Apple have finalised location to open stores in Noida and Pune

Apple is rapidly developing a strategy to increase its retail presence in India. As per a report, the company has fixed the location of its third and fourth official stores in India. The third will be at DLF Mall of India in the city of Noida, and the fourth at Kopa Mall in Pune.

Currently, there are only two official Apple stores in India. One at Select Citywalk Mall in Delhi and the other at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. Both of the stores achieved a combined sales figure of Rs 800 crore in the first year, out of which Apple Saket accounted for 60% despite its small size.

According to the report, the new Noida store will be the second Apple Store in the Delhi-NCR region. At the same time, the proposed Mumbai store could become the second Apple Store in this city. Apart from this, the company is looking for two more locations in Bengaluru and Mumbai, which could increase the total number of Apple Stores in India to six.

It is being said that Apple's Senior Vice President of Retail, Deirdre O'Brien, announced plans to expand in India in October 2024. Soon after this, the company started recruiting about 400 new employees. The current stores, Select Citywalk and BKC, employ about 90 to 100 employees, and the same number of employees is expected to be recruited in future stores.