Apple’s Retail Wave Hits Down Under
Photo by Christopher Chan
Proving themselves every bit as susceptible to consumer hype as their American counterparts, thousands of Apple fans attended the grand opening of Apple’s first retail store in Sydney last week, with several hundred having queued up as long as 31 hours prior to the opening hour.
Accommodated by agreeable weather, the large crowd helped continue Apple’s success in rolling out its innovative retail concept, which makes the stores themselves almost as much of a draw as the products inside.
More pics after the jump.
Blue-shirted Geniuses welcome the crowds
Photo by Shaon Diwakar
Post-opening rainfall did not dampen the crowds or their enthusiasm
Photo by nerdfeliz
The glass staircases inside the store are getting rave design reviews
Photo by Christopher Chan
Crowds inside the store were wall-to-wall
Photo by Gary, ifoAppleStore
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Bryan Walls, on June 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
oops. Should be there now. Sorry for the head-fake.
Lonnie Lazar, on June 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
This store looks amazing - the location is wonderful too (I lived in Sydney a while ago). I managed to visit the city last year once more, so was a year too early!
Is this the second biggest store in the world now? Am I right that Regent Street in London is still number 1 in terms of sheer size?
Jon Moss, on June 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I believe this one is #2, with the largest being on Boylston St. in Boston.
Lonnie Lazar, on June 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Second Biggest in the world behind London… However it lays claim to having the worlds biggest Genius Bar. Also the first store in the Southern Hemisphere! Too bad it wasnt in Melbourne!
Stuart Rowe, on June 23rd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Hi,
Thanks for using my photos in this blog post but it would have been nice if informed me before hand.
thanks,
Chris
Christopher Chan, on June 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
[...] wonderful photo from Cult of Mac Posted in June 23rd, 2008 by Dizzle in sheer kool-aid It is big, so click on the thumbnail: Cult of Mac covering the new Sydney Australia store. [...]
» wonderful photo from Cult of Mac i drank the kool-aid: clutching my dixie cup of apple goodness, on June 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
@Christopher Chan:
I hope the pic credits/links drove some traffic to your flickr pages, Chris. You got some great shots in Sydney and are a fine photographer of other subjects as well!
Cheers,
Lonnie
Lonnie Lazar, on June 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
@Lonnie
Thanks for the compliments Lonnie. Can you please link the larger images to my Flickr site ?
thanks,
Chris
Christopher Chan, on June 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
[...] Tem mais fotos aqui. [...]
COCO LOKO » Blog Archive » Abaixo da linha de Equador, uma Apple!, on June 24th, 2008 at 9:24 am
We need a store like this in the UK.
The closest one to me is 20+ miles away
Richard, on June 24th, 2008 at 11:43 pm