Apple Dubai Mall Opens April 27
April 25 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Apple® today premiered its newest store in the Middle East,
Apple Dubai Mall, with a 186-foot curved storefront and balcony
overlooking Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountain. Envisioned as a
space for the community to gather, learn and be entertained, Apple
Dubai Mall will serve as a venue to watch the spectacular evening
fountain shows and host Apple’s new global in-store experience,
"Today at Apple," also announced today.
“We view our stores as a modern-day town square, where visitors
come to shop, be inspired, learn or connect with others in their
community,” said Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president of
Retail. “And what better place to come together than overlooking
Dubai’s epicenter, where the Dubai Fountain, Burj Khalifa and Dubai
Mall meet. We are so honored to have a home at one of the world’s
most incredible and dynamic intersections.”
At the heart of every Apple Store® is the drive to educate and
inspire. “Today at Apple” will launch at Apple Dubai Mall and in
all 495 Apple Stores next month with new sessions across photo and
video, music, coding, art and design, and more, led by
highly-trained team members. Apple Dubai Mall will also host
high-profile events including live music, intimate conversations
with film-makers and photographers, and live workshops with some of
the world’s top talent. Events on opening day include Live Art with
Myneandyours, and Artist Duos with musician Hamdan Al Abri and
artist Sultan Al Ramahi.
New Creative Pros, the liberal arts equivalent to Apple’s
technical Geniuses, will teach “Today at Apple” sessions and offer
individual advice and training to help customers take their
creative skills to the next level. All of the store’s 148 employees
are ready to welcome customers from around the world and speak a
collective 45 languages.
Like many of Apple’s other significant stores, Apple Dubai Mall
aims to be open and transparent, blurring the barriers between
inside and out, to erase the boundaries between the store and the
community. To mitigate Dubai’s climate, Foster + Partners designed
eighteen 37.5-foot-high motorized “Solar Wings” that respond to the
ever-changing environmental conditions. When the sun is at its
hottest they cool the store, and in the evenings they open to
welcome everyone to the public terrace. Inspired by the traditional
Arabic Mashrabiya, each “Solar Wing” is locally fabricated from 340
carbon fiber reinforced polymer rods, and at 180 feet wide, the 18
panels make up one of the world’s largest kinetic art
installations.
Apple’s first two stores in the United Arab Emirates have
welcomed more than 4 million visitors since opening in Dubai and
Abu Dhabi 18 months ago. Apple will reach even more visitors from
around the world at Dubai Mall, Emaar’s flagship mega-project and
the world’s most-visited retail and lifestyle destination,
welcoming over 80 million visitors for the past three consecutive
years. Apple’s location overlooking the lake will stay open as late
as midnight to everyone exploring the area.
Upcoming events, registration and more information is available
at: apple.com/ae/retail/dubaimall.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS
— provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower
people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple
Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees
are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to
leaving the world better than we found it.
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