, which it serves, it can be quicker walking from one of those than changing lines anyway.
Michael.