Ngokusobala ngesithandwa sethu U-Angela Ahrendts unamehlo kuphela eChinaHhayi-ke kuphela, ngoba ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule uTim Cook ukuqinisekisile nge-Twitter ukuthi iMexico kuzoba yizwe elilandelayo lapho abafana abazinze eCupertino bezoqala ukwakha iSitolo se-Apple sokuqala kuleli.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule besivele sikukwazisa ngesitolo samashumi amathathu i-Apple esisanda kusivula ezwenikazi lase-Asia. Namuhla sinezindaba eziningi ze-Apple Store entsha ezovulwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, futhiJanuwari 16 eNanjing naseGuangzhou. Zombili izitolo zizoba namahora okusebenza afanayo nezinye, okungukuthi, kusuka ku-10 ekuseni kuya ku-10 ebusuku, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto.
Isitolo sakwaNanjing sizotholakala e-IST Mall esifundeni iXuanwu futhi kuzofanele sihlalise abahlali abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyisishiyagalombili. Ngenkathi iSitolo sama-apula saseGuangzhou sizoba nendawo yaso eCentral Park, esifundeni iTianhe futhi kuzofanele sinikeze izinsizakalo zaso kubahlali baso abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-8. Ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, ngaphezu kwesitolo esivulwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, I-Apple igxile emizameni yayo yokuvula ama-Apple Stores amasha eBeijing, eShenyang naseChengdu.
Ngalezi zivulo ezimbili ezintsha, inani le-Apple Store eChina lenyukela kuma-32. Kodwa inhloso ka-Apple ushaya amabhuleki ngesikhathi eshayisa izitolo ezingama-40, kuhlanganise nalawo aseHong Kong. Ngokwezibalo zakamuva, iChina njengamanje iyimakethe enkulu yenkampani, ngisho nangaphezulu kwe-United States, into engeke yenzeke ekuqaleni, kepha ekugcineni ibe yinto engokoqobo.
