Good News Apple to open its online store in India soon

[Vishnu777]

•Apple is likely to open an online store in India in
the coming months.

•Apple is likely to open its first physical store in
India in 2020.

•Apple is in the process of finalising its store
location in Mumbai.

Apple at present sells its products such as iPhones, MacBooks and iPads in India via third party resellers and via e-retail platforms such as Amazon India and Flipkart. But that might soon change as the company could open its online store in India in the coming months.

Apple to open its online store in India soon

 

[Bapun]

A day after the Union Cabinet cleared the proposal to ease local-sourcing norms for single-brand retailers, tech major Apple said it was eager to serve Indian customers and appreciated the support by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman had said the government intended to ease the norms for single-brand retailers.

Eager to serve Indian customers, Apple says after single brand retail norms ease up

 

[marvel44]

Apple Inc. is poised to open an online store for the first time in the fast-growing smartphone market of India next month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, taking advantage of a relaxation of once-strict prohibitions against foreign direct retail.

The online store will be ready for operations just ahead of the festive Dussehra-Diwali spending season, according to the person, who asked not to be named discussing confidential plans. The iPhone maker, which lobbied New Delhi for years to get around regulations that force companies such as Apple to source 30% of components locally, had originally planned to start online sales within months after the government relaxed the rule last year. Those plans were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Apple Plans to Start Selling Online in India Next Month