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Apple opens the doors to its new Chadstone Store with an updated design

Stephen FenechBy Stephen FenechNovember 24, 2017Updated:May 22, 20181 Comment4 Mins Read
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The Apple Store is like a massive Apple product. And it’s treated just like its other products – it’s popular, updated regularly and at some point – it’s completely redesigned. That’s what we saw today as the company opened the doors to its new Chadstone store in Melbourne.

It is the first Australian Apple Store to adopt the new store design.

Tech Guide saw Apple’s updated approach to retail for the first time when we visited Apple’s San Francisco store in Union Square in 2016.

At the store opening inside the massive Chadstone shopping centre, Apple still drew quite a crowd of customers who wanted to be among the first to walk through the huge 4.2m tall bronze pivot doors and experience the new look and community feel of the space.

It is three times larger than the original Chadstone Apple Store, opened in 2008 with 69 employees located about 100m away in the same centre, which closed its doors at 9pm yesterday before the new store took over at 9am today.

Even Genius Bar appointments made at the old store were carried over seamlessly to the new store.

Customers are greeted by the familiar wooden tables in the middle of the space displaying Apple’s popular products – iPhone, iPad, MacBook, iMac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.

On either side are The Avenues which display headphones, cases and other devices that work with Apple’s products.

Crowds gather outside the new Apple Chadstone Store
Crowds gather outside the new Apple Chadstone Store

It is also here where customers will find new Creative Pros – Apple experts in the creative arts who will offer expertise in each of these areas.

The Avenue is where customers can see the range of “Only At Apple” products which is a curated collection of third party accessories.

The Forum where customers can take part in Today At Apple sessions
The Forum where customers can take part in Today At Apple sessions

The rear of the store is dominated by a massive 6K video wall.

Here customers will find the Forum – a gathering place 7.6m below the huge skylight – where customers can sit and enjoy programs like Today At Apple so they can be educated and inspired to get even more out of their Apple products and software.

The 6K video wall which displays live art between sessions
The 6K video wall which displays live art between sessions

Popular musicians, photographers and artists have been guest presenters at these sessions in Apple Stores around the world.

And between sessions that huge 6K video wall in the Chadstone Apple Store will display live art.

The Genius Grove under the local Ficus Flash trees
The Genius Grove under the local Ficus Flash trees

Flanking the Forum on either side is the Genius Grove (there’s no long wooden bar any more) where customers can sit below a canopy of real Ficus Flash trees (a species indigenous to Australia) and confer with the store’s Geniuses and resolve any issues they may be having.

An all-new feature of the newly-designed Chadstone Apple Store is the Boardroom.

The Boardroom at the new Apple Chadstone Store for business customers and developers
The Boardroom at the new Apple Chadstone Store for business customers and developers

This is an intimate space with a large table and lounge chairs located in an adjacent room away from the store floor where the business team can offer advice and training for small to medium business customers, developers and entrepreneurs.

On the wall of the Boardroom are renderings of the new Apple Park campus.

The Chadstone Apple Store employs 240 people including seven original staff members.

The Avenue in the new Apple Chadstone Store

The original Chadstone Apple Store, one of the busiest in Australia, welcomed 12.5 million customers since it first opened on September 13, 2008. That’s about 3,500 customers daily.

Globally 500 million people visit Apple Stores each year.

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“Apple Retail has always been about more than selling. It’s about learning, inspiring and connecting with people,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the September iPhone event.

The first Apple Stores in the world opened in the US on May 19, 2001 at Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale Galleria, California.

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The Apple Chadstone Store moments before it opened to the public for the first time

Today there are 497 Apple Stores in 22 countries around the world.

Australia has 22 stores with five of those located in Victoria.

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  1. mijami on November 24, 2017 3:40 PM

    Never been inside an Apple store. To me, it looks like a very strange place. What’s with all the wood and boxes? Not what I’d call leading decor.

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