Apple plans to scale up presence in India, to triple exclusive stores to 200 by 2015


Writankar Mukherjee & Rasul Bailay, ET Bureau Mar 26, 2013, 06.47AM IST

KOLKATA/ NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the success of theiPhone in India, Apple Inc has decided to scale up its presence in the country and plans to triple its exclusive stores to around 200 by 2015, said three of its dedicated franchisees.These franchisees, who did not wish to be named, told ET that they have been asked to scale up operations in the country as the Cupertino-based company plans to grow aggressively in the country. In addition to increasing the number of Apple exclusive stores, called Apple Premium Resellers, that are owned and managed by 17 franchisees, the company also plans to expand its presence in multi-brand stores, they said.
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