U.C. Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Reliance to open 10 Apple iStores in India India telecom giant Reliance landed an exclusive retail relationship with Apple: Reliance Retail announced a $19.3-billion agreement with the Cupertino-based company to build a series of iStores that would showcase both Macs and iPods and eventually the iPhone. The first store, which will be officially dubbed "iStore by Reliance Digital," is expected to open by the end of October-end in Banglore, the "Silicon Valley" of the second most populous country. Closed on Monday, the deal is the first exclusive relationship with an international brand for Reliance Retail and also a first for Apple, according to the report. The Economic Times (of India) reports that this is the first time Apple is teaming up with corporate partner for distribution anywhere in the world. The iStores, the report says, would be standalone retail locations that would sell Apple products ranging from Macintosh computers to iPods and later, once it’s launched in India, the iPhone. Earlier this year, Apple formed a partnership with PC Vendor Wipro Infotech to expand its business presense in the country. Wipro reportedly created a new specialized team to address the market for Apple's range of products, and said that the entity will address target enterprise as well as small & medium businesses (SMB) markets. Already under construction, the first iStore in India will be opened just before the annual Christmas-like national holiday of Diwali and will be over 2,000 sq ft. The report says that the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Retail will open a total of 10 iStores by the end of the calendar year and that Apple would invest in market development. Apple has few resellers in India but no company-owned store, according to the Times. While the deal is expected to give Apple an immediate presence and several retail and distribution points, the stores are also expected to help grow the Reliance Digital brand. As the consumer electronics chain of the retail division, Reliance Digital has only opened a single store earlier this year in the NCR. Orignal Article Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 iNdia? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 Yeah wats wrong with India?? I know so many ppl with Macs in India, who would love to have a Apple store. Infact in my college MacBooks and Dells are offered side by side. Guess which one sells more.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Yeah, ok, fine, but iNdia? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 sooooo ... what`s wrong with iNdia ? good news ! ~R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactobacillus P Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Yeah, cool India will be included into the 'Apple fold'. India is a fast growing economy with a lot of computer users. Some mighty fine computer programming comes from India. Cheers, off to see some old Amitabh Bachan movie with my buddy Satish. And nope I am not from India. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Yeah wats wrong with India?? I know so many ppl with Macs in India, who would love to have a Apple store. Infact in my college MacBooks and Dells are offered side by side. Guess which one sells more.... Nothing is wrong with India, I was just making the 'i' lowercase so it looked more 'apple-like'. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Ingus Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Apple sold in India? Does this mean that their tech support will be local? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Apple sold in India? Does this mean that their tech support will be local? Of course not, they use southern USA farmers, because it would be to expensive to use the indians. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Apple sold in India? Does this mean that their tech support will be local? I don't think Apple outsources to India. Dell, on the other hand... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Ingus Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I don't think I was going to say something funny here but... Anyway, click here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooly Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Apple stores are already there in India. Its good news reliance takes over. Around 3 Apple stores are there in Bangalore. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 India already has all the tech support departments...please don't tell me the big computer companies are setting up their HQ there lol pcwiz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-467344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Dell is setting up factories here. Toshiba, LG and Acer Laptops are already assembled here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-469711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhur Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 India is growing huge my friends, we have the Fortune Magazine's richest billionaire's here, Mukesh Ambani being One of them who is starting the iStore, my best friend has a mac I have a mac, I plan to have two more macs by christmas..... I think its a good move upon Stevo, just that I hate it that today everyone is using a Mac, because back in the days when I used to talk about Mac these same "iPhone Lovers" Ridiculed me by saying XP IS THE {censored}....or some other ignorant {censored} .... but I am glad this is happening. Peace Madhur Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-473044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaitanya Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Sweeet!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-473201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Bakura Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Good to see that Apple is expanding through out the world. More and more Mac users, yay. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65929-apple-stores-in-india/#findComment-474280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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