Ngokwe-website yakwaMac Generation, enanele umbiko wokuthi ishicilelwe iLe Figaro, I-Apple ihlose ukuvula isitolo esitezi sokuqala sezitezi eziyisikhombisa zesakhiwo esisenombolweni 114 yamazinga aphansi ezitezi eziyisikhombisa 114 ye-avenue des Champs Elysees, ishiye phansi engenhla ibe yindawo yamahhovisi.
Lokhu kuyinto ejwayelekile kakhulu kwa-Apple, okuwukuthi, ukuvula iSitolo esiHlanganisa amaflegi bese ushiya ingxenye engenhla yesakhiwo ibe yindawo yamahhovisi, uma sibheka emuva sibona ukuthi lokhu sekwenzeke kanjani, ngokwesibonelo nge-Apple Store evulwe iPuerta del Sol eMadrid ngonyaka nohhafu owedlule, ngokumangazayo ukuthi kwakuyini iParis Hotel yakudala.
Ukubuyela odabeni lwezindaba nesitolo esizovulwa eParis, ngokusho kwemithombo kuboniswane ngokuqashwa kwaminyaka yonke kwalesi sakhiwo kungaba cishe ama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-12 ngonyaka, selokhu lesi sivumelwano savalwa ekupheleni konyaka odlule ngemuva kwezinyanga eziningi zokuxoxisana. Kodwa-ke, kusengathatha isikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi i-Apple iqale umsebenzi wokuvuselela isakhiwo esidala saseHausmann.
Umbiko ukhombisa ukuthi inkampani ephethe ukwenza iphrojekthi yezobuchwepheshe kanye nokubuyiselwa nokulungiswa kokusebenza ukuvula lesi Sitolo se-Apple akuyona enye into ngaphandle kwalokho uNorma Foster owaziwayo, noma kunjalo basenqubweni yokuthola izimvume ezifanele ukuqala imisebenzi.
Njengamanje iFrance isivele inakho Izitolo eziyi-19 ezweni lonke kanye "nesitolo esizinikele" se-Apple Watch asivule kwaGaleries Lafayette. Amahemuhemu okuvulwa kwesitolo eChamps Elysées abelokhu eqhubeka kusukela ngo-2003, ngoba le ndawo ingenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu eParis kwezentengiselwano futhi ibilokhu ibukelwa yi-Apple, kepha ekugcineni ikhethe enye indawo njengaleso sikhathi wayengatholi ndawo efanelekayo yokuvula isitolo ngokuqasha isikhathi eside.