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Five New Apple Retail Stores Opening for iPhone 5 Launch Week

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In support of the initial launch of the iPhone 5 this Friday, Apple has announced five new grand openings for its retail store chain. The first opening of this week will take place on Thursday, when the new Rio Shopping store in Valladolid, Spain opens its doors. The somewhat unusual Thursday opening stems from the fact that the brand-new Rio Shopping mall itself is opening on that date.

With the iPhone 5 set to launch at 8:00 AM local time on Friday in nine countries, three new retail stores will be opening their doors for the first time for the launch. The new stores include:

- Sindelfingen, outside of Stuttgart, Germany, which we noted earlier this month was reported to have seen its opening date brought forward slightly as a hint of September 21 iPhone 5 availability in Germany. The report claimed that the store would open on Thursday, September 20, but this appears to have been referring to the media preview and friends and family events that precede the official opening.

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Apple's Sindelfingen retail store (Source: Macerkopf)​

- La Toison d'Or in Dijon, France, which will be the 13th Apple retail store in the country. The closest current stores in Lyon and Geneva are roughly 200 kilometers away.

- Valley Plaza, in Bakersfield, California, which will be the 52nd Apple retail store in California. Despite its arrival in Apple's most popular state for retail stores, the new Bakersfield store fills a void in the company's coverage for the metro area of over 800,000 people, as the closest existing store until now has been located nearly 90 minutes away in Santa Clarita.

And finally, the launch week wraps up with the arrival of the Il Leone store in Lonato, Italy on Saturday. The new store, located between Milan and Venice and roughly 80 kilometers from the nearest current store in Bergamo, will see a traditional Saturday opening because Italy is not one of this Friday's launch markets for the iPhone 5. The device will launch in Italy one week later on Friday, September 28 as part of a rapid expansion to 22 new countries.

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meh!

How about Toronto... we're in desperate need of another store. The Eaton Centre store is a zoo.
 
52?

Isn't 52 stores in one state a little excessive when there are areas of the country with NOTHING! I live in Asheville, NC. It's not like I live in Podunk, KY or somewhere in WV, Asheville is a pretty happenin' place with lots of Apple love, yet we must drive over an hour to the closest Apple Store. The two closest ones are in either Greenville, SC or Knoxville, TN, other alternatives for North Carolinians are two Charlotte stores, Raleigh, Durham, or Greensboro. 5 stores in a state with as many colleges and universities as North Carolina is outrageous!

Okay, I realize that I am probably preaching to the choir but is there somewhere you can write to make suggestions for retail locations? I know Apple has the thing on their web site where you can make hardware and software requests, what about store requests?
 
nazaar said:
meh!

How about Toronto... we're in desperate need of another store. The Eaton Centre store is a zoo.
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Eaton centre store was renovated last year.
Luckily for me I go to the Sherway Gardens store in Mississauga, which should be opening Friday after their renovations.
 
How exciting would it be to go to an Apple Store grand opening AND buy the newly-launched iPhone 5?? I need to move to California ;)
 
gregwyattjr said:
How exciting would it be to go to an Apple Store grand opening AND buy the newly-launched iPhone 5?? I need to move to California ;)
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Hope there's none of the snagging that usually happens when a new store (of any brand) opens. The opening of the store, the launch of iPhone 5, and the credit card processing machines go down. Chaos!

(That happened in my local Apple store at the launch of Snow Leopard)
 
coder12 said:
Under construction... first Apple Store with a built in pub! :D:D:D
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Always said the genius bar should be an actual bar, you should be able to turn up, hand them your computer, and say "Fix my macbook, and fix me a martini while your at it!"
 
My nearest Apple store is a 20 minute walk from my house...that's a great thing. It certainly influenced my willingness to change to Apple.
 
It always surprises me how many people still buy over-the-counter. I haven't bought a single thing on the high street for over a year.
 
Wouldn't there be to much Murphy's Law involved with both opening a new store and launching a new product on the same day? Or has Apple got Murphy's Law under control?
 
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