Chances are, if you don’t live in a city that has Apple Storeyou will have searched at some point how many there are in Spain, or at least which one is closest to your place, however, you will have seen that there are very few, and that they are very far away, however, why don’t they open more?
Today we are going to try to answer that question, see what are the current onesand Where could the next one be located?if Apple decides to open one, since they are not really that expensive, and if they want they could run 20 at a time without a problem, but they have a reason not to.
Apple Store in Spain
Currently, only 7 cities in our country have an official Apple store, and although you have seen one in others, these are not, and they are only official points of sale, or SATs, which, although they will do the same work as the Others do not have the same services or products, so they are good, but they fall short.
These are the cities and shops that there are for each one:
Madrid
- Apple Store Puerta del Sol
- Apple Store Gran Plaza 2 (Majadahonda)
- Apple Store Parquesur (Leganés)
Barcelona
- Apple Store Passeig de Gràcia
- Apple Store La Maquinista
Valencia
Saragossa
- Apple Store Port Venice
Malaga
- Apple Store Marbella La Cañada (Marbella)
Murcia
- Apple Store New Condominium
Valladolid
- Apple Store Rio Shopping
If we look closely, it makes sense that these cities have an Apple Store, since they are important, however, there are others like Bilbao, Coruña or Vigo, Sevilleetc., which do not house any, and it is strange, because for example, Galicia, has the closest one several hours away, in Valladolid, with very important cities, as does Asturias with Oviedo and Gijónor even Bilbao itself that we mentioned, not to mention the Islands, which would have to fly to be able to get one.
But why? This is not something that only happens in our country, but it is a Apple strategy all over the world, and they have always focused on exclusivenessand that quality is better than quantity, so they prefer to have a few, strategically distributed, but that work like a charm.
Have you ever seen an empty McDonalds? It is also part of the strategy of this chain. It does not allow its installation in towns with less than 50,000 inhabitants and in locations that the chain itself chooses, since seeing an empty place gives a very bad image, and although the previous cities could host a lot of people, Apple prefers to play it safe. , and prioritize what you know works, leaving others official distributors the option of opening a store, not giving a bad image if it goes wrong, but offering the consumer their physical products.
Therefore, barring a miracle, I think it will take us a long time to see a new city with an Apple Store again, and we will have to resort to the SATs that Apple allows us.
