Apple’s Regent Street Store in London is due to re-open next weekend after being closed for 10 months
Less than a week after Apple announced plans to open a new UK headquarters in London’s Battersea Power Station, the Cupertino company has announced that their Regent Street Store, the first store Apple opened in the UK in 2004 , is scheduled to reopen it’s doors on Saturday 15th October 2016 after being closed for renovations since the beginning of the year.
Although the plans for the refurbished store have been kept secret, in September we reported that the City of Westminster council rejected Apple’s planning permission to erect an illuminated flagpole outside of their store, with the city calling the flagpole “incongruous” and “unacceptable in principle”.
Undoubtedly, Apple’s refurbished store which lead to the opening of 38 other retail locations within the UK will feature British born Jonathan Ive’s sleek, unobtrusive store design, seen in many of Apple’s new retail locations across the globe.
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Personally speaking, Apple’s Regent Street Store is where I purchased my first Apple product many years ago, and has had a special place in my heart ever since. – The store is located within Mayfair, one of London’s most affluent areas, and has many global brands neighbouring their store.