I-Apple iqiniseke ngokuqinile ukuthi izofeza isithembiso sayo ku wandise ubukhona bakho eChina kuvulwa izitolo ezintsha eziphakathi kuka-15 no-40 kungakapheli iminyaka emibili. I-SVP yesigaba Sokuthengisa, u-Angela Ahrendts, kuqinisekiswe encwadini yesiShayina ukuthi i-Apple isilungele ukuvula izitolo ezinhlanu ezintsha ezweni lase-Asia esikhathini esingeqile emasontweni amahlanu.
Lezi zitolo ezintsha zizovulwa ngesikhathi esifanele oMkhosi Wentwasahlobo eChina, okungukuthi, isikhathi lapho amaShayina enza ukuthenga okuningi futhi lokho kugubha uNyaka Omusha WamaShayina, ikakhulukazi ngoFebhuwari 19.
Esokuqala salezi zitolo ibivele ivuliwe ngesonto eledlule endaweni yaseZhengzhou, inhlokodolobha yesifundazwe. Esesibili kuzoba yisitolo se-Apple Westlake esizayo eHangzhou esizovulwa ngoMgqibelo ozayo, ngoJanuwari 24. Uma sibheka abathengi abangaba khona ngenani lezakhamizi, siyabona ukuthi eZhengzhou naseHangzhou kunabantu abayizigidi eziyi-9 kanye nezigidi ezingama-2,4, ngokulandelana, ngakho-ke ukubona ukwanda kokusetshenziswa eChina nokukhula kwayo kungaba isu elihle lokuthengisa I-apula.
Ezinye izitolo ezintathu namanje azazi ukuthi zizotholakalaphi njengoba imininingwane eminingi ingakadalulwa kodwa sicabanga ukuthi zizotholakala nasezikhungweni ezinkulu zabantu. Njengamanje iChina yimakethe yesibili ngobukhulu yakwa-Apple futhi lokhu kube nomthelela kubasebenzi abaqashwe ezitolo futhi okuhlobene nomkhiqizo kukhule kakhulu Amaphesenti angama-75 kusukela ngo-2012 nabasebenzi abasha abangaphezu kwama-3700.
Okwamanje, imakethe ephambili ye-Apple iseyi-United States, kepha ijubane lapho i-giant yase-Asia ikhula khona alinakuvinjelwa. U-Angela Ahrendts ngokwakhe uthe isitolo esiku-Apple esise-China futhi yiso esikhule kakhulu kusukela savulwa futhi sekuvele kwabikezelwa ukuthi ngeke kwenzeke isikhathi eside ihlwitha isihloko semakethe enenzuzo enkulu kuqhathaniswa ne-American.
