US EditionApple to Shutter a Retail Store in China for the First Time Ever
DALIAN CITY, LIAONING, CHINA, JUL 29 – Apple closes its Parkland Mall store due to retailer departures and shifting retail environment while Huawei leads China smartphone market with 18% share, Canalys data shows.
- Apple Inc. disclosed Tuesday that its Parkland Mall store in Dalian will close on August 9, 2025, citing changes at the shopping complex.
- With several brands exiting, Apple Inc. plans to close its Dalian store on August 9, 2025, as the mall’s ownership shifted and other retailers like Armani and Michael Kors left.
- Recent market figures indicate Huawei Technologies held a significant portion of Mainland China’s smartphone market, according to Canalys data.
- Employees at the Parkland Mall store will be offered transfers, and Apple Inc. will also shutter its Bristol store in the UK and Shenzhen store in China.
- Next month, Apple Inc. will close its Dalian store following earlier closures in Anhui, leaving only one Apple outlet in the city, which has 7.5 million residents.
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Apple has decided to close its first store in Dalian city of China. Due to tough competition, nationalistic sentiment and economic slowdown, Apple is having to change its strategy in the Chinese market.
Apple to close a retail store in China for the first time · TechNode
Apple will close one of its retail stores in the Chinese city of Dalian on August 9, marking its first store closure in the country since entering the market in 2008. With more than 530 stores worldwide, Apple currently operates around 56 retail locations across China. In a statement, the American tech giant said the store is closing due to the departure of several other retailers from AEON MALL, the shopping complex in Dalian where the Apple st…
US technology giant Apple has announced the closure of one of its stores in China, the first since entering the market more than 15 years ago. The decision comes amid falling sales in the company's second-largest country by revenue, increased competition from local brands and escalating trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.
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Apple to shutter a retail store in China for the first time ever
By Mark Gurman, Bloomberg Apple Inc. is closing a retail store in China for the first time, marking a notable retreat in a market where the iPhone maker is striving to revive sales. The company said on Monday that it will shut its Parkland Mall store in the Zhongshan District of Dalian City on Aug. 9, citing a changing landscape at the shopping complex. It has about 56 stores in the Greater China region, making up over 10% of its footprint of mo…
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