Njengoba bekulindelwe uNyaka Omusha waseChina, i-Apple ayikuphuthelanga ukuqokwa kwayo ngokuvula esinye sezitolo ezinhlanu lokho bazovula iminyango yabo ngaphambi kukaFebhuwari 19. Ngalesi sikhathi yi-Apple Store eshiwo ngenhla eWest Lake, entshonalanga yeHangzhou futhi njengenjwayelo isixuku esasibuthene lapho kuvulwa iminyango sasihlaba umxhwele.
Ngokwami, ngithanda ukubona isiko lalolu hlobo lokuvulwa yi-Apple ngoba liphindaphindwa ngokukhulu ukuzikhandla emhlabeni wonke nasezindaweni eziningi, ulayini omude olinde ukuthi isitolo sivuliwe, abasebenzi bahalalisela amakhasimende, begijima futhi benze okujwayelekile umdanso wokulandelela ngaphakathi esitolo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi ngabelana ngokuthanda kobuhle kwalolu hlobo lwesenzo, kepha kubonakala kunelukuluku futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke okuthile okukhomba ngokusobala i-Apple.
Yize i-priori kubonakala njengokunye ukuvulwa kwesitolo se-Apple, lokhu kuvulwa kuyindawo yokuqala yenkampani weCupertino maqondana nokungena kwawo ezweni lase-Asia, ngesilinganiso samanye amaphuzu angama-25 okuthengisa azokwengezwa ohlwini ngasekupheleni kuka-2016, njengoba kuqinisekiswe yi-Apple SVP Retail, u-Angela Ahrendts.
Ngisho nomphathi omkhulu wenkampani, uTim Cook, uthumele umbono nge-akhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter esemthethweni ukubhekisa kulokhu kuvulwa, angajwayele ukukwenza:
Dala okusha eHangzhou, China! " #AppleStoreWestLake.
Umklamo waleli bhilidi usikhumbuza iSitolo Esibalulekile e-Union Square eSan Francisco, esinengilazi esekwe ngengilazi, evuleke ngokuphelele futhi ibonakale ngaphandle, nezitezi ezimbili ezivulekile ezixhunywe izitebhisi. Ngaphandle kokunye ukukushiya ngikushiya nevidiyo yokuphromotha yokuvulwa kwesitolo okuthi, njengokujwayelekile e-Apple, izinga lokukhiqiza nokuqhamuka lisondele ezingeni elimangazayo:
