{"id":123789,"date":"2011-09-06T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T19:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123789"},"modified":"2011-09-06T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T19:06:49","slug":"apple-to-open-first-hong-kong-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/09\/apple-to-open-first-hong-kong-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to Open First Hong Kong Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the company&#8217;s rapid expansion in the greater China region,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-09-06\/apple-will-open-store-in-hong-kong-s-international-finance-center-mall.html\"> <strong>Apple is planning to open their first store in Hong Kong this month, Bloomberg reports<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The store, located inside the International Finance Center Mall in Hong Kong\u2019s Central shopping and business district, will debut this quarter, said Carolyn Wu, a Beijing-based Apple spokeswoman, declining to specify a date. The Ming Pao Daily reported two days ago, without citing anyone, that it will open the two-story store Sept. 24, spanning 20,000 square feet.<\/p>\n<p>For Apple, which says it\u2019s only \u201cscratching the surface\u201d in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan after sales in the region surged six-fold last quarter, the IFC store may help the company reduce its reliance on resellers to sell products in the city. The shop will be Apple\u2019s fifth store in the China region, which has generated about $8.8 billion in revenue in the past three quarters, or 11 percent of Apple\u2019s total.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe iPhone is one of the leading smartphones in the Hong Kong market,\u201d said Sandy Shen, an analyst at Gartner Inc. in Shanghai. \u201cThe sales momentum for the iPhone is still very strong, and we see the growth being maintained for the next few quarters.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the company&#8217;s rapid expansion in the greater China region, Apple is planning to open their first store in Hong Kong this month, Bloomberg reports: The store, located inside the International Finance Center Mall in Hong Kong\u2019s Central shopping and business district, will debut this quarter, said Carolyn Wu, a Beijing-based Apple spokeswoman, 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