Apple is set to open its debut brick-and-mortar retail store in Singapore, according to a message sent out by health and exercise chain Pure Fitness.
In a message directed at patrons, Pure Fitness revealed that it is one of several tenants closing their premises in Singapore’s upscale retail building Knightsbridge, “to make way for the opening of Singapore’s first Apple store [sic] later in 2016.”
Apple has been looking for retail space in Singapore for a while now. It already has an R&D and sales and marketing headquarters in the global commerce, financial and transportation hub, taking several floors of space in Singapore’s financial district.
At present, the closest Apple Stores to Singapore are in Hong Kong and Australia, both several hours of air travel away.
Last week it was reported that Apple has been pushing to open more and more Apple Stores, particularly in Asian territories, due to weaker-than-expected online sales in markets like China. We’ll have more on Apple’s Singapore Apple Store soon.
Source: Tech in Asia
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
