Although this Apple Store should have been inaugurated in the month of July in the luxury shopping center «VillageMall» from Rio de Janeiro, in the end it has been postponed to December due to problems in the contracting for the works of the store.
This new opening shows that Apple wants to continue expanding its borders beyond the big markets and start looking for a different sector.
Yet Apple is still struggling to fill store vacancies. A genius will earn approximately 5.000 reais which is approximately about 1550 euros, while the most advanced management positions will earn salaries close to 3200 euros.
Because of this, the company has been forced to interview professionals from other countries for management positions. Currently still there are 13 positions job vacancies such as solutions engineer, business leader, or stock manager. If Apple is not able to fill the positions it is more than likely that the opening date of this Store will be postponed once again.
In addition to buy many stores from retailers In the Rio de Janeiro country, Apple has been working in conjunction with Foxconn to move part of the production of the iPad and the iPhone to Brazil in order to avoid higher import taxes from other countries and clearly this will allow Apple to expand its share of market.
According to strong rumors the iPhone 5C would be around the corner with what the opening movement of this store and others that will be to come does nothing more than highlight the strong intention of Apple to enter emerging markets.
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