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ifoAppleStore - watchdogs that they are - report today that Apple is preparing to open two more stores in England. Specifically, the Touchwood mall in Solihull south of Birmingham has been identified as a likely location as well as Churchill Square in Brighton. 
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Steve said 12:58PM on 3-26-2007
There's loads of stores down South but not a single one in the North East of England, why are they continuing to open more stores in an area of the country where they already have a presence?!
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Fraser Drew said 1:22PM on 3-26-2007
Steve, i know exactly why they are opening all the stores down south.... there is a higher population density, and therefore more customers. Plus, the stereotypical mac demographic is young designers... hence Brighton, big uni crowd, and it's 'London-on-Sea' nick!
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Alfresco said 2:08PM on 3-26-2007
Apple AND Land Rover? Solihull has it all now!
I still don't understand why they still haven't hit Reading. Its an official London overflow with links to the south coast AND the west (Bristol/Cardiff) Ideal location!
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Martin said 2:29PM on 3-26-2007
I go to Solihull sometimes, so I'll keep an eye open next time I'm there.
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guilt+1 said 2:56PM on 3-26-2007
@ Alfresco. Apple store in Reading would be awesome, 10 minutes down the road from me. I need never miss a product launch again.
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fabriCAT.110mb.com said 3:10PM on 3-26-2007
When in Barcelona?
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Steve said 3:35PM on 3-26-2007
Fraser: and yet the man who designs all their best gear trained in Newcastle!
Come on Apple, give us a store at the Metro Centre!
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Frank_D said 3:44PM on 3-26-2007
Just wanted to say that you should say the UK or Britain and not England, the Scots wouldn't be happy to be lumped with us Englishmen.
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Nic said 3:58PM on 3-26-2007
Argh, how irritating, there are already 2 in London and one in Southampton - surely they don't need another in the South East just yet? Bristol/Cardiff could SO use an Apple store, and I'm with the people above, I'm 15 minutes away from Reading, that'd be marvellous. As it stands it's half an hour on the train to Southampton or 45 to London, hassle.
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Si said 3:59PM on 3-26-2007
I've always found it baffling that there isn't one in Bristol. You;ve got two large uni's, colleges, a fairly big tech sector, trendy Bath nearby and a decent population (in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding area). The nearest store is Birmingham, which is a bit of a trek.
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Gareth Burleigh said 5:12PM on 3-26-2007
Steve I said the same thing today to a friend while walking around Newcastle while looking for an Apple TV to play on
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Liam said 5:43PM on 3-26-2007
#2, if its designers they want they should hit leads, it has one of the best specalist art and design colleges in england, and the college uses macs
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Joey said 5:49PM on 3-26-2007
I'm so glad that there are 2 stores in good ol' Manchester!
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rob said 5:55PM on 3-26-2007
Cambridge needs one. 25% of all UK's venture capital comes here, and lets not forget the kind of companies it hosts.
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Giles Roditi said 7:19PM on 3-26-2007
Excuse me, my maths suggests you are incorrect - please note that Glasgow & Edinburgh are in Scotland.......
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steve said 5:11AM on 3-27-2007
To the person who says theres no apple stores up north, there is one in the arndale centre - manchester and one in the metro centre - newcastle
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Gareth Burleigh said 5:26AM on 3-27-2007
There are 2 in Manchester, one in Sheffield but certainly non in the North East. Closest the Metro Centre has to an Apple Store is a few Macs in Toy R Us not exactly the same thing.
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Richard Rutter said 6:40AM on 3-27-2007
The informed wisdom is that Brighton has the highest density of Mac users in the country. The may be an urban myth, but it may also be what Apple is tapping in to. That said the fellow Mac users I know in Brighton avoid Churchill Square like the plague.
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Steve said 8:20AM on 3-27-2007
I said the North East, there most certainly is not one in the Metro Centre, I think I'd have noticed! Get your facts straight before you challenge mine.
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Dan said 9:19AM on 3-27-2007
Why haven't Apple come to Ireland yet? We need a store in Dublin badly, if only for the Genius Bar!
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