Apple's Regent Street Store in UK is Temporarily Closed, Here's Why

[MacRumors]

Apple's flagship Regent Street store in London, England is temporarily closed starting today for "refurbishment," the company said on its website.

Apple has not indicated when the store will reopen, but a source familiar with the matter indicated that the location will likely be closed for at least a few weeks. It is unclear if Apple is planning any changes that will be visible to customers, but the company has been removing the Video Wall from some of it stores in recent months. Many newer and renovated stores also feature a dedicated Apple Pickup station for online orders.

In some cases, Apple only updates a store's fixtures or back-of-house area, resulting in no visible differences to customers when business resumes.

Regent Street is a world-famous shopping street in the heart of London, making it one of the busiest locations where Apple has a retail presence. At a minimum, hopefully the store will receive a deep clean before it reopens.

Apple first opened its Regent Street store in 2004.

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[Justin Cymbal]

That store is beautiful. One of my favorites and was the very first Apple store for the entire continent of Europe

Next time I go to England, I’m definitely planning on visiting the Regent Street store!

 

[SilmarilFinder]

My first visit to the Regent Street Apple Store was when I bought my iPhone 5 shortly after launch and it was a genuinely magical experience. To this day I still remember that experience.

I thought the store had been refurbished in recent years. Either that is the case, or my sense of time has been distorted since Covid so I may be mistaken.

 

[Squuiid]

My local 🥳

 

[tuckerjj]

At a minimum, hopefully the store will receive a deep clean before it reopens.​

Wh… why? 😬 Is it very dirty?

 

[PixelPanics]

My favourite London Apple Store

 

[whatnot]

At a minimum, hopefully the store will receive a deep clean before it reopens.

at a bare minimum, I expect new windows made of Liquid Glass.

 

[DunedinD]

Put the layout back more like it was in the late 2000s. The place has felt way more claustrophobic. Sure, upstairs at the front was largely wasted space back then, but the overall layout was really welcoming.

 

[RadMac]

The weather new option is a good addition.

 

[ghanwani]

The whole retail experience at Apple needs a revamp. But that can wait until they provide a knob that disables dithering on all their products.

Visiting Apple stores used to be like visiting candy stores. All of that is gone. IIRC, the ex-CEO of Burberry came and messed it all up.

 

[Adysubman]

Great store but also love the Glasgow one

 

[chama98]

It was my local, so was Covent Garden. But now Battersea power Station is really close but prefer that one.

 

[tuckerjj]

It was my local, so was Covent Garden. But now Battersea power Station is really close but prefer that one.

After triangulating those points I have to conclude that you’re living in Buckingham Palace 😀👑

 

[NightFox]

The Regent Street store was originally a real experience to visit; whenever you had time to kill you could just wonder in and there'd be some class, workshop or presentation running that you could just take a seat and join in. Sadly, at some point it just became 'another Apple Store', albeit in a very nice building.

 

[coolfactor]

The Regent Street store was originally a real experience to visit; whenever you had time to kill you could just wonder in and there'd be some class, workshop or presentation running that you could just take a seat and join in. Sadly, at some point it just became 'another Apple Store', albeit in a very nice building.

Have Apple Stores lost their shine as an "experience", becoming just more of "a place stuff is sold"?

 

[jimthing]

Apple Stores are all pretty boring these days. You know everything they sell, and most of the accessories are the most expensive versions, compared to equally as good cheaper ones you can buy online from elsewhere.

Unless you're desperate to visit the Genius Bar, largely irrelevant given everything is available online with free delivery.

 

[orbital~debris]

At a minimum, hopefully the store will receive a deep clean before it reopens.

Sounds like something an AI might throw in to a summary 🤔

 

[AF_APPLETALK]

The whole retail experience at Apple needs a revamp. But that can wait until they provide a knob that disables dithering on all their products.

Visiting Apple stores used to be like visiting candy stores. All of that is gone. IIRC, the ex-CEO of Burberry came and messed it all up.

You're not wrong about Angela, but I feel like she was deliberately brought in to make their stores feel like "not a tech company" by mandate of Tim Cook or Jony Ives or someone else. It was just a stupid idea outright.

They messed with something they didn't need to mess with.

 

[Solarflares]

Apple Stores are all pretty boring these days, compared to equally as good cheaper ones you can buy online from elsewhere

Somehow I don’t see people wanting to queue up to visit the Satechi Superstore under the disused viaduct behind the old coal yard in Bethnal Green!

 

[Suicidy]

Too local.

 

[Satch111]

My favourite London Apple Store

My favourite regent street Apple Store

 

[unregbaron]

Does mean the recent refurb didn’t work?

 

[unregbaron]

I always liked the rumour about an Apple Store in Spitalfields but it never materialised.

 

[relaxedpanda]

At a minimum, hopefully the store will receive a deep clean before it reopens.​

What a weird (and unfair) thing to say. The store is always in a wonderful state.

Let me guess, whoever wrote this is from the north?

 

[relaxedpanda]

I always liked the rumour about an Apple Store in Spitalfields but it never materialised.

Whoa I missed this....that would have been so nice to have. There's an obvious gap in apple retail stores between Soho and Stratford...not sure why they didn't go forward with it - it's literally where all the designers, creatives, and tech offices are....