As a result of India's stringent demands on Apple's retail stores, it has forced Apple to suspend plans to open retail outlets and to sell Apple devices in partnership with local franchisees, foreign media reported.
Apple has long wanted to open a retail store in India, even when Apple CEO Cook and the Indian prime Minister met, but India still hasn't approved Apple's plans to open a retail store. Now, Apple has had to bypass its retail stores, working with franchisees to open high-end Apple flagship dealership stores in major Indian cities.
It is reported that each flagship store may have an area of 5000 square feet (about 464 square meters). For Apple, how to achieve big growth in the Indian market is a major problem.
Apple has less than 1 million shipments in India in the first half of the year, although India's population has reached 1.4 billion, but Apple has not been rewarded handsomely.
The main problem is that the iphone has a higher price, and the iphone's local output is low, and India has to impose tariffs on the iphone, and many harsh conditions limit Apple's growth in India. Apple's plan to open shop in India dashed, in cooperation with local franchise dealers
