Thursday, February 28, 2013

Why There Are No Apple Stores In India

parislemon:

WSJ:

India still erects hurdles. Apple hasn’t been able to open its trademark stores because of requirements that foreign retailers purchase 30% of the value of India sales from domestic suppliers—unmanageable in a country with virtually no electronics manufacturing.

Had no idea this was a rule. Hard to see a way in which Apple can overcome this.

I would like to hear a good piece about why there’s no Apple Stores in Korea, especially here in Seoul with our 10 million+ people, 20 million if you count the surrounding areas. With all the third party resellers doing such good business, what’s the hold up?

If I recall correctly, the laws surrounding mobile phone registration, that had been keeping Apple from opening their own stores in Seoul in the first place, have since changed. That was over a year ago, so I’m curious if they’re planning on jumping on that ship when it comes.

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  1. dereckie reblogged this from parislemon
  2. kosuriv reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    India still erects hurdles. Apple hasn’t been able...open its trademark stores because of...
  3. icdevin reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    I would like to hear a good piece about why there’s no Apple Stores in Korea, especially here in Seoul with our 10...
  4. meganq said: Same issue exists in Argentina — the mobile operators are restricted from running on devices that are not manufactured in the country.
  5. supriyashakya reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    I bet many didn’t know about this.
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