![]() ![]() The first retail store is located in the premier Reliance Jio World Drive mall, home to various luxury clothing and jewellery brands like Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Swarovski. ![]() Apple also plans to assemble iPads and AirPods in India. India is also increasingly becoming a manufacturing base, with some Apple products, including iPhones, assembled in the country by Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Wistron Corp. Still, due to its high prices, Apple has only a 3% share of India’s smartphone market.Īpple has previously faced hurdles in opening physical retail stores in the country, with 2021 launch plans delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.Īpple products, however, have been sold in India for years on e-commerce platforms such as Inc and Walmart Inc’s Flipkart, as well as through resellers. India has become a big market for the Cupertino, California-based company, which launched an online retail store in the world's second-largest smartphone market in 2020. The store is still in barricades and is likely to open this month, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. MUMBAI: Apple Inc on April 5 revealed the look of its first retail store in India, as several people tried to catch a glimpse outside the store’s black and yellow artwork patterned after Mumbai’s iconic taxis.
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