“Apple has earmarked the Bullring in the Birmingham, UK, area as the home for its fourth international store, but the computer firm has remained tight-lipped over its plans,” Martin Faint reports for The Birmingham Post. “The company behind the much-coveted iPod portable music player and iMac has already posted job advertisements on its Web site for a Bullring store, ‘set to open in early 2005,’ but a company spokesman declined to add further details,” Martin Faint reports for The Birmingham Post.
“However, Bullring center manager Tim Walley told The Birmingham Post the company had yet to secure a lease on the site but was eager to get a foothold in the center,” Faint reports. “‘We haven’t exchanged contracts yet and can’t give any more details,’ he said. ‘They are very keen to get in and we are working with them to find an opportunity.’ If Apple does secure a site — its fourth international store after ones in Tokyo, London and New York — the store is sure to stand as a centerpiece attraction. In the U.S., its flagship consumer stores have matched their products for chic appeal — turning over $1.2 billion in the last financial year — to prove a key factor in the firm’s revival from a slump in the 1990s,” Faint reports.
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