apple has opened its second retail store in the country today i.e. 20th April at Select City Walk Shopping Mall, Saket, Delhi. Earlier, on April 18, the company’s CEO Tim Cook opened the country’s first Apple Store in BKC, Mumbai. Users will get the same experience in both these Apple stores, but there are many things in both these Apple stores, which are completely different. Come, let us know about the 5 major differences between the Apple stores of Delhi and Mumbai…
Apple BKC Vs Apple Saket
- India’s first Apple Store i.e. Apple BKC (Bandra Kurla Comples) is in Jio World Drive Mall, Mumbai. Whereas, Delhi’s store has opened in Select City Walk Mall. A total of 70 employees will explain Apple products to customers in 15 languages at the Delhi Apple store, while 100 employees will explain products to customers in 20 languages at the Mumbai store.
- According to CRE Matrix documents, Delhi’s Apple Store is less than half the size of Mumbai’s. The Apple store in Mumbai is twice the size of the store in Saket. The size of the Apple Store in Delhi is 8,413 square feet, while the size of the Apple Store in Mumbai is 20,000 square feet.
- Despite being smaller in size, the rent for Apple stores in Delhi and Mumbai is almost the same. According to the report, Apple will have to pay a rent of Rs 40 lakh per month for the Apple Store in Delhi. At the same time, for the Apple store in Mumbai, a rent of Rs 42 lakh will have to be paid every month. There have also been reports that some revenue from the total sales of the Apple Store in Mumbai will also go to Reliance Jio.
- Mumbai’s Apple Store is on the black-yellow taxi running there locally. Whereas, the theme of Apple Store in Delhi is based on historical monuments like Delhi Gate, Kashmiri Gate, Lahori Gate etc.
- There have been reports that there should not be retail stores and advertisements of 22 competing brands including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft around India’s first Apple BKC Store, whereas no such report has come to the fore for Delhi’s Apple Store. .
